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2024 Ranked #5,617

Sparks

Feed the conveyor, assemble eccentric robots, and spark a factory where every machine powers the next.

Industry / Manufacturing Open Drafting Variable Player Powers Solo / Solitaire Game

Players

1-4

Play time

45 min

Age

12+

Complexity

2.38/5

Rating

7.10

Easier to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 3.7/5

Easier to teach

Replay value 4.3/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.5/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.2/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 3.8/5

Deep strategy

Player control 4.0/5

More strategic control

Setup time About 8 min
Teach time About 15 min
Recommended edition Sparks – Alion French/English edition (2024)
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How it plays

How does it play?

Draft dice from a conveyor, assemble quirky robots, and chain their abilities through a factory powered by animal assistants.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

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Sparks is a dice-drafting engine builder about running a robot factory. Players select dice from a shared conveyor, use their colors and values to complete robot blueprints, and activate machines that generate resources or trigger linked effects. Variable animal assistants provide asymmetric powers, while open information makes each draft a contest between improving your own production line and denying a rival’s ideal part. A dedicated solo mode turns the same factory puzzle into a focused challenge.

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Editions

Language and publisher variants currently recorded in the catalog.

Edition Year Language Publisher / Region
Sparks – Alion French/English edition (2024) 2024 English Alion – by Dr Ø / FR

Game and edition data

All specifications (21)

Play and group

Players
1–4
Play time
45 min
Age
12+
Complexity
2.4/5
App
None app Source
Player elimination
No Source
Downtime
Low Source

Practicalities

Setup time
About 8 min Source
Teach time
About 15 min Source
Teardown time
About 7 min Source

Campaign and continuity

Resettable
Fully Resettable Source
Save system
No save system; play is completed in one session. Source
Consumable components
No consumable components. Source

Edition and product

Optional extras
Includes a dedicated solo mode; robot abilities and variable assistants change each factory puzzle. Source
Recommended edition
Sparks – Alion French/English edition (2024) Source
Language
English
Region
FR
Availability
Current
Current edition
Yes Source
Consumable components
None. Source
Compatibility
Bilingual French/English Retail Edition. Source
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

4
Adrian Adamescu Kristian Amundsen Østby Florin Purluca Kjetil Svendsen

Artists

1
Reese Keefe

Publishers

1
Alion – by Dr Ø

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