Under Falling Skies

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Moderate level of interaction with a good balance between direct and strategic confrontation. Players need to pay attention to each other's strategies and turns frequently, but cooperation is not a major focus in the game.

Teach 2.4

Teaching signal

Replay 4.0

High replayability

Interaction 3.8

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.2

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 3.5

More strategic control

Table feel

Moderate level of interaction with a good balance between direct and strategic confrontation. Players need to pay attention to each other's strategies and turns frequently, but cooperation is not a major focus in the game.

Replay value

Under Falling Skies offers a high level of variability with its gameboard and expansions, allowing for different experiences each time it is played. The game provides deep strategic possibilities and room for improvement over time. It scales well with different numbers of players and has a moderate level of ease to learn. Overall, it offers a solid replayability score of 7.9.

Luck profile

Under Falling Skies has a moderate influence of luck. Random elements, such as dice rolls and card draws, have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. However, players have substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game outcome is primarily determined by player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role.

Overview

What ABG knows about this game

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.

Mechanism

5

Dice Rolling Modular Board Once-Per-Game Abilities Re-rolling and Locking Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game

Family

3

Creatures: Aliens / Extraterrestrials Players: Games with Solitaire Rules Players: Solitaire Only Games

Type

1

Strategy

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