Designer	Stephen Tassie
Artist	Steve Bryant Jason Millet
Publisher	Mario Truant Verlag spareChange productions Z-Man Games
Year Published	2001
# of Players	2 − 6
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 4 players Recommended with 3, 4, 5, 6 players (9 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	30 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	10 and up (3 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Moderate in-game text - needs crib sheet or paste ups (4 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Thematic Games (7 voters) [vote]
Category	Card Game Horror Movies / TV / Radio theme Science Fiction
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Family	Aliens B-Movies
Primary Name	Grave Robbers From Outer Space
Alternate Names	Grabräuber aus dem All Les Pilleurs de Tombes de l'Espace
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A fast-paced, humorous look a B-rated science-fiction movies. Players are creating bad horror and sci-fi films using cards that represent characters, props, locations, creatures and special effects. Creatures are used to attack characters. Props and locations can strengthen characters against creatures. Whoever has the strongest characters in play when the credits roll wins the game.

Part of the B-Movie Series of card games.

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Z-Man Games Edition

Publisher: Z-Man Games

Artist: Jason Millet

Year: 2001

Product Code: ZMG4000

Size: 4.80 x 3.80 x 0.90 inches

0.50 pounds

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Grave Robbers From Outer Space GamingNight: Grave Robbers from outer space session pt1

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0	General Grave Robbers Invades Twitter	2012-05-28	ralpheous	0
0	General Recommendations for similar games?	2011-04-16	LordCrom	2
2	General Playing with stats: Grave Robbers	2009-08-11	cerulean	0
1	General What is the size of the cards?	2009-01-31	jcikal	1
0	Rules Location card, discard after changing locations??	2008-10-29		3
1	Variants Would beads / chits / tokens help streamline this?	2008-09-09	jda1974	2
4	Variants "Grindhouse" variant	2007-09-17	LongtimeD...	0
13	Reviews Great Start to a Fun Series of Games	2007-09-15	sdonohue	4
2	Sessions B-Movie Premiere!	2007-03-22	Rliyen	1
0	News Online play for Grave Robbers From Outer Space	2007-02-15	BugLaden	0

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Grave Robbers FOS UDEck liner

Custom insert for a UDeck case from Upper Deck

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2009-06-15

GROS_special_rules_summary_v2.doc

All the Special Rules for Grave Robbers From Outer Space through the Bushwackin' Varmints expansion on one page for use during play with multiple expansions.

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2006-10-04

Grave Robbers from the Outer Space (spanish).pdf

Spanish translation in PDF format

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Average Rating:	5.79
Standard Deviation:	1.63
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German review - Reich der Spiele	http://www.reich-der-spiele.de/kritiken/Grabraeube...	2012-05-28
German review - LORP	http://www.lorp.de/rezensionen/show.asp?id=385	2012-05-28
Review for Grave Robbers by the Board Game Bureau	http://www.boardgamebureau.com/Reviews/grave%20rob...	2011-09-07
Official Cards Translation (Portugese) (.rtf)	http://www.zmangames.com/cardgames/files/Bmovies/G...	2009-02-25
Official Rules (Portugese) (.rtf)	http://www.zmangames.com/cardgames/files/Bmovies/G...	2009-02-25
Official Cards Translation (Italian) (pdf)	http://www.zmangames.com/cardgames/files/Bmovies/G...	2009-02-25
Official Rules (Italian) (pdf)	http://www.zmangames.com/cardgames/files/Bmovies/G...	2009-02-25
Official FAQ (.doc)	http://www.zmangames.com/cardgames/files/Bmovies/G...	2009-02-25
Official Rules (English) (pdf)	http://www.zmangames.com/cardgames/files/Bmovies/G...	2009-02-25
Game review a La Tana dei Gobin	http://nuke.goblins.net/modules.php?name=Reviews&r...	2004-04-03