Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Easier to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Guide Marie Curie through her scientific timeline, drop radioactive-element cubes through a laboratory tower, complete experiments, and improve a personal workshop.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Hand Management
Time and sequence a limited hand of cards to preserve future options.
Contracts
Complete specific requirements to earn rewards, income, or victory points.
Cube Tower
Drop pieces into a tower that unpredictably releases some of its stored contents.
Race
Compete to reach a destination, threshold, or objective before opponents.
End Game Bonuses
Earn additional points for meeting conditions evaluated when the game ends.
Read the full game description
In the Footsteps of Marie Curie is a family strategy game built around resource transformation and the milestones of the scientist’s life. Each turn begins with a cube-tower drop: pitchblende, uranium, and radium may emerge immediately or remain caught inside to create uncertainty for later players. The active player takes resources, then performs actions by drafting activity cards, converting elements, improving a workshop, and completing experiment or thesis objectives. Cards and contracts reward efficient combinations, while moving Marie along the central timeline reveals historical events and sets the pace of the game. The design turns scientific enrichment into a tactile economy—pitchblende can become uranium, uranium can become scarce radium, and the tower makes every release feel like an experiment. When the timeline reaches its conclusion, completed research, objectives, and workshop development determine the winner.
