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One Small Step

Lead the United States or Soviet Union Space Agency in this engine building, worker placement, race for the moon Eurogame. Play on a team of one or two players where each player on a team controls either the Engineer Workers or the Administrator Workers for their team. Coordinate...

Players

2-4

Time

60-120

Age

10+

Weight

3.18

Rating

7.05

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Moderate level of direct and strategic confrontation with high interaction frequency, but low emphasis on cooperation.

Teach 2.4

Teaching signal

Replay 4.0

High replayability

Interaction 3.7

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.0

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 2.8

Luck-sensitive

Table feel

Moderate level of direct and strategic confrontation with high interaction frequency, but low emphasis on cooperation.

Replay value

One Small Step has a high variability gameboard, offering different experiences each time it is played. The presence of expansions adds new content and gameplay elements, further enhancing replay value. The game provides deep strategic possibilities and room for players to improve their strategy over time. The player interaction score is moderate. The game scales well with different numbers of players without compromising its appeal or balance. It is moderately easy to learn, striking a balance between accessibility and depth. Overall, One Small Step has a strong replayability score of 7.95.

Luck profile

The final luck score for One Small Step is 5.67, indicating a balanced mix of luck and strategy. Random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome, and players have some ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game outcome is influenced by both luck and player strategy, making it a moderately luck-dependent game.

Overview

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Lead the United States or Soviet Union Space Agency in this engine building, worker placement, race for the moon Eurogame. Play on a team of one or two players where each player on a team controls either the Engineer Workers or the Administrator Workers for their team. Coordinate your actions with your teammate on each of your turns to either place an Engineer or Administrator Worker on board actions to gather the games 9 different resources, draft development cards, increase your media coverage, recruit astronauts, upgrade resources, develop your space flight capability, or spend resources to launch humanity’s first unmanned and manned Missions into space. Which type of Worker you place changes the effect that a board action has. Each board action can only be used once each round, so placing a Worker does not only prevent your opponents from using the action but prevents your teammate from using the action's alternative effect with their workers. Gain the advantage in the media to place your worker first in a round or to gain a media bonus for special one time abilities and bonus resources. Score Victory Points by building cards you drafted or by successfully launching Missions into space. Every successful launch you have upgrades one of the board actions not only for your team but also your opponents. Successfully launch enough Manned Missions to achieve the first manned moon landing before your rivals, gaining you bonus Victory Points and ending the game. The team who has the most Victory Points at the end contributed the most to one of humanities greatest achievements and wins the game. One Small Step provides a fun learning experience about the space race that makes it perfect for a US history curriculum in the classroom and home school. —description from the publisher The Kickstarter Deluxe Edition included the expansions and may be found here One Small Step: Deluxe Edition.

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Credits

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Designers

3
James DuMond Gunter Eickert James Schoch

Artists

1
Jarek Noco?

Publishers

1
Academy Games, Inc.

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