2016 · Puzzle
Covalence: A Molecule Building Game
Players collaborate to reconstruct secret organic molecules from partial information. One player secretly knows the target compounds and gives constrained clues, while the other players act as builders who deduce atom types and bonding to assemble the correct structures. Players share a limited pool of clue tokens and must plan which hints to request and how to place atoms and bonds before the clues are exhausted. The game emphasizes cooperative deduction, communication economy, and spatial reasoning as teams work to match their builds to the hidden formulas.
- Players
- 2–4 best 4
- Playing time
- 15–40 min
- Age
- 8+
- Complexity
- 1.7 / 5
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- Plays logged
- 5
- Players
- 14
- In collections
6.8/10
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