Game Info
Year
2019
Players
2-5
Age
10+
Playtime
60 min
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Description
The second expansion for Alien Artifacts adding breakthrough resources and new technology ship and planet cards
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- Adds new ways to produce technologies.
- Technologies provide significant point opportunities through scoring conditions.
- Does not bog down the base game.
Cons
- Technology cards are too focused on expansion.
- Scoring conditions often rely on having an exact amount of specific items, making them difficult to achieve.
- Extermination part of the game is not significantly developed by this expansion.
Thematic elements
- technology
Comparison games
- Alien Artifacts
- Imperial Settlers
- Inis
- North
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Convention cards — These cards are used to produce resources and can be used for points or for technology advancement.
- Expansion mechanics — Many technology cards in this expansion are related to expansion, requiring specific numbers of expansion ships, technologies, or planets to score points.
- Technology cards — Each card has four technologies, allowing for significant advancement. These cards provide points through during-game and end-game scoring if criteria are met.
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- I really wish it did because every time I play this game I'm reminded of how good it is and how different it is from a lot of the like there are other games
- I feel like doesn't get a lot of hype like I said and I really wish it did
- on a scale of one to ten I would give this expansion of five
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