Space Alert (Board Game)

Space Alert is a cooperative team survival game. Players become crew membersof a small spaceship scanning dangerous sectors of the galaxy. The missions lastjust 10 real-time minutes (hyperspace jump, sector scan, hyperspace jump back)and the only task the players have is to protect their ship.

During play, the central computer will announce the presence of variousthreats on one of the supplied 10 minute soundtracks that also acts as a gametimer. The threats vary from space battleships and interceptors to differentinterstellar monsters and abominations, asteroids or even intruders andmalfunctions on the spaceship. Players have to agree who will take care of whichtask and coordinate their actions (moving around the ship, firing weapons,distributing energy, using battlebots to deal with intruders, launching guidedmissiles, etc.) in real time to defend the ship. Only a well-working team cansurvive 10 minutes and make the jump back to safety.

The game offers several difficulty levels, huge variability and a uniqueexperience for one to five player teams. One mission lasts only about30 minutes, including setup and evaluation.