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[16 May 2013 | No Comment | ]
Critical Preview – Euphoria: Build a Better Dystopia (Kickstarter Project)

In Euphoria: Build a Better Dystopia, you lead a team of workers (dice) and recruits (cards) to claim ownership of the dystopian world. You will generate commodities, dig tunnels to infiltrate opposing areas, construct markets, collect artifacts, strengthen allegiances, and fulfill secret agendas.

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[10 May 2013 | No Comment | ]
Off The Shelf Board Game Reviews – Galaxy Trucker Anniversary Edition

In Galaxy Trucker, players will frantically race to build a space-worthy space ship, simultaneously grabbing tiles from a pile of parts in the center of the table. Players can add engines, phasers, crew modules, cargo modules, shields, and all sorts of parts to their ship.

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[27 Apr 2013 | No Comment | ]
Galaxy Trucker Anniv. Edition Unboxing Video

In Galaxy Trucker, players will frantically race to build a space-worthy space ship, simultaneously grabbing tiles from a pile of parts in the center of the table. Players can add engines, phasers, crew modules, cargo modules, shields, and all sorts of parts to their ship.

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[25 Apr 2013 | No Comment | ]
Among the Stars (Video Review)

In Among the Stars, each player takes the role of one of those races, trying to build the best space station. Through a drafting mechanism, the players select location cards and place them on their station, scoring victory points based on where they place them. The construction lasts four years, and whoever has the most points at the end wins.

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[23 Apr 2013 | No Comment | ]
Relic ( VIdeo Review)

Relic is a board game in which two to four players each assume the role of a powerful hero from the Warhammer 40,000 universe and bravely venture forth to shield the Antian Sector from certain doom. By completing missions and defeating enemies, characters compete to gain rewards and experience, furthering their chance of being the first to defeat whatever evil lies beyond the Warp rift.

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[15 Mar 2013 | No Comment | ]
Starship Merchants (Video Review)

4049: The galaxy hums with prosperity and peace two millennia after the dawn of space travel. But as mankind and its neighbors colonized the stars, the burgeoning need for resources was apparent. One by one, new geological discoveries revolutionized terraform, construction and energy technology.

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[12 Feb 2013 | No Comment | ]
Merchant of Venus (Video Review)

Players take on the roles of space traders who move their ships through interconnected systems discovering new alien worlds to trade with.

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[4 Feb 2013 | 2 Comments | ]
Then there was the definitive Avalon Hill game: Dune! (Video Review)

Dune – with three expansions (one from the Space Gamer)

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[12 Jan 2013 | No Comment | ]
Lacuna Expanse (A Video Review)

Work together with the other players to build a space station before the Sābēn can send enough enemy ships to wipe you out.

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[31 Dec 2012 | One Comment | ]
Critical Review – The Lacuna Expanse

It is, at the core, a race game where you and your fellow players work together to build colonies that are efficient, defensive, and ultimately, ones that will lead you to completing your Space Station, the goal of the player’s winning.