Game Profile: Alien Frontiers

Mechanics Area Control, Dice Rolling, Worker Placement

Theme Science Fiction

Publication Clever Mojo Games, 2010

Ages 13+

Time 90

Players 2 – 4

Description

The Alien civilization
that once ruled here vanished long ago, leaving traces of their technology and
a terrain ripe for settlement.  Now the race is on to see who can take
control of this abandoned planet!

In Alien
Frontiers, players use dice as space ships to explore and colonize
an alien planet.  Dice can be placed to gather resources, additional
ships, and alien technologies, and eventually colonies to be placed on the
planet’s surface.  Each of the eight areas of the planet grants a special
ability to the player who colonizes and controls it.  Those abilities
relate to the orbital facility above that section of the planet.

The object of the game
is to score points by placing colonies, controlling territories by having a
majority of colonies in a territory, and by possessing certain alien technology
cards.  Each of the location for dice placement has a different way the
can be used.  Sometime it takes two or three dice to use an orbital
facility.  Strategic play of the dice will be critical to a player’s
success.