Board game · 2024

SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Players: 1 to 4
Duration: 40 min
Age: 14 and up
Complexity: Expert

Tomáš Holek · Hobby Japan · Devir · Iello · Cranio Creations · Czech Games Edition (CGE)

Start learning

Add to my shelf Sign in to add it to your shelf

Area Majority / Influence End Game Bonuses Income Multi-Use Cards Resource to Move Solo / Solitaire Game Turn Order: Progressive Variable Set-up Science Fiction Space Exploration

Start here

Videos to learn

All

Does this video explain the rules well? Vote with the arrows.

▲ ▼

The video plays right here — it never leaves Rules of Play.

Open on YouTube

The Track 19 steps

Show the 19 chapters

01 • Générique 00:00 02 • Introduction 00:30 03 • Présentation globale du jeu 02:07 04 • La superbe aide de jeu 03:38 05 • Physionomie d'une carte 06:20 06 • Les règles du jeu 10:35 07 • Fonctionnement de l'automa 41:00 08 • Début de la partie - Manche 1 45:15 09 • Manche 2 1:21:02 10 • Première race extraterrestre 1:40:19 11 • Manche 3 1:56:50 12 • Deuxième race extraterrestre 2:00:54 13 • Manche 4 2:34:23 14 • Manche finale 3:16:40 15 • Fin de partie 3:38:50 16 • Calcul du score 3:39:23 17 • victoire : 214 à 142 3:44:22 18 • Bilan 3:45:50 19 • Générique de fin 3:47:58
▲ ▼

The video plays right here — it never leaves Rules of Play.

Open on YouTube
▲ ▼

The video plays right here — it never leaves Rules of Play.

Open on YouTube

In brief

In SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, you lead a scientific institution tasked with searching for traces of life beyond planet Earth. The game draws inspiration from current or emerging technologies and efforts in space exploration. Players will explore nearby planets and their moons by launching probes from Earth while taking advantage of ever-shifting planetary positions. Decide whether to land on their surfaces to collect valuable samples or stay in orbit for a broader survey. Additionally, by directing your telescopes to gaze into distant star systems, you may detect traces of alien signals or undiscovered exoplanets, and collect promising data to examine and study back home.

Back on Earth, you can invest in upgrading your equipment so you can analyze incoming data more efficiently, boost your telescope signal capacity, or increase your supply of resources—all to expand the scope of your search that could lead to a discovery of extraterrestrial life forms. Finding traces of extraterrestrial life is only a matter of time—utilize the resources you have at your disposal strategically and you may well end up being the one to make the biggest scientific contribution towards advancing our understanding of alien life within our galaxy.

You will also make use of over 200 cards to aid your efforts or focus your research in a particular direction for additional bonuses and rewards. Each card has unique effects and illustrations and depicts real-life technologies, projects, and discoveries (like the ISS, Large Hadron Collider, Perseverance rover, Voyager probe, and many more).

The game is played in five rounds. The player with the starting player marker takes the first turn of the round. Players take turns in clockwise order, skipping any players who have already passed for the round. At the end of round 5, the final score is calculated and the player with the most points wins.

SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence pays homage to space and planetary exploration, astronomy, the ongoing search for signs of life in the vastness of space, and efforts to understand the nature of life in the universe.

—description from the publisher

This summary is only available in English for now.

Summary from BoardGameGeek · View on BoardGameGeek