Building a space station out of cards makes for great fun and is perfect for a sci-fi fan that grew up playing Illuminati. Game Play Quality Price Value

This is a very interesting 'drafting' game where you are building a space station. Each card represents a segment of the station. These range from weapons to shopping centers to power plants. Mechanically the game plays very similar to 7 Wonders but score is kept through out the game with minimal end game scoring and the game is actually fun! The variety of expansions just keep adding variety and more options and more players. The only down side to this game is the table space it takes up. Game Play Quality Price Value

This is one of the few games that I've purchased site-unseen, hoping it would be like a crossover between the drafting of 7 Wonders (my favorite game) and the tile-laying/tableau-building of Suburbia, and I was not disappointed. It's too bad that ATS is capped at 4 players, but now the Expanding the Alliance expansion pushes the limit to 6 so that's no longer really an issue. There are many paths to victory and the game is highly replayable. Its worth noting that quite a bit of table space is required for the cards, since they must all be placed non-overlappingly. Game Play Quality Price Value

Among the Stars has been compared to 7 Wonders in space, but while it has a similar drafting mechanic, I'd describe it as a cross between 7 Wonders and Suburbia. You draft cards as you would in 7 Wonders, but you have to fit them into your growing space station, and the location of each card offers various effects, similar to how the tiles work in Suburbia. It's a much simpler game, though, with a lot less to keep track of than in a game like Suburbia. There's not a ton of strategic depth here, but the game plays pretty quickly, and it's a lot of fun. I enjoy it a lot.



If you're going to play with only two, I'd recommend using the 2-player variant rules that allow you to draw and discard extra cards. This eliminates the dummy players and works pretty well. Game Play Quality Price Value

Among the Stars from Stronghold Games features a drafting mechanism that allows you to create the spacestation of your dreams. You can make a citadel ready for war, cultivate a civilization thriving on culture and economics, or whatever your heart desires as you forge your station turn by turn. The game at it’s core offers a decent amount of gameplay with asynchronous races that offer a variety of style to the players. From there it’s all about finding what works well and how to maximize your choices as you draft cards to secure victory.



This game has often been compared to 7 Wonders, often unfairly, due to the fact that it also features the drafting mechanic. All too often a game of 7 wonders can result in you losing from someone a few seats over and there was little you could do since you never interacted with that player. At a smaller player count of 2-4, Among the Stars allows you to keep a watchful eye over all who would attempt to surpass your architectural ingenuity. Also adding expansions does not merely pile on the cards in Among the Stars, it instead allows you to customize the experience and what is available in game by creating the deck instead of just adding more and more cards. The ambassdors Expansion truly shines for this game and gives players some interesting game-altering options.



I recommend doing what you can to get to play Among the Stars and judge for yourself instead of simply letting it be “7 Wonders in space”. Game Play Quality Price Value

Played this game with 2 players the first time and didn't really care for it at all. I have since played it with 4 players and enjoyed it a good deal more. Still not on par with 7 Wonders for a number of reasons though. Game Play Quality Price Value

Too bland, every choice you have is simply add this card for x points. I personally would recommend 7 Wonders or Viceroy over this game any day. Game Play Quality Price Value