Game Info
Year
2026
Players
1-4
Age
14+
Playtime
75 min
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Description
A standalone lunar edition of Race to Mars where space agencies build moon bases and compete for the first crewed landing
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Rahdo Runs Through Rules Teach at 0:04 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Incredible standout game
- Brilliant design
- So much replayability
- Simple, elegant rules
- Fast playing
- Satisfying deck building
- Tension and drama
- Great story evolution
- Phenomenal Euro-style racing game
- Lunar Edition adds fun alternative path and mixes things up
Cons
- Lack of a solo mode (though one is in development)
- Turns can be very quick for players still in preparation while others are racing, potentially leading to downtime.
- In a two-player game, the alternate lunar paths are not mutually exclusive, reducing the pressure to launch quickly compared to higher player counts.
Thematic elements
- racing to Mars
- the red planet (Mars)
Comparison games
- Road to El Dorado
- Cubitos
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card Drafting — Players draft cards from a common pool, with choices impacting their own capabilities and the trajectory cards added to the board.
- Deck Building — Players build and enhance their decks with new cards that are either attached to their rocket or added to their deck as crew.
- Hand Management — Players manage their hand of cards, deciding which to play for resources, crew, or upgrades.
- Jettisoning Cards — Players can spend experience points to remove unwanted cards (like asteroids) from their deck.
- Modular Board — The trajectory cards are laid out to form the game board, and the Lunar Edition adds an alternative moon path.
- Push Your Luck — Players must balance preparing longer on Earth to build a better ship/crew against launching sooner to gain a lead.
- Resource Management — Players need to manage various resources like fuel, hull, and velocity to advance along the trajectory.
- Route Building — Players build a trajectory or path from Earth to Mars, with alternative paths available in the Lunar Edition.
- Set Collection — Players collect specific resources (hull, velocity, navigation, fuel, communication, engineering) needed to advance along the trajectory.
- Storage Module — A rocket module that allows players to store cards and carry them over to the next round.
- Take That (implied) — While not explicitly named, the drafting mechanic where players can take cards needed by opponents to hinder them implies a 'hate draft' strategy.
- Variable player powers — Each player has unique powers that influence their strategy and playstyle, with new powers introduced in the Lunar Edition.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Hey, I've got a really weird deck I've created for myself, folks. I've never seen anything like it.
- The deck building here is so satisfying, so phenomenal, the tension, the drama and the story with way the game evolves with these two halves
- this is a game from start to finish where we are going to science the bleep out of it.
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Rahdo Runs Through Top List at 1:10:25 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Extremely positive
Pros
- Phenomenal racing game
- Destroys all other racing games the host has ever played
- Brilliant card drafting, deck building, race to the finish line game that does everything perfectly
- One of the top 100 games of all time
- Near perfect
- Great replayability, variability, tension, and fun
- Better than ever with the Lunar module expansion
- Solo mode is being developed
- Hard science fact-based gaming
Cons
- Extremely difficult to get, very small print run (less than 1000 copies initially)
- Limited window for acquisition via Kickstarter
- Not expected to show up in shops much
Thematic elements
- Racing
- Mars
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card Drafting — The game involves card drafting.
- Deck Building — The game involves deck building.
- Multi-stage race — Features a multi-stage race component.
- racing — The game is a race to the finish line.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This is like one of my ultimate all-time hidden gems. It's going to be hard to get.
- This is the best Machi Koro killer that outperforms every other Machi Koro killer that ever came out. It is phenomenal.
- It is such a phenomenal racing game. It destroys all other racing games I've ever played.
- It's in my top 100 games of all time and I can't imagine it ever leaving that because it is just about perfect.
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The Dice Tower News at 15:06 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- Reprint with added features like solo mode, mini-expansion, and new headquarters.
- Brian Drake has played it and given it a seal of approval.
Cons
- The look of the game is not liked by the reviewer.
- The card art is perceived as a weak point.
- The overall look requires overcoming to appreciate the gameplay.
Thematic elements
- Space race to Mars
Comparison games
- AI 100% Human
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Deck Building — Players build up their deck of cards.
- Rocket Building — Players build up their rocket.
- score tracking — Players move along a score tracker.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I'm still not sure what this is for.
- this is probably I don't see how this is not being used for nefarious reasons
- This is so weird.
- You know what I want to use this for? No joke.
- This is no longer crowdfunding is not the right way to go about this unfortunately.
- Hamsterium.
- I am crazy for hamsters on drones.
- I was very very charmed by this game.
- It's a game split down the middle, right?
- Shattered Peaks.
- Don't No need to reinvent the wheel on this one.
- Come play games with us Orlando at the Curry Royale Resort.
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