Space Base: The Emergence of Shy Pluto Saga Expansion, Galactic Exploration

Great expansion. Adds so much to the game while only adding easy mechanics. When you add it all together, it's a much more fun game! I'm so sad to see this out of print. The base game is nothing without Shy Pluto. I wish AEG would release the expansions—so much amazing work, and most of us won't ever get to play them. I haven't played the others, but this one is AMAZING. I love how Shy Pluto makes other people's turns more interesting. This is an all-around awesome expansion.

Minor spoilers ahead: We really enjoyed Space Base, and Shy Pluto added a lot of new ways to win. Should you focus on income? Personal rolls? The old trusty arrow chains? Victory point cards? Or will you buy patrol cards and work those Shy Pluto dice? The Story was fine, and a good way to gradually introduce the new cards and dice to the game. It's really fun to have dice to roll each turn, and the new cards add a lot of variety to our games. The wife and I play this 3+ times a day, as the games typically only take 20 minutes or so, once you get familiar. Recommended as an add on to a great game.

When you open up the box for the first, it says don't look at 99% of the cards or read 99% of the rules until you're told to, which might make you think that there's no replayability, but there definitely is. It's a story that goes along several playthroughs, so you can actually savor the gameplay, rather than rush through it in a couple hours or so. The new cards and mechanics are good, but not game-breaking. Since there is a story and new stuff, that's all I'm going to say about it. Our group is enjoying the expansion a lot and I hope they come out with more.

Spacebase is a very well-designed game. Shy Pluto introduces some fun game mechanics that my family has enjoyed. A nice way to keep the game fresh!

This is a cute and creative way to introduce new content into an introductory level game so that it is both fun but also approachable for everyone playing. I think the design of this is interesting in that it might actually be useful in informing how some family weight games or even medium/light weight games should introduce their content to new players. Typically many games will roll out content over play troughs if its a campaign game, but if its a game like Splendor, Catan, Azul, etc. you just read the rules and start playing. Using this kind of narrative rollout you can give intro level games more weight and give it more staying power for all player levels because the learning is scaffolded but in a way that won't be toe tapping boredom for seasoned gamers. I enjoyed teaching Space Base to my wife and friends, and I'm also enjoying having this game teach all of us together how to play with the expansion. Cheers!

If you like rolling dice and want to do it to a story this is the add on for you. Set up your shrine to the RNG and cover your odds. At least you get something no matter what on your own turn right?

One of the best expansions to an already great game!!! This expansion adds more dice and cards and actions to an already fantastic game. This expansion adds so much more fun and play to one of our favorite games. I can't imagine playing without it. We skipped the campaign play and just added it to the base game and started to play and we loved it! we always play with this now and can't imagine not including it. Get this for sure if you enjoy Space Base and you will love it even more.

I received this today and we played our first game with it and had a lot of fun! It uses a 'legacy game' construct to slowly introduce you to the new mechanics. When you've played through each scenario of the story you will be left with the new bits incorporated into the game. If you don't destroy as you go, you could pull everything out and start all over again, but I don't plan on doing that. We had such a good time that the 2 others I played with are coming back tomorrow for another session.

We love this game and have enjoyed many hours playing this with our kids. We liked it so much we even bought the expansion pack!

bought fir x mas present son was thrilled