The Right Stuff

This intriguing strategic board game sees up to four enterprising players venturing out into the solar system on a quest to colonize and control the planets. Played in surprisingly brisk play sessions of around an hour, each competitor sends rockets across the void of space, gradually building an engine of industry to fuel additional research and colony bases across Mars, Jupiter, and the like. In a fun twist, the locations of the planets are constantly orbiting around the board, changing the fuel costs needed to reach each. Not everyone gets along in deep space; your opponents can nuke your colonies to gain the upper hand, or other more subtle forms of espionage. The game looks great on the table, and ably captures a pulpy sci-fi aesthetic, while the Euro-style interactions are both tactically compelling and brisk to learn.

$60 | forallmankindgame.com