{"product_id":"alien-artifacts","title":"Alien Artifacts","description":"\u003cp\u003eGame description from the publisher:\n\nAlien Artifacts is a 4X-style card game in which you play as an interplanetary faction, sending your research vessels into uncharted space to expand your knowledge and power. Build powerful ships, develop new technologies, and explore distant planets for anything — or anyone — you can exploit.\n\nAlien Artifacts is built on a Resource engine - each turn you will have 3 Resource cards in your hand and 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 and only two cards per turn! Using these resources, you will build Ships, develop Technology, discover Planets, or Trade for currency!\n\nNew Ships allow you to attack the aliens and gain their valuable artifacts which provide huge bonuses. \nWith each new Technology card in your Empire, you will have access to more actions, bonuses, and scoring opportunities. \nEach Planet you explore provides valuable resources for future actions.\n\nThere are two sides to each of these cards, and as you build them you will decide:\nLogistics - play cards on this side to gain ongoing bonuses that will make your Empire stronger and help you build faster.\nOperational -  play this side to gain a new way to score victory points (and yes, you will be able to activate your operations more than once, if you play well).\n\nManage your Resources, build the right cards, make wise choices. Win!\n\nAlien Artifacts provides a true 4X experience in under an hour. With over two hundred cards, Alien Artifacts offers players many scoring strategies and great replay-ability.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlayers:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2–5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlay time:\u003c\/strong\u003e 60 min\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComplexity:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.89 \/ 5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDesigners:\u003c\/strong\u003e Viola Kijowska, Marcin Senior Ropka\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2017\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Portal Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51909574361304,"sku":"SB-D3401EF92995-BOARD-GAMES-UNK-SEALED","price":0.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0734\/6271\/0488\/files\/7nl6umopvlvrzh3axc3q24kcr3hy.jpg?v=1785466945","url":"https:\/\/abbyboardwalkstore.com\/products\/alien-artifacts","provider":"Boardwalk Cafe \u0026 Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}