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Among the Stars takes place in a war-ravaged galaxy where the warring alien races have declared peace in the wake of a threat with the potential to destroy them all. An Alliance is established to build space stations throughout the galaxy in order to promote trade among the races, strengthen diplomatic relations, and defend against this impending threat. Each player takes the role of one of those races trying to build the greatest space station. Through card drafting, the players select locations, and use these to build their station, scoring victory points based on the placement. The construction lasts four years, and the alien race with the most points at the end wins.
Year Published
2012
Transcript Analysis
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Foster the Meepolo top_10_list at 19:28 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Might go on list
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Science fiction
- Space station construction
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- drafting — In a time of galactic peace draft rooms to construct the best space station
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- We love trick taking games
- This game is so much freaking fun
- I adore GMT games, they are becoming one of my favorite game publishers
- If you remember Vast Crystal Caverns is in my top five games of all time
- We bloody love it
- We can't stop playing
- It's a blimp game not a train game
- That's just work
- I don't think I want to play it
- I'll get it eventually
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Unknown Channel general_discussion at 1:26 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- distinct from Seven Wonders due to its card drafting twist
- space-station theme with visual appeal
- fast, approachable feel
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- space station construction and optimization
- Space; building big space stations
- light, abstracted space-building
Comparison games
- Seven Wonders
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- card drafting — take a card, play one, pass the rest to your neighbor; rotate through players
- pattern/color bonuses — bonuses for colors and patterns laid out on cards
- tile/board placement — align components orthogonally to maximize bonuses
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Quotes (from this video)
- we're going to be running our first contest ever in the series
- stay tuned hopefully in the next week or so I'm going to have this come up and there'll be a whole separate video just for the Sheriff of Nottingham contest
- I want to interact with you more I want to get more feedback from you guys I want to hear more about what you've been playing
- I'd love to just chat games with you I think that'd be a lot of fun
- I appreciate you sticking around and listening
- we're really excited to get to Eclipse this week
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