In 2004, the American rover Opportunity landed on Mars. The mission to search for signs of life on the planet was expected to last 3 months. Instead, because of luck and mission ingenuity, Opportunity continued for more than 14 years. She and her twin rover Spirit helped discover some of the first clear signs of ancient water on Mars and reinvigorated...
The game consists of 45 hex tiles, one displaying the earth and the rest displaying segments of various trajectory paths on a starry background. The earth is placed first in the center of the playing area; players then take turns placing the rest of the tiles one a time with at least one connecting edge. The goal is to lay the tile that completes a single...
The object of this track game is to be the first player to move each of his or her 6 space ships from Earth to another planet. On your turn you spin the spinner and advance a ship the number of spaces indicated. When you reach a planet, you must "orbit" it by following the track arrows around it. If you land on a space marked with a red triangle, you may...
Kids' game consisting of forty cards: five each of a Space Ship, Pilot, Co-Pilot, Space Scanner, Control Panel, Landing Tower, Space Chart, and Blast Off. Depending on how many players participate, you take out a number of sets of these cards, then deal out 8 or 9 cards to each player and begin passing one unwanted card per turn to the left. (In the...
Space Race game where rockets are placed on their Take Off bases and move with the roll of the dice in a clockwise orbit firstly around earth and then Mars. Each orbit consists of outer shells and to progress out from earth and into mars players must land by exact count on specific orbital spots. Doing so takes you to the next orbital shell and closer to...
Orbit is a game of space exploration for 2-6 players. Each player takes control of an international space agency which must build and launch rockets to the other planets in the solar system. The game features simplified orbital mechanics to generate a constantly changing but predictable board that the players must adapt to. Game-play consists of 2 phases...
Orbital is a space exploration game where players cruise around the galaxy with the aid of an Orbital Drive, which converts inertia/momentum into power for launching and consequently slinging around space. Players manage crew actions and resources to travel, discover new worlds and find secret missions. The "space" in which Orbital takes place is free form...
A starship travelling through the farthest reaches of space has flown into a vast field of orbital mines. Its defense systems are more than capable of destroying the mines, yet the small devices are equipped with an A.I. module - now they are trying to surround and annihilate the starship. Which side shall prevail in this deadly duel? Players will move...
Two countries are coming together to place satellites in orbit. Each rocket has satellites from all countries but only one satellite can be placed into one orbit. Now, each country is trying to place their satellite into the orbit. This is a 2 or 4 player game. This is simple space themed family game with a focus on numerical strategy and probabilities....
This is a game of combat between ram ships moving at near light speed in the Great Nebula of Orion. Each player commands a fleet or ram ships armed with missiles, X-ray lasers, etc. The primary tenet of the game is Einstein's theory of special relativity and how it affects movement and communications. The game includes 7 scenarios which may last from 1.5...
This Orion Emperor is 4X game designed in the spirit of Master of Orion series for PC. The players take roles of leaders of the different races and factions and start to develop their newly founded space empires via exploring the space, making political decisions, managing of their parliament and preparing against all the possible encounters the game...
ORION - yours to conquer. Once just a distant constellation, Orion is now being explored and colonized. Will you lead your alliance to victory or suffer defeat at the hands of your enemies? Conquest of Orion is a team-based card game played over several rounds of conflicts. For each conflict, players play a single card and then evaluate the winner....