Overview

Factory Funner is a real-time puzzle game where players simultaneously grab machine tiles and connect them into their personal factories using colored supply reservoirs, output reservoirs, and connector pipes. Over 8 rounds, players try to build the most profitable factory by chaining machines together efficiently. The player with the most money at the end wins.

Components

Per Player:

• 1 Double-sided Factory Board (side A = standard, side B1-B6 = increasing difficulty)
• 1 Score Marker
• 4 Supply Reservoirs (1 each: yellow, pink, green, blue)
• 3 White Output Reservoirs

Shared:

• 1 Money Track
• 9 Black Output Reservoirs
• 36 Clear Chips
• 1 First Token
• 1 Last Token
• 154 Connector pipes
• 48 Machine Tiles

Setup

1. Each player takes a factory board, 3 white output reservoirs, and 1 supply reservoir of each color. Use side A for a balanced game.
2. Place each player’s score marker on the $10 space of the money track.
3. Place connector pipes, black reservoirs, clear chips, and First/Last Tokens in a central supply.
4. Randomly deal 8 machine tiles face-down to each player. No peeking. Return remaining machines to box.

Turn Structure

Each of the 8 rounds has three phases:

1. Selection Phase (Real-Time)

• One player counts “3… 2… 1… Flip!” and everyone simultaneously flips 1 of their face-down machine tiles onto the table.
• Players grab machines in real time. First to touch a machine claims it. No take-backs.
• If you claim a machine but do not place it, you pay a $2 penalty (exception: the last machine taken incurs no penalty if unplaced).
• The first player to claim a machine takes the First Token. The player who claims the last machine takes the Last Token.
• Do not use First/Last Tokens on round 1. In a 2-player game, only use the Last Token.
• Unclaimed machines are shuffled and distributed one per remaining player (no First/Last Tokens, no $2 penalty for not placing).

2. Connection Phase (Simultaneous)

Place your claimed machine onto your factory board and connect all its inputs and outputs.

3. Bookkeeping Phase

• Gain the revenue shown on the placed machine tile.
• Lose $1 for each additional component placed (connectors, reservoirs).
• If you claimed a machine and did not build it: lose $2.
• If you have the First Token: lose $1.
• If you have the Last Token and built your machine: gain $1.

Actions

Core Placement Rules

• Placing machines is free. Every other piece (connector, reservoir) costs $1.
• To move, rotate, or upgrade a previously placed piece (not machines), remove it for free, then pay to place the new piece.
• Machines placed in previous turns can never be moved or removed.
• Colors must match; cannot be mixed.
• Each input reservoir has infinite supply and can supply unlimited machines.
• Each player is limited to 3 white output reservoirs (each collects a single color). Black reservoirs are unlimited and collect only black.
• Connectors can cross each other but cannot share a hex edge. Cannot build pipes over machines or reservoirs.
• No dead-end pipes. All reservoirs must connect to something.
• No perpetual motion: a machine’s output cannot feed its own input (directly or indirectly).

Chaining Machines

• Input can come from another machine’s output instead of a reservoir.
• Total output number must be greater than or equal to total input number.
• You may combine outputs from multiple machines and/or split outputs to multiple machines.
• Cannot merge machine output with reservoir output.
• Place a clear chip over input dots supplied by another machine. Each dot covered by a clear chip is worth $3 at game end.

Scoring / Victory Conditions

The game ends after 8 rounds. At the end:

• Gain $3 per dot covered by a clear chip in your factory.
• The player with the most money wins.

Special Rules & Edge Cases

• Solo Mode: Take 8 random machines face-down. Each turn flip and attempt to place one. No penalty for skipping. Score as normal. Start with Board A; move to harder boards when scoring $50+.
• No Speed Variant: No real-time grabbing. Shuffle all machines into a deck, reveal 3. Players draft in turn order (8 turns each). No $2 penalty. Next player can start placement while previous player is still connecting.
• Multi-color inputs/outputs: If a tile shows multiple colors on an input or output, the player chooses which color it is and may change it later.
• Factory board difficulty: All side-A boards are equal difficulty. Side B boards increase in difficulty from B1 to B6.

Player Reference

Item	Details
Players	1-6
Rounds	8
Starting money	$10
Machine placement	Free
Other pieces	$1 each
Not building penalty	$2 (except last machine)
First Token	-$1
Last Token (if built)	+$1
Clear chip bonus	$3 per dot at game end
White output reservoirs	3 per player max