Gizmo (Version 3) - A Robot Team Deathmatch

I had a read through the rules a few times. I found it a bit hard to get a feel for the game just from the rules. However, after reading through a few times I think I got the gist of it.

General comments:
- The negative feedback loop of building construction modules is good, so players have the choice of attacking their opponents or boosting themselves or working towards the win condition, but not all three at the same time. It would require plenty of playtesting to get the balance right, but I think you are on the right track by limiting the storage pool and control ports so that the players cannot do everything at the same time. It is this choice that makes the game.
- Maybe I missed something, but I couldn't see any way to attack opponent robots other than the Ion Cannon. The Ion Cannon removes shields, but does not describe what happens if the opponent has no shields. The shields says it protects against "most" attacks, but the only other Parts which mentions shields are the Ion Cannon and the Hacker (which says it can't be blocked). So it's a bit unclear exactly what the shield protects against.

Specific comments:
- Hacker: The ability to use the Hacker to discard equipped parts seems very powerful.
- Thermal: The ability to destroy construction Phases seems very powerful, especially for an ability that could be used every round. Consider also that this Part has the potential to turn into a zero-sum game -- one team keeps building and the other team keeps destroying, so the game will never reach a conclusion. Consider if it would be better to focus on Parts that keep the game moving forward to the ending condition, rather than creating a stalemate situation.
- EMP Beam: This seems like a pointless Part because it costs me 1 action to make you lose 1 action, but it also cost me resources and CP to equip it. However, it you made it more powerful (e.g. I spend 1 action to make you lose 2 actions) then it might be overpowered and lead to a stalemate situation. Similar to Thermal, consider focusing on parts that move the game towards the end condition rather than stalemating or slowing down the game.
- Engineering: The description could be interpreted multiple ways. Does it mean that I can use 1 Construction card to place 2 construction markers on the board? Or does it mean I can use 2 construction cards to place 2 construction markers for the cost of 1 action?
- Particle: This seems significatly better than the Parts which give +1 dice to only 1 type of mining. Is the cost/CP a little too low for this Part compared to the others?
- Mean Green Mining and Power Overwhelming: These say "roll an extra die", but the normal mining for these does not roll a die. So to go from mining 1 to mining 1 + (1d6/2) is a very big increase. Maybe the cost of these compared to the other mining Parts should be reviewed. Compare also with the cost of PI.
- Double and Deja Vu: Can either of these be used to double a Construction Module?
- Reprogramming is Easy: The way I read this, the ability is pointless. Why sacrifice all my actions to get 2 resources, when I could get more than that with just 1 normal action? I suspect I'm not reading it right.

Overall, I think you're on the right track with this game. Having the winning condition of using construction modules separate from the take-that mechanic of attacking opponents is a good thing, because it means it is not a zero-sum game. It also avoids the positive feedback trap which strictly attacking games tend to fall into.

Hope that helps,
kos