Description
Earth Gambit: Light is a social adventure game with extra-terrestrials, hidden identities, and “tough” choices. In this team-based game, players assume the roles of the Aliens, the Scientists, or the Extinctionists, who each have very different plans for Earth and the course of Earthlings’ science.
The playing deck is a mix of different coloured science cards and action cards. A team wins when a certain number of its science cards have been played. To achieve their goals, players can also use psych weapon or psych defence cards and stall their opponents by playing various action cards.
The catch is in the limited choices players have on their turn: from the three cards they have in their hand, they must play one card and pass one card to the next player, but they don’t necessarily know to whom they are giving the card. The identities of all players are hidden, but it is not really a social deduction game per se. Although it might become quite clear who is who after a few rounds, it doesn’t make winning much easier (or the game less enjoyable)—so we call it a social adventure game.
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