Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
Alien Menace is a Science Fiction card game for 2 players. One player plays as the marines and the other the aliens.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Auction/Bidding
Bid against other players to determine who receives an item, action, or priority.
Modular Board
Build the play area from interchangeable sections that vary between games.
Hand Management
Time and sequence a limited hand of cards to preserve future options.
Tile Placement
Place tiles to build a shared or personal spatial arrangement.
Read the full game description
Alien Menace is a Science Fiction card game for 2 players. One player plays as the marines and the other the aliens. Each player has a unique deck of cards. The board is made of cards representing different rooms drawn from a separate deck each turn. The marine travels these rooms and fights aliens creatures, trying to find the portal in order to stop the alien invasion. Cards represent events, weapons, or creatures that players use to beat each other in combat. The game also uses flipping tokens to add bonuses and randomness.