2023Michael Keller (II), Andreas Odendahl, Tony Boydell, Stefan Feld, Kevin Hendranata, Błażej Kubacki, Adam Kwapiński, Andrei Novac
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- Creators
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Mostly reviews and unboxings
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Lux Aeterna
2019Tony Boydell
- Videos
- 30
- Creators
- 6
Mainly playthroughs and reviews. Lux Aeterna is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 7 reviews, 6 how-to-play guides, 11 recorded sessions, 3 unboxings, and 3 other videos.
1 players
6 - 15 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting
From BoardGameGeek
Your ship has sustained massive damage, is falling apart around you, and is drifting toward the ultimate catastrophe, a black hole. You are alone. Your challenge in Lux Aeterna is to draw and play all of the cards in the main deck, one turn after another, without the spaceship collapsing completely or falling into the black hole. Cards have multiple functions; you will assign drawn cards to one each of these functions each turn: As damage to a system (with six systems available to you); As an action to help stay alive/fix the ship; or, As movement toward the black hole. If a ship's system collapses, the game will get harder for you; if you should repair a system, then you just might avoid the ultimate doom. Events (called "glitches") can be seeded into the main deck to make things even more difficult, as will reducing the real time that you have to play: 12 minutes -> 10 minutes -> 8 minutes, etc. -description from the designer
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Lux Aeterna has 30 videos from 6 creators: 7 reviews, 6 how-to-play guides, 11 playthroughs, 3 unboxings and 3 other videos. They date from 2009 to August 2024.
To learn the rules, start with "Lux Aeterna - Live learn and solo playthrough", which runs 36 min. For a quicker teach, "Lines Erklärt Lux Aeterna (Regelvideo)" runs 11 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Lux Aeterna Review - with Tom Vasel". To see it played, watch "Lux Aeterna : Solo Board Game Playthrough", one of 11 playthroughs.
If you like it, try La Granja: Deluxe Master Set, Aleph Null, Snowdonia: Grand Tour and Alubari: A Nice Cup of Tea, also by Tony Boydell. It appears in convention videos from Spiel Essen 2019.
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About Lux Aeterna
From BoardGameGeek:
Your ship has sustained massive damage, is falling apart around you, and is drifting toward the ultimate catastrophe, a black hole. You are alone. Your challenge in Lux Aeterna is to draw and play all of the cards in the main deck, one turn after another, without the spaceship collapsing completely or falling into the black hole. Cards have multiple functions; you will assign drawn cards to one each of these functions each turn: As damage to a system (with six systems available to you); As an action to help stay alive/fix the ship; or, As movement toward the black hole. If a ship's system collapses, the game will get harder for you; if you should repair a system, then you just might avoid the ultimate doom. Events (called "glitches") can be seeded into the main deck to make things even more difficult, as will reducing the real time that you have to play: 12 minutes -> 10 minutes -> 8 minutes, etc. -description from the designer
Designer
Tony Boydell
Artist
Alex Lee
Publisher
Frosted Games
Categories
Mechanics