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2021 Ranked #20,944

Space Invaders: The Board Game

A competitive deck-building game has players move cannons, shoot invaders, and convert energy into the most score. Scanning aliens unlocks otherwise unavailable technology, but the game can end when the base falls or only one player survives.

Card Game Science Fiction Deck, Bag, and Pool Building Theme: Arcade Video Games

Players

1-4

Play time

25-60 min

Age

13+

Complexity

1.8/5

Rating

5.64

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

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?

Based on the SPACE INVADERS arcade game. Competitive gameplay.

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Based on the SPACE INVADERS arcade game. Competitive gameplay. Card/ Deck building game. Players move their cannons at the bottom of the board and can shoot the attacking Invaders that are added as new technology to their decks. Scanning invaders awards a secondary currency ("Alien Inteligence") that can be used to research otherwise unavailable technologies. The goal of the game is to find the most efficient way to convert energy into score and to have the highest score when the game ends. The game ends (in order of probability) when the invaders have destroyed the human base, if the alien command ship (UFO) has been defeated, or if only one player survives. —description from the designer

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Play and group

Players
1–4
Best with
3–4
Play time
25–60 min
Age
13+
Complexity
1.8/5
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Designers

2
Thomas Brockhage Daniel Brockhage

Publishers

1
612 Games

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