Onward to Venus

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Onward to Venus is based on the Doctor Grordbort graphic novels from writer/artist Greg Broadmore; with those books being a parody of sorts of the British Empire in the late 19th c entury; but instead of the race for Africa; we now have the exploitation of the Solar System; which is populated by various natives who resent the Earthling settlers.The game Onward to Venus takes lots of artwork from the books and mixes it together to create an empire-building game set in the Solar System. The core rules are fairly straightforward; and a game can be completed in 90 minutes. The game is played over three turns; in each turn you whizz around the planets and moons claiming tiles. The tiles grant you cards; allow you to build a factory or mine; let you hunt strange beasts; or simply earn you some money. Other tiles allow you to attack other players or add to the crisis level on the planet/moon in question. You have to be careful with crisis tiles as if you let too many build up; bad stuff — Martian invasions; robot rebellions; space pirates; etc. — starts happening. Show more