For centuries the space and perpetual light of the stars had represented a completely indecipherable mystery to our civilization. After living in times of conflict, decadence, and revolution, we learned to travel in the darkness of the galaxy trying to find a new place that we can call home. The problem is that the void keeps many secrets, in this crusade we will find abstract enigmas, spectacular life forms, unique minerals, dream-like planets, hundreds of events that escape our understanding and of course rivals. This is the story of our epic odyssey with two possible ways, survival or extinction. Are you prepared commander? OBJECTIVE Fractal: Beyond the Void is an elegant, fast-paced game, quick to set up and comparatively less time consuming than most contemporary 4X titles. We create an approachable 4x game without sacrificing the strategic depth and tension around the table and a lot of re-playability. Each faction and race in the game are unique and simple to understand, the ease of understanding the player's options makes planning easier and smooth. A player wins a game when he reaches 8 victory points, there are several ways to secure victory points: Military Might Politics and Empire Building Exploration and Mysteries Scientific and Social Advancement Commerce and Trade After one of the players reaches the victory conditions a special ending event takes place (based on the victory point composition), each ending scenario may alter the rules and victory conditions of the next game (Change the state of the game). Additionally, some victory scenarios will unlock new components stored in containers in the game box and new special scenarios (With different rules). Fractal: BTV adjusts itself to the game style of the players and offers a fresh experience in-between the games. Whether your focus is on building a technocratic empire, dominating your fellow players by brute force or unraveling the secrets of the stars, be prepared to feel the consequences of your actions in the next game. A set of hidden scenarios, triggered by ending states is there to make your experience unique and wanting to discover new strategies and mysteries. GAME MECHANICS The game consists of 6 cycles organized in 3 ages (each age being composed of two cycles), each Ages has a different pool of technologies and mysteries. At the beginning of each cycle, the players choose policies (Politics Phase, players with high influence have more control over this phase), earn resources (Income Phase, the player with more production zones active will produce more resources) and execute actions (Action Phase). During the Action Phase players will perform: Basic Actions (March, Colonize, Investigate, Recruit) Financing requests (Actions performed without spending credits but blocking the basic action) Action Cards (2 per player for each cycle, these cards change the game drastically and players need to choose carefully each card, after plays the second card on the current cycle they pass intermediately preventing them to take more actions during the current cycle) Through the cycle, players generate victory points by Completing objectives (Different objectives en each Age), Destroy colonies (Military Victory Points) or Control Amalur sector (Dreamlike utopian planet in the center of the galaxy), this sector generates exploration victory points. This set of mechanics combines with the Game States, hidden content and more than 10 playable factions make each session of Fractal: BTV unique and memorable. For more information keep our updates here or in the next link below https://boar-game.com/
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