# Gear & Piston

Gear & Piston is a board game for 2–6 players. It plays in 30–60 minutes and is meant for ages 8 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 4. It is rated 5 out of 10 by 1 Ludoya reviewers.

- **Players:** 2–6 (best with 4)
- **Playing time:** 30–60 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 8+
- **Complexity:** 2.1 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2013
- **Categories:** Transportation, Industry / Manufacturing, Post-Napoleonic
- **Mechanics:** Worker Placement, Tile Placement, Set Collection, Open Drafting, Hand Management
- **Ludoya rating:** 5 out of 10, from 1 reviews
- **Owned by:** 3 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 3
- **Unique players:** 11

**Designers:** Jukka Höysniemi

**Artists:** Odysseas Stamoglou, Mateusz Bielski, Kari J. Kallio, Jukka Höysniemi

**Publishers:** LudiCreations

## Expansions

- [Gear & Piston: Overheated](https://www.ludoya.com/games/gear-and-piston-overheated)
- [Gear & Piston: Engineer Assistants](https://www.ludoya.com/games/gear-and-piston-engineer-assistants)
- [Gear & Piston: The Americans](https://www.ludoya.com/games/gear-and-piston-the-americans)

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## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/gear-and-piston)
- [Gear & Piston in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/gear-and-piston)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/140613)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-17. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._