HomeExplore
Genres
Strategy GameCard GameCooperative GameSee more
Themes
FantasyFightingScience FictionSee more
Mechanics
Hand ManagementVariable Player PowersDice RollingSee more
Quick access
Short Games (< 30 min)2 Players GamesLight Playstyle Games

Mad Science

Introduction to Mad Science Themes in Board Games

When looking at a Mad Science-themed board game, one can anticipate a unique blend of scientific experimentation, unhinged invention, and outlandish outcomes. Such games typically offer a canvas where the principles of science fiction intersect with the thrill of immersive gameplay.

Gameplay Mechanics

Mad Science games often employ mechanics that simulate the precarious balance of experimentation and discovery. You will likely encounter mechanics that involve resource management, representing the collection and utilization of bizarre materials or data for experiments. Risk and reward features are commonly present where the outcomes of certain actions might not be immediately apparent—simulating the unpredictability of madcap research.

The Narrative Experience

The narrative of a Mad Science game is intertwined with its mechanics, offering a storyline that reflects the chaotic nature of its theme. Players take on roles such as eccentric inventors or rogue scientists. The narrative arc might follow an ambitious endeavor to bring a creation to life or prevent an apocalyptic event caused by reckless scientific practices.

Player Interaction

Interaction between players can range from cooperative efforts to resolve a scientific conundrum, to cut-throat competition in achieving scientific dominance. Negotiation, alliance, and betrayal might all come into play as participants navigate through the treacherous path to scientific enlightenment or doomsday.

Ethical and Strategic Dimensions

The theme often introduces moral dilemmas where players must decide between the pursuit of knowledge and the consequences of their actions. Strategic decisions play a crucial role in navigating these ethical landscapes, determining how to achieve objectives while possibly facing public outcry or creating monstrous abominations.

Immersion and Component Quality

Mad Science board games frequently feature immersive components—vivid illustrations, thematic game pieces, and tactile representations of inventions or experiments. Quality of these components can enhance the thematic experience, helping players to suspend disbelief and fully engage with the fantastical Mad Science.

Jeux utilisants Hand Management à thématique Mad Science

-35 %
6,95 $US
4,49 $US
You're a scientist balancing 4 element suits in this clever trick-taking card game. The Madness level changes card values from positive to negative. Reduce each suit as close to 0 as possible to win!Mechanisms:• Events• Hand Management• Highest-Lowest...
61 %
10+
3
15 mins
Détendu
-50 %
109,99 $US
54,97 $US
The Door Is OpenThe grimy alleys and looming mansions of Arkham harbor eldritch forces, terrifying secrets, and unspeakable monsters. Within these ancient buildings, gibbering madmen and cultists call upon the Ancient Ones, and beasts unknown by mortal...
82 %
14+
1 à 5
120 mins
Détendu
25,95 $US
Players are mad scientist in need of precious Mortals for future experiments. Rather than getting your hands dirty, your army of Campy Creatures awaits to do your bidding. Capture the most valuable Mortals over the course of three nights to win. But...
72 %
14+
2 à 5
20 mins
Légé
-32 %
22,00 $US
15,00 $US
Loop, Inc. puts you and the other players at work for Loop, Incorporated - the most prestigious time travel agency in the world! . . . Well, uh, that's not entirely true. Truth be told, it's a mismanaged third-tier agency owned by the slick Mr. Loop...
55 %
13+
2 à 4
20 mins
Détendu

Jeux utilisants Pick-up and Deliver à thématique Mad Science

225,00 $US
The one unbroken lamp in the ransacked laboratory illuminates a small, slug-like creature wriggling on a glass dish. The notes next to it are covered with a bizarre mix of mathematical formulae and arcane symbols. Suddenly, a thick stream of ichor falls...
76 %
13+
2 à 5
120 mins
Impliqué
155,00 $US
150,00 $US
Horrific monsters and spectral presences lurk in manors, crypts, schools, monasteries, and derelict buildings near Arkham, Massachusetts. Some spin dark conspiracies while others wait for hapless victims to devour or drive insane. It’s up to a handful...
67 %
13+
2 à 5
120 mins
Impliqué
-20 %
69,99 $US
55,99 $US
A City in Peril...The flickering lamps on every street corner fail to dispel the darkness that lurks in Arkham. In the quiet halls of Miskatonic University, academics strive to gain answers that were never meant to be known. The relics displayed in the...
93 %
14+
1 à 5
120 mins
Détendu
-24 %
32,99 $US
25,00 $US
There is Much to Learn...There are many who, in search of once and future truths, make terrible errors. Among their failed rituals, their bodies twist and change. They become commanded by a will greater than their own, a being for whom no knowledge is...
90 %
14+
1 à 5
120 mins
Détendu

Jeux à thématique Movies / TV / Radio theme et Mad Science

9,95 $US
9,00 $US
29,99 $US
18,00 $US
49,99 $US
9,50 $US

Jeux utilisants Worker Placement à thématique Mad Science

SPECTRE: The Board Game
My Father's Work
Steampunk Rally
Dinosaur World: Hybrid Pack
Dinosaur Island: Totally Liquid (Xtreme Edition)
Abomination - The Heir of Frankenstein
Dinosaur Island
Steam Works
Dinosaur World: Ice Age Pack
Dinosaur World
Dinosaur World: Water Pack

