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2020 Ranked #220

Under Falling Skies

Under Falling Skies is a solo dice-placement defense game where players protect an underground city from an alien invasion. Higher-value actions are stronger but pull enemy ships closer, creating a relentless race to research a solution before the base falls.

Strategy Games Dice Science Fiction Modular Board Once-Per-Game Abilities

Players

1-2

Play time

20-40 min

Age

12+

Complexity

2.39/5

Rating

7.69

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

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Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.8/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.2/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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Aliens have arrived to conquer Earth. Enemy ships fill the skies.

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Aliens have arrived to conquer Earth. Enemy ships fill the skies. Humanity retreats to underground bunkers located below cities across the globe. Stand against the common threat! Fight the invaders city by city. Build a team from around the globe to save your planet and defeat the aliens! GAMEPLAY Under Falling Skies is a solo game with a multi-mission campaign. In each mission, you take charge of defending a besieged city. Your actions are powered by an innovative dice placement mechanic. When you choose an action, you are also choosing which enemy ships will descend. Bigger numbers give better effects, but they also cause ships to descend faster. Expand your underground base to gain access to more powerful actions, allowing you to shoot down enemy ships or deploy robots to increase your workforce, but don't forget to work on your research and watch your energy supply. The mothership draws closer every round, ratcheting up the tension. Can you complete your mission before your base is destroyed? Official rules: https://czechgames.com/files/rules/under-falling-skies-rules-en.pdf Under Falling Skies is based on the print & play game that won the 2019 9-card Nanogame P&P Design Contest. Built on the same intriguing mechanics, it now comes with a full-scale campaign providing even more content for hours of intense fun.

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Players
1–2
Best with
2
Play time
20–40 min
Age
12+
Complexity
2.4/5
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Designers

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Tomáš Uhlí?

Artists

2
Petr Bohá?ek Kwanchai Moriya

Publishers

1
Czech Games Edition

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