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2026
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Description
A post-apocalyptic colony-building game set after the Great Nuclear War, in which players lead an underground A.S.H.E.S. shelter over three rounds, sending civilians to build shelters, rescue survivors and advance the Phoenix Project while spending fuel to move vehicles and holding off radiation damage to happiness.
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Board Gaming Ramblings Review at 0:06 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Stellar game, one of the best played so far this year.
- Very fun to play, utilizing actions effectively.
- Wide open scoring opportunities, same for everybody.
- Great at two and three players, works well at four if you don't mind the time.
- Scaling is very well done.
- Love the optimization and variability.
- Lots of reasons to do things, pursue specific scoring tiles or points.
- A good amount of things get done, even if not everything desired.
- It's not one of those games where you feel like you haven't gotten anything done.
Cons
- Can be a long game.
- Lengthy third turns in a four-player game can lead to downtime.
- The first play with four players is not recommended due to length and complexity.
Thematic elements
- Terrible theme, a Euro game
- Same universe as Phoenix New Horizon
Comparison games
- Phoenix New Horizon
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- action selection — Players choose one of several main actions on their turn.
- Car Movement — Players move a car around the map using fuel to reach action locations.
- Engine Building — Players upgrade their player board and unlock scoring opportunities and resource generation.
- Resource Management — Players manage resources like fuel and strength, which are acquired through actions and upgrades.
- Set Collection — Players collect survivors to fill shelters for scoring opportunities.
- Variable player powers — Players can have unique powers that affect their scoring or actions.
- Worker Placement — Players place active survivors on action spaces to gain income and perform actions.
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Quotes (from this video)
- The rules of this game aren't that heavy, but it's still a heavy game.
- The because as I said the the rules are the the main thing that makes the rules a bit harder like none of the main actions are hard are basically explained to you how they work except for this one.
- And what makes it a heavy game is you have seven free actions in including the other things you can do and because everything is so tight, some games you might be like oh I have a lot of fuel this game, but suddenly I have no strength.
- It's one of those that tricks you. When I play it, I'm like, 'Oh, we only took 40 minutes to play the first round. This is going to be a shorter game.' And then no.
- For me, I'm going to land on a 9.5. A fantastic game that we highly recommend if what you saw here seemed interesting to you.
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