Though there are an assortment of expansions for this Trading Card Game out there, this one included, you don't NEED any of them; the Colony Wars set has all you require for a fully functional game. That said, I would strongly recommend pairing it with the original Base Set for a much-expanded experience.
The game as played by the rules - assorted variants for assorted numbers of players are given in the provided rule sheets - is fun and reasonably easy to learn and get used to.
However, I find one of the best things about it to be the fact that you can very easily come up with your own rules and your own game. The cards almost beg you to do so, in fact. (I've made various custom dice and tokens for it).
The set consists of cards (with some very nice artwork) belonging to four factions vying to colonize and expand within the universe. The organic, so-called 'Blob' faction - whose rather beautiful bio-craft mostly look like weirdly mutated sea creatures - the Trade Federation, essentially just out to make a profit, the Machine Cult, mechanistic and more or less robotic, and the warmongering Star Empire... Totally love the Blob faction myself - and this set adds the two humongous organic star-worms to the Blob faction, which can pretty much eat entire battle-fleets. Fun.
The cards portray both spaceships for each faction and bases (planetary and orbital), each faction having different strengths but being basically evenly matched. (Until humongous star-worms attack!)
Trade and alliances between factions can be fostered, as well as just trying to blast each other to perdition. The set also contains some cards featuring unaligned vessels that can be captured and employed by any faction - or used a space pirates or such, depending how you customize the game. There are also score cards.
A cheap option as opposed to some TCGs (at the time of writing) and excellent value for money. A highly adaptable sci-fi TCG.
With this and the Base Set, there's great scope for galactic adventure.
| Product Dimensions | 14.5 x 9.9 x 14.5 cm; 240 g |
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| Manufacturer recommended age | 6 years and up |
| Item model number | WWG011-EN |
| Educational Objective(s) | Numeracy & Spacial Awareness |
| Language: | English |
| Number of Game Players | 2 players |
| Number of pieces | 1 |
| Assembly Required | No |
| Batteries Required? | No |
| Batteries included? | No |
| Material Type(s) | Cardstock |
| Remote Control Included? | No |
| Colour | White |
| Release date | 1 May 2018 |
| ASIN | B016QB4E3A |
