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Smash Up: Science Fiction Double Feature

#151004BGG ↗

2014 · 2-2 players · 45min · weight 2.25 · 4,161 ratings

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BGG raw

ID
151004
Name
Smash Up: Science Fiction Double Feature
Year
2014
Rank
560
Min players
2
Max players
2
Playing time
45
Min playtime
30
Max playtime
45
Avg weight
2.25
Num weights
88
Bayes avg
6.55475
Average
7.25117
Users rated
4161
Num owned
13046
Wanting
78
Wishing
601
Num comments
562
Fetched at
Sat Apr 25 2026 16:16:03 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (4)
Area Majority / InfluenceHand ManagementTake ThatVariable Player Powers
Categories (8)
Card GameFantasyHorrorHumorMythologyPrehistoricScience FictionSpies / Secret Agents
Description (700 chars)

Smash Up is back with even more wild factions in the mix! Science Fiction Double Feature brings four new decks to the base-smashing business with abilities unlike those seen before! Time Travelers allow you to reuse your cards time and time again Cyborg Apes take actions that attach to your minions and take them to a whole new level Super Spies use their mojo in espionage to plot out the future of you and your opponents Shapeshifters could be anyone! Smash Up: Science Fiction Double Feature can be played on its own as a two-player game or combined with other Smash Up titles to allow for up to four players to compete at the same time. Integrates with: Smash Up

LLM v2 (wide)

Core verb
play minion at base
Decision shape
mixed:combinatorial+social
Reward schedule
mixed:immediate+delayed
Aesthetics
["Challenge", "Fellowship", "Fantasy"]
Core loop pitch
Mash two faction decks, play minions and actions to bases, race rivals to break each base for points.
Translation difficulty
Easy
Difficulty reason
Faction mashup is fully card-driven and the official Smash Up digital app already supports expansion decks; this set integrates into Nomad Games' Steam/mobile port.
Direct digital port
Smash Up (Steam/iOS/Android, Nomad Games)
Port kind
first_party
Closest loop translation
Marvel Snap
Primitive tags
["faction_deck_mashup", "lane_base_breaking", "take_that_minion_combat", "timed_attach_actions", "point_threshold_lane_resolution"]
Confidence
0.8
Extracted at
Mon Apr 27 2026 11:40:03 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Raw v2 JSON (1015 chars)
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  "name": "Smash Up: Science Fiction Double Feature",
  "core_verb": "play minion at base",
  "decision_shape": "mixed:combinatorial+social",
  "reward_schedule": "mixed:immediate+delayed",
  "aesthetics": [
    "Challenge",
    "Fellowship",
    "Fantasy"
  ],
  "core_loop_pitch": "Mash two faction decks, play minions and actions to bases, race rivals to break each base for points.",
  "mobile_translation_difficulty": "Easy",
  "translation_difficulty_reason": "Faction mashup is fully card-driven and the official Smash Up digital app already supports expansion decks; this set integrates into Nomad Games' Steam/mobile port.",
  "direct_digital_port": "Smash Up (Steam/iOS/Android, Nomad Games)",
  "direct_digital_port_kind": "first_party",
  "closest_loop_translation": "Marvel Snap",
  "primitive_tags": [
    "faction_deck_mashup",
    "lane_base_breaking",
    "take_that_minion_combat",
    "timed_attach_actions",
    "point_threshold_lane_resolution"
  ],
  "confidence": 0.8
}

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).