Among the Stars

Among the Stars takes place in a war-ravaged galaxy where the warring alien races have declared peace in the wake of a threat with the potential to destroy them all. An Alliance is established to build space stations throughout the galaxy in order to promote trade among the races, strengthen diplomatic relations, and defend against this impending threat. Each player takes the role of one of those races trying to build the greatest space station. Through card drafting, the players select locations, and use these to build their station, scoring victory points based on the placement. The construction lasts four years, and the alien race with the most points at the end wins.

{
  "game_id": 110277,
  "name": "Among the Stars",
  "core_verb": "draft card, place in tableau",
  "decision_shape": "combinatorial",
  "reward_schedule": "mixed:immediate+delayed",
  "aesthetics": [
    "Challenge",
    "Expression"
  ],
  "core_loop_pitch": "Draft one card from a passing hand, slot it into your station grid where adjacency unlocks bonuses.",
  "mobile_translation_difficulty": "Easy",
  "translation_difficulty_reason": "7 Wonders-style pass-and-play drafting plus tile adjacency is well-suited to async mobile; an official mobile app exists.",
  "direct_digital_port": "Among the Stars (iOS/Android, Cublo Games)",
  "direct_digital_port_kind": "first_party",
  "closest_loop_translation": "none yet",
  "primitive_tags": [
    "pass_hand_drafting",
    "spatial_adjacency_bonus",
    "power_reactor_capacity_gate",
    "faction_asymmetric_powers",
    "epoch_round_structure"
  ],
  "confidence": 0.7
}