Space exploration · Research · Discovery
Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence · Space Agencies
Follow the evidence beyond Earth.
Explore the Solar System, analyse signals and encounter alien life in two complete three-player games. Learn the base game first, then see how Space Agencies changes your opening and priorities.
3 players · Base and Space Agencies · Guided, at your pace
The complete interactive tutorial, in your browser.
First load: up to approximately 97 MB · Best on a laptop or desktopThis detailed game table is best on a larger screen. On a tablet, use landscape mode or open the tutorial in a new tab.
Use A− / A+ to change the size of text and controls. Open Text panel to adjust Width and Height, or choose Reset to restore the defaults. Your preferences are remembered for each game.
Use Next to advance one consequence at a time, Previous to revisit a position, and the timeline to explore the game. Drag to pan, right-drag to orbit, and scroll to zoom. Cards and glossary terms can be opened for a closer look. Choose the base or Space Agencies playthrough from the opening menu.
These are guided playthroughs with authored moves and outcomes. Use the checkpoints to explore how the game develops.
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Earn points by exploring the Solar System, collecting and analysing signals, discovering alien life and completing scoring opportunities. Credits, energy, publicity and data do different jobs. A probe’s launch is only the beginning of the cost of a useful mission.
Players alternate main actions such as launching, orbiting, landing, scanning, analysing, playing a card and researching technology, with permitted free actions alongside them. Passing leads toward the round transition. The rotating Solar System changes travel routes while technology and discoveries expand the choices.
The three-player base game covers rounds one through five and final scoring. The Space Agencies route uses organizations, signal tokens and Quick Start, beginning in round two and ending after round five. It is not a demonstration of the base game’s round-one opening.
Inside this tutorial
Follow five rounds of launches, scans, analysis and discovery through the final scoring.
Follow a separate expansion game with agency powers and its different starting setup through the end of round five.
The tutorial’s source audit checked the publisher’s base rules, FAQ, Space Agencies rules and species references on 8 September 2026. Original component art is the default; optional Quick Start proxies are labelled in the app.
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