CITY OF THE GREAT MACHINE

An Artifice of Anarchy

CHARLIE THEEL

Designer: German Tikhomirov | Publisher: CrowD Games Typically, expectations lead us to disappointment. City of the Great Machine is a rare case of the opposite: a game which I assumed the bare minimum, but instead I experienced one of the finest titles of 2023 so far. The setup is a dark portent of our own possible future: In an alternate steampunk reality, a clockwork artificial intelligence has seized so much power, it has enslaved the world that created it. One player assumes the role of The Great Machine, acting as the antagonist and attempting to push forward the doomsday clock to signal the end moment, when any possible shred of resistance is snuffed out. The rest of the players work together as a rebel cell, intent on convincing the controlled…

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