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ExoBase

A big-box solo worker placement game in a tiny package.

Requirements

30-60
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12+

Description

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1 player • 60 minutes • ages 12+

You have landed with 3 other specialists on a distant planet; future home of a new civilization. You've barely set up the core of your base when a proximity alarm sounds — an incoming meteorite storm is on course to obliterate your new base! You might just have time to activate the shield generator...

Build a self-sustaining base with a powerful shield generator in the hostile environment of a distant exoplanet, before a coming meteorite storm.

  • Each worker is a unique, upgradable character with their own special abilities. Use 4 of 8 included characters in each game for a variety of combinations.
  • Mine resources, harvest water, and grow food by adding new modules onto your base.
  • Balance your focus between upgrading your base and training your founders in specialized skills.
  • To survive, increase your resource production and power up the shield generator before the storm hits!

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Download the rulebook

Get the print-and-play

Learn to play in 8 minutes:


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Full Playthrough:


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  • Work to gather resources
  • Build additions onto your base
  • Upgrade locations to produce more resources automatically

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Each worker pawn represents one of 8 unique characters; four are used in each game. Upgrade their skills as you play to customize them further.

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For a longer, more difficult game, simply flip the Time, Production, and Hazard cards. Be very careful which abilities you take, you'll need most cards to produce resources!

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Components

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Vitals

Average Rating 4 reviews
Publish Date May 14, 2022
Edition First
Department Games
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More Info ExoBase web site

Why buy this?

  • Big-box experience in a tiny package.
  • Strong sense of progression, engine-building, and tension.
  • 8 unique workers with upgradeable abilities.

Notes

  • This game contains a premium upgrade called UV Coating that makes the printed components more durable.

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Own It Played It Fun Priced Well High Replay Value Well Written Rules Nice Artwork

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