Distant Suns

About the game

What is Distant Suns?

Your journey is beginning in the known part of the universe. Humanity discovered faster-than-light space travel and we need space explorers. The stars shining above us, as distant as ever, are now within reach! It's our turn to weigh anchor! You will have to explore it and map the galaxy! In Distant Suns, you will try to get as many victory points as possible over three rounds. On your turn, you choose and write a figure on a free Exploration Zone and force your opponents to draw another one on theirs. Encounter aliens, upgrade your ship, discover treasure, and explore black holes and the outer world of the cosmos to become the most famous space explorer of the galaxy! The player with the most victory points after three rounds wins! —description from the publisher

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