Watch “Phoenix New Horizon Review,” a board game review for Phoenix New Horizon from MAKE SPIEL on BoardGameVideo.
Description provided by MAKE SPIEL on YouTube:
A review of a post-apocalyptic board game filmed in the ruins of East Berlin
Buildings shown in the video, some of which might be lost soon:
1. TV-tower at Alexanderplatz. Named after Russian Emperor Alexander I, who is often seen as a role model for Putin — https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2014/11/25/putin-is-inspired-by-russian-empire-a41711 — It is one of the centers of polycentric Berlin.
2. Hohenschönhausen Prison near my home was the main Stasi detention center for political prisoners back in the day. Its Stasi watchtowers are now a well-known element of the museum — https://www.stiftung-hsh.de/en/
3. Sporthotel Hohenschönhausen is one of the beautiful GDR ruins you can read about on the Abandoned Berlin website — https://www.abandonedberlin.com/stories/sporthotel
4. Another iconic abandoned building in the video is the refugee home built for refugees from Vietnam and Cuba, but which was never properly used. Now it is a popular spot for street artists and graffiti writers — https://www.abandonedberlin.com/stories/refugee-homes
5. A third building became abandoned recently and might be demolished soon. It is called a “pearl” of GDR modernism—an amazing high-tech structure of the SEZ water sports center. I am supporting an activist group that is trying to preserve it and make it a public swimming pool once again — https://www.instagram.com/sez_fuer_alle/
6. And the final location where I accomplished my mission is one of the Stasi towers in East Berlin—the one that is still accessible in the Weißensee neighborhood. You can read about these towers here — https://digitalcosmonaut.com/the-abandoned-stasi-tower/
Enjoy the game and urban exploration!
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.
1 - 4 players
60 - 120 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach
About Phoenix New Horizon, 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
