An atom building game.
| Duration: 40 – 60 min Number of players: 2 – 4 Material: boardgame Link: https://genius-games.eu/collections/science-based-strategy-card-games-board-games/products/subatomic-an-atom-building-game-2nd-edition?_pos=1&_sid=593e37f07&_ss=r |
Short description
Subatomic is a deck-building game themed around the intersection of particle physics and chemistry. Players try to build Elements, using their subatomic components, in order to score points.
Each player starts with a small deck of Up Quarks, Down Quarks and Photon/Gamma Ray Cards that they will use to create subatomic particles (protons, neutrons and electrons). Players then use these subatomic particles to build available Elements, and thus score points, or buy even more powerful cards for their deck in order to score points more efficiently later on in the game.
Educational Value
- Vocabulary – chemistry jargon is being practiced.
- Practicing building elements.
Recommendation for use
This game makes theory visible and is therefore a great game to use supplementary on chemistry lessons. Because the game takes 40-60 minutes, you might need one lesson to learn the gameplay and a lesson to play it.
