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E.t. The Extra-terrestrial: Light Years From Home Game

A cooperative adventure game has children gather parts for a communication device while avoiding pursuing agents. Ramps and shortcuts help reach a clearing before a visiting spacecraft departs.

Movies / TV / Radio theme Science Fiction Cooperative Game Creatures: Aliens / Extraterrestrials

Players

2-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

2/5

Rating

7.06

Harder to teach Low interaction Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.8/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.2/5

Low interaction

Player scaling 3.5/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial: Light Years From Home Game is a co-operative game in which you play as Elliot, Gertie, Mike, or Greg as they try to find parts for E.T.

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E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial: Light Years From Home Game is a co-operative game in which you play as Elliot, Gertie, Mike, or Greg as they try to find parts for E.T. to create a communication device to contact his home planet. You race around the neighborhood using ramps and shortcuts to avoid federal agents bent on capturing E.T. To win, you must find all the parts of the device and get E.T. to the clearing when the mothership arrives to pick him up. —description from the publisher

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All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
1–4
Play time
30 min
Age
10+
Complexity
2.0/5
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Credits

Designers

1
Prospero Hall

Publishers

1
Funko Games

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