Cover art for Kepler-3042

Kepler-3042

2016 · BGG
Avg rating
7.28
Bayes rating
6.16
Weight
3.39 (Medium Heavy)
Players
1-4
Playtime
2 hr
Ratings count
1,366

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Description

The year is 3042: Humanity is ready to explore the galaxy. The most interesting celestial bodies to explore, and eventually colonize, have been known for centuries, and the nations of Earth finally have the technological level to reach them, thus beginning an unarmed competition that in the end the whole of humanity will win.

Kepler-3042 is a resource management game in which you have to explore, colonize, exploit, and terraform the planets of the Milky Way using the available technologies. In each round, you must choose which action to perform and which bonus to activate, managing your supplies of matter, energy, and antimatter. The peculiar strength of the game is the innovative resource management: Each player has a finite amount of matter, energy, and antimatter that they can produce or spend during the game. In each round, they can decide to burn forever one or more resources to perform powerful actions, thereby allowing them to follow different strategies.



Mechanics

Grid Movement Hexagon Grid Solo / Solitaire Game Tech Trees / Tech Tracks Turn Order: Progressive

Themes

Economic Science Fiction Space Exploration

Publishers

GateOnGames Origames Placentia Games Post Scriptum Renegade Game Studios

Designers

Simone Cerruti Sola