Planet Unknown
2022
BGG Geek Rating
7.4
based on 12,840 ratings
BGG Average Rating
7.8
community average
BGG Ranking
#171
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Players
1-6
Weight
2.25/5.00
Playtime
80 min
Age
10+
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Available on multiple platforms
⚙️ Game Mechanics
How this game works - core systems and player actions
Neighbor Scope
Rondel
Grid Coverage
Map Addition
Variable Player Powers
Tile Placement
Tech Trees / Tech Tracks
End Game Bonuses
Events
Open Drafting
Hidden Victory Points
Grid Movement
Turn Order: Progressive
Tags
Simultaneous Action Selection
Solo / Solitaire Game
Square Grid
Pattern Building
Sudden Death Ending
Network and Route Building
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📖 About This Game
Our planet has run out of resources, and we are forced to move. We have discovered a series of planets and sent our rovers to test their environment with the hope of colonization. Our rovers have confirmed 1-6 viable colonization options.
Planet Unknown is a competitive game for 1-6 players in which players attempt to develop the best planet. Each round, each player places one polyomino-shaped, dual-resource tile on their planet. Each resource represents the infrastructure needed to support life on the planet. Every tile placement is important to cover your planet efficiently and also to build up your planet's engine. After placing the tile, players do two actions associated with the two infrastructure types on the tile. Some tile placements trigger "meteors" that make all planets harder to develop and prevent them from scoring points in the meteor's row and column.
Planet Unknown innovates on the popular polyomino trend by allowing simultaneous, yet strategic turn-based play via the Lazy S.U.S.A.N. space station in the center of the table.
—description from the publisher