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2019 Ranked #5,402

Solar Draft

This card-drafting game has players terraform celestial bodies and build a high-scoring solar system. Unique abilities and a one-time market refresh make efficiency and denying key cards both important.

Card Game Space Exploration Once-Per-Game Abilities Open Drafting

Players

2-5

Play time

20-30 min

Age

14+

Complexity

1.78/5

Rating

7.05

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.1/5

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?

You are the brightest new solar architect, and you must put together your draft for your preferred solar system! You will draft, play, and terraform the planets, moons, and comets into your line of cards.

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Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

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You are the brightest new solar architect, and you must put together your draft for your preferred solar system! You will draft, play, and terraform the planets, moons, and comets into your line of cards. Each card you play provides different points, abilities, and scoring conditions to your solar system. Each architect can refresh the center row once per game, which is useful if you don't like the choices presented - and also useful if you don't want a particular card falling into someone else's hands. Each player also has another ability that is unique to them. To have a winning score, you must plan carefully and put together a synergistic combination of cards, while being as efficient with your choices as possible. —description from the publisher

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All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–5
Best with
2–4
Play time
20–30 min
Age
14+
Complexity
1.8/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Zach Moore

Artists

1
Katie Welch

Publishers

1
Tasty Minstrel Games

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