I know I’m dating myself here but one of my favorite PC games from back in the day was Buzz Aldrin’s Race Into Space and the challenges it presented in researching technology, training astronauts, and pushing your luck in order to take “one giant leap for mankind.” The PC title was actually a modified version of a board game known as Liftoff where two players vied to be the first country (either the U.S. or Soviet Union) to put a man on the moon. Now a new card game from Boardcubator aims to provide many of those same challenges (and more) in Space Race.
Up to four players take on the roles of newly minted Space Agency directors. Their goals? To lead their country through seven decades of space exploration. Space Race is already funded but there are only a few days to still get on board through Kickstarter. You can reserve a copy of the game, as well as the stretch goals, for a $33 pledge.
About the project:
“The world struggles in the Cold War, and many see the sky as the next battlefield. The era of Space Race has just begun. Do you have what it takes to lead a daring space agency into a new age of human achievement?”
The game takes place during the first seven decades of the space conquest, as players become directors of newly established Space Agencies. Their goal is to expand them and to achieve astonishing breakthroughs.
The box contains:
10 unique Leader cards and 14 Propaganda Actions,
24 Space Program cards,
24 Technology cards,
12 unique Breakthrough cards,
12 customised Control Cards for each of four factions,
4 Player’s Aid cards,
the Initiative Marker,
rulebook.
That is a total of 137 cards with 58 unique illustrations, not mentioning any stretch goals!
Founder/Editor-in-chief of The Gaming Gang website and host of The Gaming Gang Dispatch and other TGG media, Jeff tackles any and all sorts of games but has a special fondness for strategy, conflict sims, and roleplaying games. Plus, he's certainly never at a loss for an opinion...
