Some Assembly Required

Description

Some Assembly Required

Overview Some Assembly Required is a cozy-but-cutthroat flatpack furniture-building game for 1–4 players, ages 8+, with a typical playtime of about 40 minutes. Draft colorful, interlocking furniture tiles and race to complete blueprints to place finished pieces in your home. The game balances light spatial puzzle-solving with tactical drafting and special scoring twists—sometimes satisfying, sometimes brutally clever—mirroring the highs and headaches of actual DIY furniture assembly.

• Player count & timing: 1–4 players — ~40 minutes.
• Age: 8+; family-friendly rules with satisfying strategic depth.
• Gameplay loop: Draft tiles, fulfill blueprints, and arrange finished furniture in your home tableau.
• Mechanics: Tile drafting, spatial placement/puzzle, set-completion scoring, and blueprint bonuses that alter priorities each game.
• Designer: Leigh Perrott (Australia).

What to expect

• A tactile, visual puzzle where careful planning and opportunistic drafting matter.
• Replayability from varied blueprints and special scoring rules that change how you value tiles.
• A satisfying combination of casual accessibility (easy to learn) and competitive tension for goal-oriented players.