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2006 Ranked #15,263

Venus Needs Men

This asymmetric science-fiction conflict game has alien worlds capture or destroy Earths population while stopping rival invasions. Earth instead tries to defend humanity and move people to safety, creating opposed survival goals.

Humor Science Fiction Open Drafting Point to Point Movement

Players

2-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

1.88/5

Rating

6.09

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.4/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

In Venus Needs Men! you can play one of the five alien worlds attempting to capture or destroy Earth’s population while preventing the other players from doing the same, or else you can play Earth trying to fend off the aliens while getting your population to safety.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Open Drafting

Select cards or items from a shared face-up display.
Dice Rolling

Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Point-to-Point Movement

Move along explicit connections between named locations or nodes.
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Category

2
Humor Science Fiction

Mechanism

3
Dice Rolling Open Drafting Point to Point Movement

Family

2
Creatures: Aliens / Extraterrestrials Space: Venus

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Editions

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–6
Best with
3–6
Play time
90 min
Age
12+
Complexity
1.9/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
John L. Velonis

Artists

1
Jeff Durham

Publishers

1
Synelix

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