Cover art for Phoenix New Horizon

Phoenix New Horizon

2024 · BGG
Avg rating
7.76
Bayes rating
6.28
Weight
3.23 (Medium Heavy)
Players
1-4
Playtime
2 hr
Ratings count
1,304

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Description

In the year 2021, after years of seclusion underground, humanity emerges onto the surface, propelled by the development of groundbreaking new technology. Decades of catastrophic fallout from a nuclear disaster during the Cold War have laid waste to the known world, compelling civilization to seek shelter beneath the earth. The pressing task now is the construction of regenerators, which will generate new habitats to facilitate the resurgence of life and the reclamation of the Earth. A world brimming with hope awaits aboveground.

Phoenix New Horizon is a Euro-style board game in which players assume control of a team of commandos tasked with the mission of recolonizing Earth. Throughout the game's four rounds, players accumulate victory points by constructing regenerators and buildings, bolstering the planet's population, and achieving diverse objectives that vary between playthroughs.

Players must adeptly allocate their commandos to various actions throughout the game while also specializing them to enable more potent abilities at the expenses of versatility. Fulfilling missions assigned by the governing authorities yields additional actions on a player's turn.

—description from the publisher



Mechanics

Connections Contracts End Game Bonuses Income Variable Set-up Worker Placement, Different Worker Types

Themes

None recorded

Publishers

Devir DiceTree Games Frosted Games Perro Loko Games

Designers

Jorge J. Barroso