2025Ryan Lambert, Adam Rehberg
- Videos
- 13
- Creators
- 13
Reviews and unboxings
1 - 6 players65 - 80 minMedium weight
Planet Unknown
2022Ryan Lambert, Adam Rehberg
- Videos
- 128
- Creators
- 88
Mainly reviews. Planet Unknown is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 59 reviews, 15 how-to-play guides, 20 recorded sessions, 26 unboxings, and 8 other videos.
1 - 6 players
60 - 80 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting
From BoardGameGeek
Our planet has run out of resources, and we are forced to move. We have discovered a series of planets and sent our rovers to test their environment with the hope of colonization. Our rovers have confirmed 1-6 viable colonization options. Planet Unknown is a competitive game for 1-6 players in which players attempt to develop the best planet. Each round, each player places one polyomino-shaped, dual-resource tile on their planet. Each resource represents the infrastructure needed to support life on the planet. Every tile placement is important to cover your planet efficiently and also to build up your planet's engine. After placing the tile, players do two actions associated with the two infrastructure types on the tile. Some tile placements trigger "meteors" that make all planets harder to develop and prevent them from scoring points in the meteor's row and column. Planet Unknown innovates on the popular polyomino trend by allowing simultaneous, yet strategic turn-based play via the Lazy S.U.S.A.N. space station in the center of the table. -description from the publisher
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Which Planet Unknown video should I watch?
Planet Unknown has 128 videos from 88 creators: 59 reviews, 15 how-to-play guides, 20 playthroughs, 26 unboxings and 8 other videos. They date from 2020 to October 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Planet Unknown: Learn to Play" by BoardGameTeacher, which runs 7 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Planet Unknown Review - with Tom Vasel" by The Dice Tower. 47 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Planet Unknown - BGG Solo-Mode w/ Foster the Meeple" by BoardGameGeek, one of 20 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Planet Unknown: Supermoon, Defenders of the Dictionary, The Bird and Swordcrafters, also by Adam Rehberg. It appears in convention videos from Spiel Essen 2022.
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About Planet Unknown
From BoardGameGeek:
Our planet has run out of resources, and we are forced to move. We have discovered a series of planets and sent our rovers to test their environment with the hope of colonization. Our rovers have confirmed 1-6 viable colonization options. Planet Unknown is a competitive game for 1-6 players in which players attempt to develop the best planet. Each round, each player places one polyomino-shaped, dual-resource tile on their planet. Each resource represents the infrastructure needed to support life on the planet. Every tile placement is important to cover your planet efficiently and also to build up your planet's engine. After placing the tile, players do two actions associated with the two infrastructure types on the tile. Some tile placements trigger "meteors" that make all planets harder to develop and prevent them from scoring points in the meteor's row and column. Planet Unknown innovates on the popular polyomino trend by allowing simultaneous, yet strategic turn-based play via the Lazy S.U.S.A.N. space station in the center of the table. -description from the publisher
Designers
Ryan Lambert, Adam Rehberg
Artist
Yoma
Publisher
Adam's Apple Games, LLC
Categories
Mechanics
End Game BonusesPattern BuildingGrid MovementHidden Victory Points