Space Missions (2024)

About this game

As director of a space agency, experience the time of the 1960s, when mankind began to explore the universe. Your goal is the manned moon landing. You will train astronauts, make technologies more reliable, assemble rockets, and launch missions into space. The player with the most successful space program wins the game. Space Missions is a risk management game. Using a new deck-sizing mechanism, you optimize several decks at once, which will determine the success or failure of your missions.
In order to prepare the missions as well as possible, you perform actions in each round with the help of six specialists. Plan ahead and take a few risks to get an early slot for the launch of your rocket. —description from the designer

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Works with 1 to 4. It has a designed solo mode.
• Rules load. At 3.2/5 this is a mid-weight game — expect a proper rules explanation before you start.
• Age. The publisher suggests 14 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.