ORBIT

ORBIT (Orbital Race Between Interstellar Tourists) is a 24th century tactical space race with simple turns, yet challenging possibilities. Players compete to visit all planets of the system, then return to their starting planet first. On your turn, you play a card, activate its actions in any order, then draw back up to your hand size. Cards allow you to do a combination of things: move your ship, collect energy for bonus movement, advance planets along their orbit, or even reverse the orbital direction of a planet. When your space ship is docked on a planet, the moving planet will carry you along its orbital path, helping you to traverse the map even faster. Planning your route wisely as you ride orbital currents and bounce between planets is the key to success — but your cutthroat competition will no doubt seek to spoil your plans and sabotage your tourism progress. It helps to be flexible and adapt on the fly, literally. You shouldn't ignore the opportunity to upgrade your ship along the way. Visiting certain space stations and planets allows you to increase your hand size and energy storage capacity, so you must balance short-term efficiency against long-term advantages. The game board features additional tactical resources such as fuel depots, hyper jump portals, and hyper acceleration cannons. Players can enjoy a randomized set-up across two unique game boards. The game also includes a few variants: a solo mode, four-player partnership mode, and a stationary planet.