Project GAIA
2023Stephen Baker
2 - 6 players
60 - 120 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach
From BoardGameGeek
GAIA, the super AI designed to protect the Earth, has identified the biggest threat of them all - HUMANKIND. In this semi-cooperative game, each player controls 2-6 characters with which they journey across the Earth and space. Your mission is to shut down GAIA by discovering a special reboot code. This is done by navigating the Earth while GAIA pours her wrath over it, and by finding the Code Tiles hidden there. For each active Code Tile discovered the players earn Victory Points. The players have to cooperate to successfully perform Space RUNS to the different destinations: the Moon, Mars, and the GAIA Space Station. Code tiles are hidden on these as well. Each turn a player chooses a character to move on the Earth or one of the destinations, trying to reach the Code Tiles and play Action cards that also give them Victory Points. While moving they have to steer clear of the spaces destroyed by GAIA's attacks. Reaching a functioning space vessel and gathering a suitable crew is also essential. There is no time to lose, as GAIA is wreaking havoc on the Earth with natural disasters and deadly drones. If the reboot code is not discovered in time mankind is destroyed and GAIA wins. If the reboot code is discovered, the single player with the most Victory Points earned wins the game! -description from the publisher
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Which Project GAIA video should I watch?
Project GAIA has 4 videos from 2 creators: 1 review, 1 how-to-play guide and 2 other videos. They date from 2023 to March 2025.
To learn the rules, start with "Project GAIA in German - Spiel Essen 2023" by TacticBoardGames, which runs 2 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Project GAIA Review - The Humans are Dead" by The Dice Tower.
If you like it, try HeroQuest, Heroscape Master Set: Rise of the Valkyrie, HeroQuest: First Light and Space Crusade, also by Stephen Baker. It appears in convention videos from Spiel Essen 2023.
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About Project GAIA
From BoardGameGeek:
GAIA, the super AI designed to protect the Earth, has identified the biggest threat of them all - HUMANKIND. In this semi-cooperative game, each player controls 2-6 characters with which they journey across the Earth and space. Your mission is to shut down GAIA by discovering a special reboot code. This is done by navigating the Earth while GAIA pours her wrath over it, and by finding the Code Tiles hidden there. For each active Code Tile discovered the players earn Victory Points. The players have to cooperate to successfully perform Space RUNS to the different destinations: the Moon, Mars, and the GAIA Space Station. Code tiles are hidden on these as well. Each turn a player chooses a character to move on the Earth or one of the destinations, trying to reach the Code Tiles and play Action cards that also give them Victory Points. While moving they have to steer clear of the spaces destroyed by GAIA's attacks. Reaching a functioning space vessel and gathering a suitable crew is also essential. There is no time to lose, as GAIA is wreaking havoc on the Earth with natural disasters and deadly drones. If the reboot code is not discovered in time mankind is destroyed and GAIA wins. If the reboot code is discovered, the single player with the most Victory Points earned wins the game! -description from the publisher
Designer
Stephen Baker
Publisher
Gamestorm Oy
Categories
Mechanics