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Alien Artifacts

Humanity has rushed into space, spreading wide and developing a range of powers, cultures, and civilizations. Discovering the powerful artifacts of an alien race boosted humanity's development and escalated the... (read more)

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Reviews
mixed, 55% of all reviews are favorable
Playtime
60 minutes
Published
2017
Age
10+
Publisher
Portal Games
Players
2 to 5 players
Designers
Marcin Ropka, Viola Kijowska, and Marcin Senior Ropka
Playstyle
Involved
Game's Categories
Science Fiction, Card Game, Space, Hand Management, Open Drafting, Pegasus Spiele, and Set Collection
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Description

Humanity has rushed into space, spreading wide and developing a range of powers, cultures, and civilizations. Discovering the powerful artifacts of an alien race boosted humanity's development and escalated the conflicts between factions, setting the known universe on fire.

Alien Artifacts is a sci-fi style card game with players leading interstellar factions. Build your space fleet, research technologies, and explore the galaxy for anything - or anyone - you can exploit.

Master the incredibly smooth card management system, establishing efficient combos both for gameplay development and end scoring conditions. Acquire new cards, assemble them as a part of your empire, choosing which card side suits your development path best

• Build the spaceship to enforce your territory or send it to attack

• Develop the technology to create powerful combo or maximize your end scoring

• Discover the planet to settle new worlds or exploit resource-rich regions

• Manage your resources - choose which side of the resource card to use

Contents

  • 240 Cards
  • 10 Wooden Markers
  • 6 Faction Boards
  • 1 Scoring Board
  • 38 Blockade Tokens
  • 1 Starting Player Token
  • 5 Player Aid Tiles
  • 1 Basic Defense Plan Tile
  • Rulebook

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Game's Categories

Genre

  • Card Game

Themes

  • Science Fiction
  • Space

Mechanics

  • Hand Management
  • Open Drafting
  • Set Collection
  • Variable Phase Order
  • Tableau Building
  • 4X

Publishers

  • Matagot
  • Portal Games
  • Pegasus Spiele

Designers

  • Marcin Ropka
  • Viola Kijowska
  • Marcin Senior Ropka

Developer

  • Ignacy Trzewiczek

Artists

  • Rafał Szyma
  • Evan Lee
  • Aleksandar Mihajlovic
  • Miroslav Petrov
  • Igor Pushkar

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