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2018 Ranked #1,896

Ganymede

Space-colony development game where corporations move settlers toward Ganymede and onward into the solar system. Cards convert recruits through a growing tableau, so every action must keep the migration pipeline flowing efficiently.

Strategy Games Card Game Science Fiction Open Drafting Pick-up and Deliver

Players

2-4

Play time

20-40 min

Age

14+

Complexity

2.25/5

Rating

7.16

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Ganymede is a development and tableau-building game in which players are corporations specialized in sending settlers to colonize the universe.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Open Drafting

Select cards or items from a shared face-up display.
Pick Up and Deliver

Collect goods at one location and transport them to another for rewards.
Set Collection

Gather related items that become more valuable when scored together.
Read the full game description

Ganymede is a development and tableau-building game in which players are corporations specialized in sending settlers to colonize the universe. To do so, you will recruit settlers on Earth, use shuttles to transport them to Mars, then to Ganymede where the settlers' ships launch base is located. The game ends when a player has launched four settlers' ships into space. Players score VP from their launched ships and from their reputation track.

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Type

1
Strategy Games

Category

2
Card Game Science Fiction

Mechanism

3
Open Drafting Pick-up and Deliver Set Collection

Family

6
Mechanism: Tableau Building Misc: LongPack Games Occupation: Astronaut Series: Ganymede Universe Space: Earth's Solar System Space: Jupiter

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2–4
Play time
20–40 min
Age
14+
Complexity
2.3/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Hope S. Hwang

Artists

1
Oliver Mootoo

Publishers

1
Sorry We Are French

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