Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Easier to teach
High replayability
Low interaction
Scales well
Deep strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Move across the periodic table, trigger elemental trends, and assemble goal sets that turn chemistry into a tactical race.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Read the full game description
Periodic: A Game of The Elements turns the periodic table into a movement puzzle. Players spend energy to activate periodic trends—such as atomic radius, ionization energy, and atomic mass—and move their flask across element spaces instead of rolling dice. Landing on the right elements claims goal tiles, advances research tracks, and builds sets of element groups for end-game scoring. Each trend moves in a different direction and distance, so the scientific structure is also the game’s route network. Public goals create a shared race while private agenda cards reward longer-term planning, producing an approachable strategy game whose mechanisms reinforce real chemistry relationships.
