Players are expanding their space empire by colonizing planets, raising armies, researching technology, and trading goods. Each player begins the game with the same deck of cards, but as the game continues each player will take cards that adapt their deck to match their goals. Players who efficiently plan their decks will spread their influence across the galaxy and win the game.
Be the player with the most points at the end of the game.
1 card display board
96 role cards including:
16 Produce/Trade cards
20 Research cards
20 Colonize cards
16 Warfare cards
20 Survey cards
4 Politics cards
27 planet cards (9 of each kind)
6 start planet tiles (2 of each kind)
39 technology cards
35 fighter tokens
24 resource tokens
4 player aid tiles
32 influence tokens
1 set of instructions
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Seth Jaffee
Eric J. Carter, Ryan Johnson, James Wolf Strehle, Patrick McEvoy, and Jeremy Deveraturda
2011
2-4
10+
45 minutes
Intermediate
card drafting, deck building, hand management, variable phases