{"product_id":"under-falling-skies-a-9-card-solo-game","title":"Under Falling Skies: A 9-Card Solo Game","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnder Falling Skies: A 9-Card Print-and-Play Game was designed for the 2019 9-Card Nanogame P\u0026amp;P Design Contest.\n\nSTORY\n\nHostile alien mother ship is quickly approaching Earth. Mankind has been forced to seek shelter in underground bases to hide from a constant bombardment of the surface. As a leader of one of those bases, you have to develop a weapon able to destroy the alien for good while also expanding your base and dealing with enemy fighters.\n\n\nGAMEPLAY\n\nThe game uses an innovative dice placement mechanism combined with enemy movement.\n\nThe cards form a track with an alien mother ship accompanied with an army of smaller ships on the top and an underground base at the bottom.\n\nEach round, you place dice on various rooms in your base, but when you do, you move all enemy ships in the corresponding column, therefore you must carefully consider where to place each die. While higher numbers mean better room effects, they also move enemy faster. There can be only one die in each column so you are restricting yourself with every placement.\n\nFortunately, thanks to the room effects, you can shoot down enemy ships or deploy robots to increase your workforce, but don't forget to work on the research as well and watch your energy supply.\n\nThe game gets more and more tense as the mother ship descends at the end of each round.\n\nWill you be able to reach the end of the research track before your base suffers too much damage or the mother ship gets into the Earth atmosphere?\n\n\nThe game was designed for the 2019 9-Card Nanogame P\u0026amp;P Design Contest and it achieved the following awards:\n\n1st place - Best Overall Game\n\n1st place - Best Solitaire Game\n1st place - Most Thematic Game\n1st place - Most Innovative Mechanic\n1st place - Best Wargame\n2nd place - Best Rulebook\n2rd place - Best Original Artwork\n2nd place - Best Volunteer Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlayers:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlay time:\u003c\/strong\u003e 40 min\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComplexity:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.62 \/ 5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDesigner:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tomáš Uhlíř\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2019\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Czech Games Edition (CGE)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51909360648408,"sku":"SB-027C99C20663-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\/t88cgmorr5bvy36zwf09x7myhqrc.jpg?v=1785455786","url":"https:\/\/abbyboardwalkstore.com\/products\/under-falling-skies-a-9-card-solo-game","provider":"Boardwalk Cafe \u0026 Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}