2026Jorge J. Barroso, Jesús Fuentes, Eduardo Pavón
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1 - 4 players60 - 120 min

2024Jorge J. Barroso
Mainly reviews and how-to-play. Phoenix New Horizon is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 12 reviews, 11 how-to-play guides, 7 recorded sessions, 4 unboxings, and 4 other videos.
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In the year 2021, after years of seclusion underground, humanity emerges onto the surface, propelled by the development of groundbreaking new technology. Decades of catastrophic fallout from a nuclear disaster during the Cold War have laid waste to the known world, compelling civilization to seek shelter beneath the earth. The pressing task now is the construction of regenerators, which will generate new habitats to facilitate the resurgence of life and the reclamation of the Earth. A world brimming with hope awaits aboveground. Phoenix New Horizon is a Euro-style board game in which players assume control of a team of commandos tasked with the mission of recolonizing Earth. Throughout the game's four rounds, players accumulate victory points by constructing regenerators and buildings, bolstering the planet's population, and achieving diverse objectives that vary between playthroughs. Players must adeptly allocate their commandos to various actions throughout the game while also specializing them to enable more potent abilities at the expenses of versatility. Fulfilling missions assigned by the governing authorities yields additional actions on a player's turn. -description from the publisher
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Phoenix New Horizon has 38 videos from 34 creators: 12 reviews, 11 how-to-play guides, 7 playthroughs, 4 unboxings and 4 other videos. They date from 2024 to September 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Phoenix New Horizon - Start Playing in 14 minutes - Concise Board Game Tutorial" by Meeple University, which runs 14 min. For a quicker teach, "Phoenix New Horizon (Főnix - Az Emberiség Hajnala) rövid bemutató" by Board Game Addicts runs 6 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "The coolest Worker Placement system in a long time - Phoenix New Horizon Board Game Review" by Board Gaming Ramblings. 10 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Phoenix New Horizon - Playthrough With Friends" by Getting Games, one of 7 playthroughs.
If you like it, try ASHES: Blackout Protocol and Concilium Urbis, also by Jorge J. Barroso, or Yokohama and Barrage, which share several of its mechanics. It appears in convention videos from Spiel Essen 2024.
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2026Jorge J. Barroso, Jesús Fuentes, Eduardo Pavón
1 - 4 players60 - 120 min
2024Jorge J. Barroso, Jesús Fuentes
1 - 6 players40 - 60 minMedium weight
2019Tommaso Battista, Simone Luciani
1 - 4 players90 - 180 minVery heavy weight
From BoardGameGeek:
In the year 2021, after years of seclusion underground, humanity emerges onto the surface, propelled by the development of groundbreaking new technology. Decades of catastrophic fallout from a nuclear disaster during the Cold War have laid waste to the known world, compelling civilization to seek shelter beneath the earth. The pressing task now is the construction of regenerators, which will generate new habitats to facilitate the resurgence of life and the reclamation of the Earth. A world brimming with hope awaits aboveground. Phoenix New Horizon is a Euro-style board game in which players assume control of a team of commandos tasked with the mission of recolonizing Earth. Throughout the game's four rounds, players accumulate victory points by constructing regenerators and buildings, bolstering the planet's population, and achieving diverse objectives that vary between playthroughs. Players must adeptly allocate their commandos to various actions throughout the game while also specializing them to enable more potent abilities at the expenses of versatility. Fulfilling missions assigned by the governing authorities yields additional actions on a player's turn. -description from the publisher
Designer
Jorge J. Barroso
Artist
Jorge Tabanera Redondo
Publisher
Perro Loko Games
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