Alien Artifacts is a 4x-style card game in which you play as an interplanetary corporation sending your research vessels into uncharted space to expand your knowledge & power Build your ship research tech & explore the galaxy for anything — or anyone — you can exploit Alien Artifacts is built on a Resource engine
- each turn you will have 3 Resource cards in your hand & you will decide how best to spend them Each resource card has two different resource types for you to use You can only use one side & only two cards per turn! Using these resources you will build Ships develop Technology discover Planets or Trade for currency! Alien Artifacts provides a true 4x experience in under an hour With over two hundred cards Alien Artifacts offers players many scoring strategies & great replayability Contents 40 Technology cards 40 Ship cards 40 Planet cards 16 Alien Artifact cards 10 Defense Plan cards 5 Alien System cards 6 Faction cards 83 Resource cards 6 Faction boards 1 Scoring board 5 Player Aid tiles 1 Basic Defense Plan tile 1 Starting Player token 1 Round marker 38 Blockade tokens 1 Rulebook Alien Artifacts is a game for 2-5 players average game time of 60 minutes & recommended for ages 10