I have to say there certainly isn’t a more interestingly titled game release at this year’s Origins Game Fair than Before the Earth Explodes. In the game, from Green Couch Games, two players will compete to find more suitable planetary environments for humanity before time runs out. Before the Earth Explodes is for ages 13+, plays in around 30 minutes, and will carry an MSRP of $20.00.
From Green Couch:
Resources are dwindling. Overpopulation is destroying the planet. Time is running out. Elite factions are exploring the cosmos for a new home, new technology, new allies, or the resources needed to repair the plight of their damaged homeworld. With nothing left to lose and on the brink of madness, these warring Earthlings, equipped with deep-space warships with expansive cargo holds, will do whatever it takes to claim the glory for saving humanity…before the Earth explodes!
In Before The Earth Explodes, two players face off with the use of simultaneous action selection, clever tactics, and intuition to be the first player to advance to the top of the technology track, colonize seven new planets, destroy the opposing faction, or meet one of the ship victory conditions.