A
brilliant and stunning foray into space, sometime near the year 2700A.D.
Compete for the prestigious post of Ambassador to the Galactic Council. To attain this lofty position, players must leave Terra and the known
planets to explore and colonize the galaxy, while working to
establish trade with alien cultures, encounter aliens and defeat pirates. Glory and victory to the brave and astute explorer who luck smiles upon.
The
known worlds lie at one end of the game board where each of the 3 or 4
players begin from known solar systems, each with 3 planets producing raw
materials needed for the travels into deep space. Each player begins
with 2 Colonies and a Space Port (all components are made from plastic).
The Space Port makes starships to transport your new colonies and trade
posts to distant lands. Throughout the game all the colonies and
spaceports enable the production of resources when the dice match the
numbers of adjacent planets. Resources are traded for colony ships,
trade ships, and fleet upgrades of freight rings, booster rockets, and
cannon. Beware as you explore, some planets are covered in ice, and
some conceal dangerous pirates.
This
game contains a myriad of components. Each
player has a 13 cm tall Mother-ship upon which your star ship fleet
enhancements are placed. This mother-ship contains the traits for all of a
players starships, as well as being the random generator of encounters and
movement points. There are more than 200 other plastic components -
colonies, trading posts, and space port rings for all four players,
booster rockets (to speed your ships on their way), cannons (to defeat
pirates), freight rings (to assist in placement of trading posts &
colonizing ice planets, and glory rings (which give represent fame from
acts of bravery). There are 4 Alien races and a assortment of Alien
Friendship cards flavored to the individual races, 5 types of
commodities cards, the wonderful Encounter cards deck, 4 player
reference cards, 4 victory point markers, 4 alien tokens, 2 dice, 1 quick
start rules sheet, a basic rules book, a detailed almanac, and last but
not least those wonderful Spaceships. The
mother ship features a random generator incorporated into the hull.
This generator contains 4 colored balls, of which two are visible through
a small dome on the bottom of the ship. The balls are red, yellow,
blue, and black in color. The two visible balls will determine the
speed of a players star ships and if an encounter card must be enacted.
The
first player to reach the victory point level wins.
Vendor: Mayfair
Games
