Zenith (2025)

About this game

In the far-off future, the solar system is inhabited by 3 races: Humans, Robots, and Animods. Civilization runs off of Zenithium, a clean and renewable energy source, but coexistence is a struggle. Your goal: unite the planets to gain control of the senate! Players will struggle to gain Influence on the 5 planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, and Jupiter. This Influence is represented by discs in different colors. In Zenith, there are 3 victory conditions: Absolute victory: Gain 3 Influence discs from the same planet. Democratic victory: Gain 4 Influence discs from strictly different planets. Popular victory: Gain 5 Influence discs (from any planets). The game ends immediately as soon as one player meets 1 of these three conditions. —description from the publisher

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Works with 2 to 4.
• Rules load. At 2.1/5 this is a mid-weight game — expect a proper rules explanation before you start.
• Age. The publisher suggests 12 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.