Players are competing to crash combinations of elements onto planets that then
allow them to play cards to evolve the planets in a variety of ways, with each
player looking to evolve planets in the system to suit their own secret endgame
goals.
On a turn a player will firstly move a matter or planet token in a clockwise
direction around the star. The board is mapped with a series of lines, tracing
orbits around the star, and it is along these lines that the tokens are moved. If a matter token moves onto a space occupied by planet token then the matter
token is placed on the player's mat (on the respective planet). In the same
way, planets can also be moved onto matter tokens, placing the matter tokens on
the player's mat.
In the second part of a turn a player can play Evolution cards from their hand
at the cost of the matter tokens they have collected on their player mat (some
cards have other special requirements to play). If a player plays a card, they
score the cards points and check to see if their card has changed the state of
the planet from hostile to habitable by checking the total habitable and
hostile points played to the planet (some end game goals require planets to be
hostile or habitable). The player may then draw a card from one of three decks,
Low Evolution (cards that score less points but require less matter to play),
High Evolution (cards that score more and are harder to play), and Final
Evolution (cards that can only be played on a player's final turn).
The thematic's of the game have been developed with an eye on the science, led
by a scientist working on NASA's search for life on Mars. Evolution cards
thematically include all kinds of planetary phenomenon, from asteroid impacts,
atmospheric effects, to geological events. Final Evolution cards mark the
relatively stable state a planet is in at the end of the solar system's
development and include classifications for the final planets such as Hot Jupiter
or an uninhabitable frozen dwarf planet.
The game consists of a beautiful game board with handfuls of matter tokens,
approximately 36 Evolution cards and 16 Final Evolution cards (all with unique
space art and flavor), player mats, and player and score markers.
(30011)
SKU | 30011 |
Barcode # | 13964757293 |
Brand | Board Games |
Shipping Weight | 0.5000kg |