Space Bastards (2011)

Space Bastards is a science-fiction game in which players try to occupy several small planets with their five races of aliens, which have varied relationships between each other. Players try to manage and effectively use those aliens' relationships – whether to eat opponents, create new alien babies, trade goods, and so on – to their advantage for profit. Races are also determined by their size and shape, and planets are too small for everyone...

Space Bastards is probably the first game with a relationship management system. Relationships – that is, defined relations between two races of aliens – are connected to the game actions of the players. Players use these relationships to occupy planets and have a majority there. Relationships are: Love (born new alien - Bastard), Hungry (eat enemy alien bastard - enemy is removed from the planet), War (shot enemy alien bastard which dead body will fill the planet), Trade, Friendship, Migration (traveling by spaceship), Mutation (transform to a different alien) and Political propaganda (changing the relationships).

Space Bastards is a game in which you can enjoy and observe the picturesque aliens as small animals in an aquarium – while siccing them on your opponents, of course...

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NEW RELEASE in ESSEN 2011

Limited edition - 300 copies in Essen were sold - new copies come soon (I hope)
German and English rules are in BOX - game components are language independent (French rules are available separately)

GAME CONTENTS:
- GAME BOARD
- 160 TOKENS OF FIVE RACES OF ALIENS (32 FOR EACH PLAYER)
- 5 CARD BOARD OF INTERIOR OF SPACESHIP
- 5 TOKEN OF SPACESHIPS
- 8 RELATIONSHIPS CARDS
- 20 CARDS OF ALIEN RACES
- 40 ACTION CARDS (8 FOR EACH PLAYER)
- 40 VICTORY POINTS TOKENS
- 36 MONEY TOKENS
- 12 BABY EGG TOKENS
- 6 RADIOACTIVE TOKENS
- 8 STOP TOKENS
- 1 TOKEN FOR FIRST PLAYER
- 1 TOKEN FOR GAME ROUND COUNT
- GAME RULES IN ENGLISH, GERMAN, CZECH

Game introduction story (more in rulebook):
Far, far away in deep, deep outer space, out of the reach of prying telescopes, where black holes are so old that they have already devoured themselves, there spins a tiny planetary system. Although only a few creatures inhabit the pocket-sized planets, there is never enough space for all of them. But, for such a tiny solar system, the political system is extremely complicated. The worn out dictator is going off to find peace and quiet on a planet of never-ending egoism and self-centeredness so now he is trying to decide who should take over control of his government. And here you are - five candidates, all quite unsurprisingly the dictator's offspring. You each have plenty of acolytes spread across all the races - wee Toadlings, savage Cactusoids, cute Toucanosaurs, brainsick Sluggies and dangerous Spuds. The old tyrant has given you a free hand. For twelve months he is going to examine your ruling prowess with his superscope of responsibility. Whoever proves to be the most competent will rule the planetary system forever; or at least until they get sick of it and hand the government over to someone else…

Have you ever wanted to keep aliens in an aquarium and watch what they do? Now you can! And not only merely scrutinize tiny alien civilizations, but also entirely govern their fates.