Jeux à thématique Steampunk et Mad Science

49,95 $US
Steampunk Rally Fusion is a stand-alone game that can be combined with the original Steampunk Rally. It introduces new tracks with unique event cards, new part abilities (Gear Up and Overcharge), and a new card type: Secret Projects. It also debuts ...
71 %
14+
2 à 8
30 mins
Impliqué
65,00 $US
Steampunk Rally is a strategy game that incorporates steampunk as more than just a bit of chrome. Using a unique dice-placement mechanism, players take on the roles of famous inventors from the turn of the last century like Nikola Tesla and Marie Curie...
78 %
14+
2 à 8
45 mins
Impliqué
-18 %
85,00 $US
70,00 $US
It's time to dream! Through the mist, you catch sight of a giant form off in the distance. You make your way to this magnificent structure, step through the grand entrance and discover an expanse of fantastical machines.These machines hold the very ...
66 %
14+
2 à 5
90 mins
Impliqué
21,95 $US
Limited Edition - Metal Coins Included.Create a network of machinery and plants in order to save a bizarre world! Two players collect tiles and create their own machine. To retrieve a tile, first you need to put it on your side of the Registry, a common...
80 %
10+
2
30 mins
Détendu

Jeux publiés par Feelindigo à thématique Mad Science

Dr. Eureka

-65 %
25,52 $US
9,00 $US
The brilliant Dr. Eureka has important experiments for you to complete!You must solve his scientific formulas by moving your materials from tube to tube without touching them with your bare hands! Solve the solutions faster than your competition to ...
mitigé, 66 %
8 ans et +
1 à 4 joueurs
15 minutes
Légé
Family Game
Puzzle
Mad Science
Dexterity
Pattern Building
Real-Time

Jeux à thématique Time Travel et Mad Science

-28 %
49,95 $US
35,99 $US
Who can stop Dr. Faux?An evil scientist is laying waste to time and space, and it's up to you and your friends to restore balance to the galaxy.The LOOP is a quirky cooperative game where everyone must unite to battle the evil Dr. Faux. In the game, ...
78 %
12+
1 à 4
60 mins
Impliqué
-20 %
60,00 $US
47,99 $US
That Time You Killed Me is a narrative game that introduces new scenarios with unique rules and components as you play. As with any game about mucking about across time, you must play through this content in a strict, unalterable order. Play through...
74 %
10+
2 à 15
30 mins
Détendu
-77 %
39,99 $US
9,00 $US
Team up with fellow adventurers to rescue some of the world's most famous treasures from Professor Evil's spooky citadel. He's stolen priceless artifacts like Da Vinici's Notebook and the Venus de Nilo, and is keeping them locked up all over his enormous...
62 %
8+
2 à 4
30 mins
Détendu

Team-Based Game à thématique Mad Science

32,99 $US
26,99 $US
94,49 $US
49,58 $US
69,99 $US
55,99 $US

Jeux publiés par Arrakis Games à thématique Mad Science

Jekyll vs Hyde

-58 %
39,24 $US
16,29 $US
Jekyll vs. Hyde is a trick-taking game for 2 players, based on the famous novella Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. As Dr. Jekyll, you'll need to resist Mr. Hyde's fierce attacks to protect your mind and keep the secret...
principalement positif, 73 %
14 ans et +
2 joueurs
20 minutes
Détendu
Card Game
Horror
Mad Science
Take That
Trick-taking
Tug of War
Variable Phase Order

Jeux utilisants Area Majority / Influence à thématique Mad Science

Portal - The Uncooperative Cake Acquisition Game

-56 %
49,99 $US
22,00 $US
With a grinding of gears and some uneasy rumbling, Aperture Laboratories has resumed testing! Your team of Test Subjects have entered the Lab and are ready to perform all sorts of important, dignified, and dangerous testing procedures… all in the pursuit...
mitigé, 53 %
15 ans et +
2 à 4 joueurs
30 minutes
Détendu
Strategy Game
Mad Science
Puzzle
Area Majority / Influence
Modular Board

Jeux utilisants Deduction à thématique Mad Science

Escape Room - The Game: Puzzle Adventures - Secret of the Scientist

30,00 $US
Somewhere at the edge of town, an alarm has been ringing incessantly at an old mansion. As a rookie community police officer, you have been instructed to go and investigate.At the mansion, you discover the body of a murdered woman ...Soon you are forced...
principalement positif, 79 %
16 ans et +
1 à 2 joueurs
150 minutes
Détendu
Cooperative Game
Escape Room
Mad Science
Deduction
Elapsed Real Time Ending

Jeux publiés par Lúdilo à thématique Mad Science

Dr. Microbe

9,00 $US
Help Dr. Microbe complete her research with your tweezers, a petri dish, and the colorful microbes. Using logic, race your fellow scientists to figure out which microbes are missing from the incomplete challenge card and snatch them up fast! Find the...
mitigé, 54 %
8 ans et +
2 à 4 joueurs
15 minutes
Légé
Dexterity Game
Medical
Mad Science
Dexterity
Pattern Building
Speed Matching