Gizmos
37 questions players ask about Gizmos. Pick one for the answer. See also the full rulebook.
Updated 2026-11-05.
Setup and Components
Actions: File, Pick, Build, Research
- What happens if a player cannot take any action on their turn?
- Must you show the cards you research to other players?
- Can you file a researched card and also build it in the same turn?
- Do the Build or File made during a Research action trigger Gizmos?
- Does building from your Archive trigger Build effects, and the Build-from-Archive effect?
- Does the Build-from-Archive effect apply when you build directly from a Research action?
- Can the Research or Archive discount make a Level I Gizmo free?
- Can you build more than one Gizmo in a turn?
- Is the Display refilled before a free-Build Gizmo triggers off a card you just took?
Triggers and Chain Reactions
- Does a random Energy drawn from the Dispenser count as a Pick?
- Can a Gizmo be used more than once in a turn if its trigger happens again?
- If one Pick triggers two different Gizmos, do both resolve?
- If I pick two yellows and have one Pick Yellow Gizmo, does it fire twice?
- If a Gizmo gives 3 random Energy, do I get all three?
- Can a newly built Gizmo be used on the turn it was built?
- In what order do triggered effects resolve, and can I delay them?
- Are triggered Gizmo effects optional?
- When a Gizmo lets me perform 2 Picks, do I resolve triggers between them?
- Can a Gizmo with two powers use each at different times in one turn?