Game summary:
A game for 1-4 players
Play time around 15-30 minutes
Designer: Peter Collins
Publisher: Peter Collins
“The world
is just a little piece in the Universe”. Empty Space, a game from the family Collins. In this game you have to explore the universe with your Space Probe and Rocket and discover you Exoplanet. Pick up cards, play cards and
discover the Universe.
Empy Space is currently live on Kickstarter
Unboxing
- Rulebook;
- 4 space probes (4 different colors);
- 4 rockets (4 different colors);
- 80 cards.
Let’s get it to the table
Set up of the game, pick 28 cards from the main deck and also the 4
Exoplanet cards.
You can recognize the 4 Exoplanet cards of the name on the cards and they got a rocket in 4 different colors. You can create this deck in every set up what you want, but all the cards has to be
faced down.
Then deal 4 cards to every player and the rest of the cards are the deck, then just take 2 cards from the deck and lay them open. Then every player just picks 2 cards and turn them open from the
set up.
There are 2 actions you can choose, either Research or Explore.
Research
Actions in Research are;
- Pickup 2 cards from the deck (open or closed);
- Play cards
- Discard down to 4 cards
When you
choose to Play cards you can do the following actions;
- Buy a space probe or Rocket; trade in four cards of the
same color to buy a space probe or space rocket. You can use your probe anytime. Be aware that you only can use the rocket when your probe has reached the same color Exoplanet.
- Reveal the Universe; trade in 2 cards of different colors to take a personal peak at any unrevealed cards (except the Exoplanet cards!) or you can just flip the card over en
reveal it to everyone.
- Change the Universe; trade in 3 cards of the same color to change to Universe. You can remove any revealed card and replace it with any card you want.
- Black Holes; these cards have to be played directly when you receive, you have to play theses card on top of any revealed card that hasn’t got a space craft on
it.
Little note; you have to discard cards when you’ve got more than 4 cards in your hand. You can choose which cards you discard till you’ve got 4 cards in your hand.
Explore
Actions in Research are;
- Play cards
- Move Probe or Rocket
Play the card as the same color as where you want to move your probe or rocket to, when you the next card is the same color as your probe then you don’t have to play a card. This time you got a free move.
The goal is to reach your probe and your rocket as
the first player to the Exoplanet of your color.
Solo mode; solo mode plays almost the same as with 2 to 4 players. But before the first turn, you have to turn over the cards in the first row. You’ll just play with rockets or with probs, choose the first color for starting. When this probe or rocket has reached his Exoplanet, then you can choose any other color. The game ends when you reached with every probe or rocket all the Exoplanets.
Final Conclusion & rating:
Weight: 1/ 5
My rating: 8 out of 10 dices
Empty Space is a great family game for kids and especially when they're interested in everything that's out there. But you can teach them also a bit history about Apollo 11 and the first moon landing. We really love to play this game, it’s not a difficult game to learn and play but a lot of fun. We had the most fun with choosing a setup of the game. I think my son really loves this game when he’s a bit older so I can teach him about the universe. The pictures are real pictures and in this Kickstarter they’ve added images of the Apollo rockets! So don’t miss this one!
Big thanks to Peter for let me preview this game! A little note; it's a preview so not everything is final!