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Dec 3, 2025·Review·29:52·95·Watch on YouTube

Cities of Venus: Lost Contact In Depth Review: A Planet Worth Playing On!

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Watch “Cities of Venus: Lost Contact In Depth Review: A Planet Worth Playing On!,” a board game review for Cities of Venus: Lost Contact on BoardGameVideo.

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Welcome to our channel, where we delve into the thrilling world of board games!! In this video, we're excited to bring you an overview of the board game Cities of Venus Lost Contact from @BoardGameBinge In this overview, Jake will be covering the gameplay mechanics, the game's components, and the overall experience of playing Cities of Venus Lost Contact. Don't forget to like and subscribe for more board game reviews and gameplay videos! Kickstarter Page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tinrobot/cities-of-venus Connect with us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gamingwiththepowers/ Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLBGufiLedyaWdT_tzn_GbQ?sub_confirmation=1 Want us to sponsor or review your next game? gamingwiththepowers@gmail.com - TimeStamps - 0:00 Intro 1:02 Theme 6:40 Components 10:23 Setup 11:25 Length 14:10 Difficulty 16:33 Replayability 17:58 Price 20:27 Overall Rating 22:16 What I Liked 24:49 What I Didn't Like 28:34 Would I Back? 29:27 Outro BGG Link: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/369116/cities-of-venus-lost-contact Designers: James Staley, Adam Staley Artist: Daniel Cunha Publisher: Tin Robot Games Developer: James Staley Cities of Venus: Lost Contact is a medium weight, scifi Euro, based in the year 2222. Various countries on Earth have set up colonies in cities that float in the clouds. Each player represents the governor of a floating city and must compete with other players to maximize the growth of their city by growing their population and strategically deploying it across the various departments to keep their city running. To help the cities, Earth has been sending immigrants and city upgrades in the form of Drops. At some point, a catastrophe occurs on Earth, cutting off communication with Venus. No one knows when the last Drop from Earth will come. Each round, players move through several phases: Resolve events, erode shields, grow and deploy population, mine for resources and modify the city, and grab a drop to improve the city. A player can gain victory points in the following ways: Points on station upgrades Points for a certain amount of mined resources Points for city population Bonus points for the most populous, the richest, and most upgraded cities Some time in the third phase of the drops, a card (randomly shuffled into the card deck) will turn up with the Earth on it. This card signifies that this is the last drop that will arrive from Earth and triggers the end of the game. The player with the most victory points at that point wins. —description from the publisher #boardgames #boardgamereview

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Cities of Venus: Lost Contact

Cities of Venus: Lost Contact

2025·James Staley, Adam Staley

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Mostly reviews. Cities of Venus: Lost Contact is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 17 reviews, 2 how-to-play guides, 1 recorded sessions, 3 unboxings, and 1 other video.

2 - 6 players
45 - 90 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes

About Cities of Venus: Lost Contact, from BoardGameGeek:

Cities of Venus: Lost Contact is a medium weight, scifi Euro, based in the year 2222. Various countries on Earth have set up colonies in cities that float in the clouds. Each player represents the governor of a floating city and must compete with other players to maximize the growth of their city by growing their population and strategically deploying it across the various departments to keep their city running. To help the cities, Earth has been sending immigrants and city upgrades in the form of Drops. At some point, a catastrophe occurs on Earth, cutting off communication with Venus. No one knows when the last Drop from Earth will come. Each round, players move through several phases: Resolve events, erode shields, grow and deploy population, mine for resources and modify the city, and grab a drop to improve the city. A player can gain victory points in the following ways: Points on station upgrades Points for a certain amount of mined resources Points for city population Bonus points for the most populous, the richest, and most upgraded cities Some time in the third phase of the drops, a card (randomly shuffled into the card deck) will turn up with the Earth on it. This card signifies that this is the last drop that will arrive from Earth and triggers the end of the game. The player with the most victory points at that point wins. -description from the publisher

Designers

James Staley, Adam Staley

Artist

Daniel Cunha

Publisher

Tin Robot Games

Categories

City BuildingScience Fiction

Mechanics

Worker Placement
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