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Alpha Centauri

Alpha Centauri

(Self-Published)
2–420 min0+ yrs1.3/5 complexity6.9 BGG7Kids
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Year 2728. Modern scientific technologies are combined with an environmental disaster, lack of resources and constant wars. Earth survives its last decades, and mankind is divided into four warring superpowers: the Russian-Chinese Empire, the Ukrainian Europia, US-Japan alliance and the Latin-African confederation.

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Year 2728. Modern scientific technologies are combined with an environmental disaster, lack of resources and constant wars. Earth survives its last decades, and mankind is divided into four warring superpowers: the Russian-Chinese Empire, the Ukrainian Europia, US-Japan alliance and the Latin-African confederation. Last forces of world governments are thrown on the creation of space expedition in the region of the constellation, Alpha Centauri, where people found everything needed to create new human settlements. Are you one of those who will lead one of the expeditions and do everything possible to ensure that the descendants remember you as a person, not only as a founder of a new home for one of the superpowers of the forgotten past, but also who made it the most powerful.

"Alpha Centauri" is an abstract filler based on a bluff. The game lasts for eight rounds, each generally has a winner. During each round cards are played face down on any planet they want(each rounds has its different planets equal number of players). There are 3 main types of cards, which are terraforming cards, event cards and colonist cards (1 for each player). Player who places his colonist on the most "green" planet wins the round, all cards except colonist are discarded after and players gain new cards for next round. At the end of 8th round players count victory points.

🔬 game anatomy
Complexity1.3 / 5
BGG rating6.9 / 10
Vibe
Kids
Language dependence
No in-game text needed
🌐 plays without English
Play time
20 min
Players
2–4
Recommended age
0+ yrs

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Q3How do you play Alpha Centauri?
Alpha Centauri is a science fiction game, for 2–4 players, taking ~20 minutes, featuring area majority / influence. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Alpha Centauri — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Alpha Centauri support?
Alpha Centauri is played by 2–4 players.
Q5How long does a game of Alpha Centauri take?
A game of Alpha Centauri takes about 20 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Alpha Centauri for?
Alpha Centauri is recommended from age 0.
Q7How complex is Alpha Centauri?
Alpha Centauri has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 1.3 out of 5.
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