Pretzel Games | Men at Work | Family Game | Ages 8+ | 30-45 Minutes Playing Time

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Although this is fantastic for reaching a nerve-racking climax, it’s not conducive to interesting decision-making.

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Instruction cards are two-sided, with one side showing the piece to be placed and the other showing special rules. The next player will then use the rescue hook to remove any debris from the site before continuing their turn.

Since it’s more rules-heavy than you might expect for a stacking game, you’ll probably find yourself checking the rulebook quite often for minor clarifications. Once the active player places their building material or worker from the supply, they pass the Rescue Hook to the next player. I think the reason being is I feel like I have my own fate in my hands, and that I have a sense of control. My only issue with Men at Work is its player elimination, and that’s not even a big deal because it normally happens towards the end of the game. Men at Work is a brilliant fun dexterity game with great wooden components that fit perfectly their designated trays within the box.

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Although player elimination can work in games like Sub Terra, Men at Work is proof that sometimes, it’s a bad idea. To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. I love the aspect of the unknown in Men at Work, and even as someone who normally likes to have more control in games and doesn’t enjoy high amounts of luck in games, it totally works here for me. If you would like to change your settings or withdraw consent at any time, the link to do so is in our privacy policy accessible from our home page. Anton on Ethnos may look bland, but it’s one of my favourites Dave, great review, and I agree with all of it!This provides a whole load of extra angles for your girders and balancing becomes far more difficult on a sloping surface. You’ll always have multiple choices on where to place your piece, making it a compelling decision without being overly complicated. Over the course of the game, they can use one of these cards if they do not want to carry out an instruction shown on a drawn card. Every time you have an accident on site and a piece of equipment falls to the table, you lose a safety certificate. Men at work is a stacking and balancing game in which players compete as workers on a job site who are carefully constructing a tower to avoid accidents and, maybe, earn employee of the month.

Pretzel Games PZG20050 Men at Work, Mixed Colours

Additionally, when adding girders to the site these cannot be placed on worker helmets or fully on top of another girder. Gingerly placing girders, builders, bricks and, beams onto a construction site, building upon pieces placed before.To combat this, Men at Work incentivises players to take risks with its Employee of the Month award. When it’s your turn, you feel the tension and pressure of trying to complete this potentially unforgiving task, but when it’s someone else’s turn, you don’t feel bad for them for one second, as you sit back hoping for them to fail. If pieces fall off the construction site but don’t land on the playing surface, then an accident hasn’t occurred, and no safety certificate is lost. This list has wallet-sized and wallet-friendly games; games for the first timer and for friends who have been playing for years. Men at Work combines stacking with a fun theme to create an experience unlike anything else in my collection.