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Artipia Games proudly presents Among the Stars. A new card drafting game by Greek designer Vangelis Bagiartakis.
After a devastating war, peace is declared among all the major races of the galaxy and an Alliance is created to face a mutual threat.
One of the first decisions of the Alliance, is to build space stations all along the galaxy in order to promote trade among the races, strengthen diplomatic relations and help keep the newly established peace.
Each player takes the role of one of those races, trying to build the best space station.
Players use a card drafting mechanism, select location cards and place them on their station. According to where they place them, they score victory points. The construction lasts 4 rounds and whoever has the most points in the end wins.
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Our main goal is to raise $8,000. We have a busy and ambitious production schedule for 2012 and your contributions will help us bring this game to life.
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The English version of the Among the Stars rulebook can be downloaded by clicking on the link below:
http://www.artipiagames.com/ats/rules/Among_The_Stars_ENG_Rulebook.pdf
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Inside the box you will find:
- English Rulebook
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4 Main Reactor cards (Square 7x7cm)
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72 Basic Location cards (Square 7x7cm)
- 44 Special Location cards (Square 7x7cm)
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12 Power Reactor cards (Square 7x7cm)
- 8 Objective cards (Square 7x7cm)
- 12 Conflict cards (Square 7x7cm)
- 8 Racial Abilities (8x5cm punched board)
- 1 Score Board (16.8cm x 26cm)
- 4 Player marker hexes (punched board)
- 1 Turn marker hex (punched board)
- 32 1-credit tokens (punched board)
- 12 5-credit tokens (punched board)
- 30 Energy Cubes (Tranparent Plastic 1.2x1.2x1.2cm)
- Ziplock PE-Bags
Among the Stars uses a card drafting mechanism.
The game is played in 4 rounds (each round represents 1 year of construction). Each round every player receives 6 location cards. During each turn all the players at the same time, select a location card from their hand and pass the remaining cards to the next player. Then each player, can do 1 of 3 things with the location card he chose:
- Build it in his Station by paying the required credit and/or energy cost (forming a grid on the table)
- Discard it to earn credits
- Convert is to a Power Reactor in order to increase the Station's energy
When built, each location offers some Victory Points. Based on where the location card is placed it can offer more Victory Points through each card's ability. At the end of the game, players also score points for all the end-game abilities of their cards (yellow background).
After 4 rounds the player with the most Victory Points is the winner.
LOCATION CARDS
Each location card has a building cost and offers Victory Points which almost always vary based on where the player will choose to build it in his Station.
Here are a few examples:
Power Reactors provide players with the energy needed to expand their Station. Each Reactor offers 2 more Energy cubes which can be used to build locations in a distance of 2 around the Reactor.
CONFLICT CARDS
Conflict cards are used in the "Aggressive Mode" of the game and increase interaction between players. These cards are shuffled together with the location cards but this time each player is dealt 7 cards during each round. When a player chooses to play a Conflict card, he must pay 1 credit.
A player can always discard a Conflict card for credits or convert it to a Power Reactor instead of playing it.
RACIAL ABILITIES
In Among the Stars each player takes over the role of an alien race. Each race has a different special ability which gives the player an advantage during the game.
Here is some concept art of some for the alien races.
OBJECTIVES
Objective card reward players with additional Victory Points by the end of the game for achieving specific goals.
All Supporters of our funding campaign will be rewarded with Exclusive promo material. These are limited promos, never to be sold elsewhere. By pre-ordering the game through this campaign you will receive 5 exclusive special locations. That's 10 extra cards.
These new locations are dual locations. Each belongs to two location types and counts as both.
Here are the exclusive promos:
After our goal is reached and the game is successfully funded, comes the good part.
Stretch goals are pre-determined funding amounts. Once we reach them, we will reward our contributors with additional material including more locations, races, card sleeves etc.
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1) I just made my contribution on a perk with more than one options. How will Artipia know which game(s) I pre-ordered?
Once our funding goal is met, we will contact you via email to verify your postal address and which games you have pre-ordered.
2) I made a contribution and later on a friend wanted to join in. How can I get the discount of a Combo Pack or Artipia Pack ?
You can use the "Perk Upgrade" perk and contribute the remaining amount.
Example: You pre-ordered Among the Stars by contributing $55. A friend later tells you he wants to pre-order Briefcase. You can use the "Perk Upgrade" perk and contribute another $45. This way you would each get -$5 on your games.
Once you upgrade, please let us know at info@artipiagames.com
3) I want a combination of games or quantities that do not exist in the available perks. What should I do?
You can email us at info@artipiagames.com and request a quote for the games you want. Then you can make a contribution using the "Perk Upgrade" perk.
4) I want to pre-order a copy of Briefcase. Does it include the 37 promos cards that were offered in your previous Indiegogo campaign?
Yes, all promos are there. Our Briefcase funding campaign was really short and several people didn't get a chance to pre-order the game. This campaign partially serves as an extension for our Briefcase campaign. You can find all information about Briefcase on the link below.
http://www.indiegogo.com/Briefcase-Boardgame
5) Are there any other benefits from pre-ordering the game from Artipia's campaign or web store?
Yes. By pre-ordering games from our webstore or contributing to our campaigns you will have free access to all our non-boxed future expansions. You will have the option to receive such expansions by only paying for their shipping cost which in most cases should be $2 or less.
Such an expansion is soon going to be available for Drum Roll.
6) I can see that Briefcase and Drum Roll are available in several perks. Where can I find more information about those games?
For more information about our other games, please can use the following links:
Artipia Games website
http://www.artipiagames.com/games.html
Briefcase on BGG
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/88016/briefcase
Drum Roll on BGG
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/86246/drum-roll
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7) Why perks that include Drum Roll have limited slots?
There are very few copies of Drum Roll remaining and this is why have added limited slots on those perks.
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Once our main funding goal has been reached, all contributors who have pre-ordered Among the Stars will have the option to receive a Print and Play version of the game.
The PnP PDF version of the game does not include the final artwork.
Once you've made your contribution, you can email us at iwantmypnp@artipiagames.com and request your PnP files.
Among the Stars is scheduled to be released at Spiel 2012 in Essen-Germany on the 18th of October 2012.
The production of the game will be done in Germany's largest manufacturer ensuring the highest quality of the components.
The game will be dispatched from Greece for worldwide delivery.
For USA and Canada the game will be delivered through our local distributor.
We have a flat shipping cost for EU, USA and Canada which is included in the Perk levels.
EU Shipping includes Iceland, Norway & Switzerland.
- Supporters from USA and Canada will be receiving the game through our local distributor which allows us to offer a shipping cost equal to EU.
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Supporters from all other countries should include $10 more in their payments because of the higher shipping costs.
- If you choose a perk that includes Among the Stars and another game, you will receive both games when Among the Stars is released. If you wish to receive the other game earlier you will need to deposit $10 more and notify us at info@artipiagames.com so we can ship the other game to you separately.
Payments are processed through Paypal which ensures the security of your transaction and refund in case our funding goal isn't reached. That does not mean that you need to have a Paypal account nor that you have to create one. You can use any Credit Card.
Please note that the published product may have differences regarding sizes. quantities or layout because of production limitations/adjustments.
Please DO NOT post the artwork of this game elsewhere without permission.
Should you have any comments or questions, feel free to contact us at info@artipiagames.com or visit our website at www.artipiagames.com
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