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One of the many space gates left behind by the ancient aliens only known as the ‘Nameless’, recently activated. The smartest scientific minds in the galaxy have come to the conclusion that once you enter the gate, you only have a limited amount of time before it shuts down again.
You and your opponents are the chosen captains who take their spaceships through the mysterious gate and explore the riches that lay beyond. You can choose to represent the half-Robot, half-insect Hive mind of Tognath, the cunning and ruthless Maheri tribes, the spacefaring tree hugging Sky-Lords of Edda, or just be a plain old human of the United Nations Explorer Corps.
Each of you will take up missions to gain Expedition points and win the most prestige with your superiors back home. But you won’t be able to complete the missions on your own. Once through the gate, you will have to befriend the locals and assemble the best crew to overcome the dangers of this unexplored part of space.
Explore, recruit crew members, build embassies, acquire resources, and go back through the gate before is closes again.
The game is played over 8 different rounds. Whoever brings home the most Expedition points at the end will win this space race!
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- stellar expedition from wolf on games
- the gate grants access to the new galaxy to explore
- it's mainly a pool building game
- final copy of the game will be produced under the eco-friendly game label
- the components featured in this video are prototype so rules and network are not final
References (from this video)
- Interesting mix of space exploration and pool-building
- Embassy-building provides resources and crew cards
- Secret missions allow strategic sabotage
- Eco-friendly production details announced
- Flexible hex-grid exploration with strategic depth
- Some luck due to random encounter cards
- Hazards can injure crew or damage ships
- Prototype components and rules not final
- space exploration and empire-building
- Orion galaxy
- personal objectives and missions
- Dwellings of Eldfell
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dice Rolling — Players roll dice to determine bonuses or events each round.
- dice-rolling — Players roll dice to determine bonuses or events each round.
- embassy-building — Building embassies on planets yields resources and crew cards; up to three embassies and three cards.
- Encounters — Encounter cards grant bonuses or penalties; some can injure crew or damage ships.
- Hand Management — Players play cards from hand to a used area to pay icons/resources and resolve actions.
- hand-management — Players play cards from hand to a used area to pay icons/resources and resolve actions.
- Movement — Players move their ship to adjacent planets, with free moves or paid moves using resources.
- personal-missions — Complete personal missions by playing crew member cards and replacing missions.
- pool-building — Players build up a pool of icons/resources and use it to pursue missions by combining upgrades and crew cards.
- tile-discovery/exploration — Discovery tiles placed around ships indicate planets to explore or space features like wormholes.
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- stellar expedition from wolf on games
- the gate grants access to the new galaxy to explore
- it's mainly a pool building game
- final copy of the game will be produced under the eco-friendly game label
- the components featured in this video are prototype so rules and network are not final