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Alien Frontiers: Factions

Game ID: GID0020449
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2012
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Description

Alien Frontiers: Factions adds a number of items to the Alien Frontiers base game:

Ship and colony tokens for a fifth player.
Factions (thus the name), with each faction providing its owner a special ability and new orbital facilities under his control.
Agendas, which are hidden objectives that allow a player to earn bonus points at game's end or when the agenda is revealed in-game.
New Alien Tech cards, such as the Lunar Tunneler, which will allow its owner to pay one fuel to receive an extra ore when using the Lunar Mine. This card's discard power will send all ships docked at the Lunar Mine to the Maintenance Bay, which can be useful when the Mine is clogged with high-value ships.

Description

Alien Frontiers: Factions adds a number of items to the Alien Frontiers base game:

Ship and colony tokens for a fifth player.
Factions (thus the name), with each faction providing its owner a special ability and new orbital facilities under his control.
Agendas, which are hidden objectives that allow a player to earn bonus points at game's end or when the agenda is revealed in-game.
New Alien Tech cards, such as the Lunar Tunneler, which will allow its owner to pay one fuel to receive an extra ore when using the Lunar Mine. This card's discard power will send all ships docked at the Lunar Mine to the Maintenance Bay, which can be useful when the Mine is clogged with high-value ships.

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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
  • Still doing really well and very popular.
  • A good game.
  • Many other people enjoy it more than the reviewer.
  • Can still get this readily.
Cons
  • Reviewer found it a little boring.
  • Licensing issues in the past.
Thematic elements
  • Alien colonization and expansion
  • Space
Comparison games
  • Alien Frontiers
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Area Control — Players compete for control of different zones.
  • Dice Placement — Players use dice to take actions on various board locations.
  • Tech Tree — Players can develop technologies.
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Quotes (from this video)
  • this is definitely one i think folks can skip
  • this is basically dune but in the twilight imperium universe
  • really neat deck building stuff
  • it's gone away it's it's a you know they've sunsetted the game now
  • i think i ended up liking the more modern version a little bit better
  • this one I felt kind of muddied the waters a little bit
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