![]() ![]() If you’ve played SYNDICATE, you’d probably also notice Gaia Project has similarities to SYNDICATE. (If you want to play Terra Mystica, but don’t want to run out and buy another board game just to play Gaia Project, we highly recommend checking out the video game adaptation of Terra Mystica on Steam.) Play style and the objectives are largely the same between the two games, with the key difference being Terra Mystica is in the fantasy-realm whereas Gaia Project is a sci-fi game focused on space exploration and conquest. In many ways, Z-Man Games remade and expanded Terra Mystica when it made Gaia Project. Gaia Project is a follow-up to Z-Man Games’s 2012 hit, Terra Mystica (another great game), and if you’ve never played Terra Mystica, we’d highly recommend it before jumping into Gaia Project. It’s not the easiest game to learn – you’ll need to be patient with the rule book – but once you get it, you’ll want to play and replay over-and-over again. There are many things to do and research, but ultimately you need to adjust your strategy based on the strategies of others since this is not a game about brute force. In Gaia Project (by Z-Man Games), is one of our favorite space / conquest / sci-fi board games because of the interconnectedness / responsiveness of different strategies. (BoardGameGeek average review / rating for Eclipse: 7.9/10) To win, you’ll likely need to enter some shaky alliances with other players, who could (and likely will) double cross you at anytime. ![]() This is also a game that will test your friendships. ![]() There’s a lot to love in this game, but the highlights for us are the custom spaceship / fleet construction or the great research element, which allows you to play with a ton of different cool sci-fi technologies that augment your strategies in wild ways. Heavy on both space exploration and space combat, this game is intensely gripping. (BoardGameGeek average review / rating for Terraforming Mars: 8.4/10)Įclipse: New Dawn for the Galaxy is a sci-fi / space-themed heavy strategy board game by Lautapelit.fi, which puts in control an interstellar civilization warring with other players for control of planets, which you need to control to generate resource income. (By the way, if you’ve read the History of Arcturus, you know before colonozing other star systems, humanity starts by terraforming and colonizing Mars, so in a sense, Terraforming Mars is a spiritual prequel to SYNDICATE.) Terraforming Mars: Turmoil promises to be “the biggest & most strategic expansion to Terraforming Mars.” We can’t wait…bring on the space politics! The latest in the series, Terraforming Mars: Turmoil, which looks amazing, recently closed its Kickstarter campaign at $1.4 million (with 26,000 backers). ![]() We also commend Stronghold Games on creating a rich universe of sequels, prequels and expansions that keep the game even fresher. It’s nuanced simplicity is why Terraforming Mars is one of the most commercially successful and popular board games of the last 3 years. What makes this one of our favorite games (not just in the space / sci fi genre) is that the game is very easy to learn (certainly relative to some of the other heavier strategy games on this list) but it still manages to have complex nuances in its game play and strategy that keep the game interesting and replayable. (You might have guessed that from the name.) What’s not simple is you are competing against players (each controlling a futuristic space corporation) and racing against time (as measured by the temperature and oxygen on Mars) to complete terraforming projects and accumulate victory points. Terraforming Mars is a modern space / sci-fi classic by Stronghold Games. ![]()
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