EFTAIOS

Game Name	Escape From The Aliens In Outer Space
Game Publisher	Osprey Games
Game Type	Strategy Pen & Paper / Versus
Number of Players	2-9 Players
Play Time	30-45 Minutes

Description

Every space horror film collide with Battleships and Poker in this chilling game of strategy, bluff and xenomorphic terror.

Players take random cards to assign themselves as Aliens or Humans (Aliens always outnumber Humans in event of odd numbered players).  Armed with a barely functional marker pen from the box, a laminated hex map and their wits players move through one of several maps over 40 turns.  Sometimes you have to call out your co-ordinates, sometimes you can bluff and you don't know who anybody else is.  Aliens need to eat the humans, humans need to get to the escape pods on the maps and escape.

With lots of replayability and the ability to download maps or even create your own, Escape has a lot of longevitty, if your nerves can take it.

What We Think

Jody: We've only played a few games but it seemed to work well, the pens were awful and hampered my ability to play because my handwriting is awful.  But better pens are on the way. The level designer is cool and basically ensures unlimited play.  It's kind of battleships with Xenomorphs.  A chepa purchase, but I think a long term keeper.


Matt:


Martin: Awesome. Tense. Weird pens, but ignore that and use biro and a pad. Like the full customizing / create your own maps


Dom: