New Frontiers: The Starry Rift

Designer: Tory Niemann

Artist: Karim Chakroun,Alex Garrett,Mark Maxwell

Year Published:  2024

Number of Players: 2 - 4 players

Playing Time: 60 minutes

Recommended Ages: 13+

Categories: Dice, Expansion for Base-game, Science Fiction, Space Exploration

Mechanics: Area Control / Area Influence, Dice Rolling, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement

As empires expand into the Starry Rift, they encounter the Xenos, a violent xenophobic race. Historians scour the Alien Archives for how to defeat them.Meanwhile, a flexible Uplift race develops Bio-Terraforming technology. Welcome to The Starry Rift, the first New Frontiers expansion.

New start colonies, developments, worlds, and goals provide
lots of variety. Xeno colonies — once explored — must be
conquered by game end, adding risk to military paths.
6 solo campaigns supply a new play experience.

—description from the publisher

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