Star Realms: Colony Wars

Colony Wars is a deckbuilding game in the Star Realms series which is both a standalone box set for two players (featuring an 80-card trade deck, as in the original) and an expansion for the base Star Realms set that allows it to be played as a four-player game. In Colony Wars, as in Star Realms, players will start with a fleet (deck) of 10 basic ships, and can spend Trade to acquire more powerful ships and bases from a central trade row of 5 cards. This row is continuously replenished by random draws from the trade deck. Many ships and bases deal Combat damage which you can use to attack your opponent and/or destroy their bases. When you reduce your opponent's Authority to zero, you win.

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  "game_id": 182631,
  "name": "Star Realms: Colony Wars",
  "core_verb": "buy ship, attack opponent",
  "decision_shape": "combinatorial",
  "reward_schedule": "engine_compounding",
  "aesthetics": [
    "Challenge"
  ],
  "core_loop_pitch": "Spend trade to buy ships into your deck, deal combat to drop opponent's authority to zero.",
  "mobile_translation_difficulty": "Easy",
  "translation_difficulty_reason": "Already a flagship digital deckbuilder on Steam/iOS/Android with cross-platform play; the loop was practically designed for touch.",
  "direct_digital_port": "Star Realms (Steam/mobile, White Wizard Games)",
  "closest_loop_translation": "Slay the Spire",
  "primitive_tags": [
    "faction_ally_chaining",
    "trade_row_central_market",
    "combat_authority_reduction",
    "scrap_for_powerup",
    "two_resource_dual_currency",
    "outpost_blocker"
  ],
  "confidence": 1
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