2011Vlaada Chvátil
- Videos
- 130
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1 - 4 players60 - 240 minVery heavy weight

2008Vlaada Chvátil
From BoardGameGeek
Space Alert is a cooperative team survival game. Players become crew members of a small spaceship scanning dangerous sectors of the galaxy. The missions last just 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 various threats on one of the supplied 10 minute soundtracks that also acts as a game timer. The threats vary from space battleships and interceptors to different interstellar monsters and abominations, asteroids or even intruders and malfunctions on the spaceship. Players have to agree who will take care of which task and coordinate their actions (moving around the ship, firing weapons, distributing energy, using battlebots to deal with intruders, launching guided missiles, etc.) in real time to defend the ship. Only a well-working team can survive 10 minutes and make the jump back to safety. The game offers several difficulty levels, huge variability and a unique experience for one to five player teams. One mission lasts only about 30 minutes, including setup and evaluation. (Based on a description from Czech Games Edition)
Space Alert has 2 videos from 2 creators: 1 review and 1 playthrough. They date from 2023 to February 2025.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Space Alert - A cooperative combat survival game by CGE Games - Review" by The Lucky Roll. To see it played, watch "Space Alert! | Solo Playthrough" by That Board Game Show.
If you like it, try Mage Knight Board Game, Codenames, Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization and Star Trek: Frontiers, also by Vlaada Chvátil.
2011Vlaada Chvátil
1 - 4 players60 - 240 minVery heavy weight
2015Vlaada Chvátil
2 - 8 players15 minLight weight
2015Vlaada Chvátil
2 - 4 players120 minVery heavy weight
2016Vlaada Chvátil, Andrew Parks
1 - 4 players60 - 240 minVery heavy weight
From BoardGameGeek:
Space Alert is a cooperative team survival game. Players become crew members of a small spaceship scanning dangerous sectors of the galaxy. The missions last just 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 various threats on one of the supplied 10 minute soundtracks that also acts as a game timer. The threats vary from space battleships and interceptors to different interstellar monsters and abominations, asteroids or even intruders and malfunctions on the spaceship. Players have to agree who will take care of which task and coordinate their actions (moving around the ship, firing weapons, distributing energy, using battlebots to deal with intruders, launching guided missiles, etc.) in real time to defend the ship. Only a well-working team can survive 10 minutes and make the jump back to safety. The game offers several difficulty levels, huge variability and a unique experience for one to five player teams. One mission lasts only about 30 minutes, including setup and evaluation. (Based on a description from Czech Games Edition)
Designer
Vlaada Chvátil
Artists
Radim Pech, Milan Vavroň
Publisher
Czech Games Edition (CGE)
Categories
Mechanics