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Alien Frontiers: Aurora

Past, Present, Retro-Future

The Alien Frontiers board game by Clever Mojo Games was one of the first successfully funded board games on Kickstarter.com.

The first printing of 1000 copies sold out in mere weeks after release in October 2010. The second printing of 3000 copies sold out nearly as soon as it was released in April 2011.

The game created by Tory Niemann and illustrated by Mark Maxwell was very well received by board game players and reviewers around the world and is currently ranked in the TOP 100 of the world's best boardgames on the BoardGameGeek.com website.

Alien Frontiers Image courtesy of Mike Hulsebus

The game was scheduled to be released in Western Europe by a well-know European publisher.

This did not happen.

Now we at LocWorks, a small game publisher based in Poland, are calling out to board game fans around the world and asking you to help us fund Alien Frontiers: Aurora, an international version of Tory Niemann's excellent board game.

If successfully funded, the game will be fully localized into Czech, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish and released in November 2012.

Mind Control Helmet
Image by Mark Maxwell.

About the game

Download the English rulebook (PDF) here.

Alien Frontiers: Aurora is a game of resource management and planetary development for two to four players. During the game you will exploit orbital facilities and alien technology, building colony domes in strategic locations to control the newly discovered world.

Gameplay

The game board shows the planet, its moon, the stations in orbit around the planet, and the solar system’s star. The dice you are given at the start of the game represent the spaceships in your fleet. You will assign these ships to the orbital facilities in order to earn resources, expand your fleet, and colonize the planet.

As the game proceeds, you will land your colonies on the planet to control its territories. Each territory carries a particular benefit and, if you control a territory, you are able to use that influence to your advantage.

Solar Converter Image courtesy of Mike Hulsebus

The planet was once the home of an alien race and they left behind a wondrous artifact in orbit. Using your fleet to explore the artifact, you will discover amazing alien technologies that you can use to advance your cause.

Alien Artifact
Image by Mark Maxwell.

Winning the game will require careful consideration as you assign your fleet, integrate the alien technology and territory bonuses into your expansion plans, and block your opponents from building colonies of their own. Do you have what it takes to colonize a new world?

Game components

24 ships in four colors
96 alien tech cards (4 sets in 8 languages)
8 territory counters
3 field generator counters
1 relic ship
20 gray ore tokens
30 orange fuel tokens
36 colony tokens in four colors
1 game board
1 victory point scoreboard
4 rockets

Reviews

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