Box front · source
What this is
Expand, research, upgrade, and settle the galaxy with one of 14 alien species. Players choose from fourteen alien factions, each with distinct abilities, and compete to terraform planets, advance along research tracks, and form interplanetary federations. Its enormous strategic variety and interlocking systems place it among the most demanding and replayable games in the genre.
At a glance
- Players
- 1–4
- Listed play time
- 60–150 minutes
- Minimum age
- 12 and up
- First published
- 2017
- Designers
- Jens Drögemüller, Helge Ostertag
- Publisher
- Feuerland Spiele
- Box size
- 30 × 36.5 × 6.8 cm
- Photographs
- 1
Publisher
- Feuerland SpieleOfficial site
How players rate Gaia Project
Every dimension is rated on its own. The left column judges the game and higher is better; the right column describes it, where neither end of the scale is the good end.
Player-count fit
How well it plays at each count. Best at 3.
- 1p7.4112 ratings
- 2p8.0111 ratings
- 3p8.6111 ratings
- 4p7.9111 ratings
Every dimension
15 measures. Some judge the game; the rest simply describe it.
How good it is
Judgements, rated out of 10. Higher is better.
- Longevity and replayability7.7/10
- Ease of teach3.7/10
- Gateway friendliness5.0/10
- Component quality7.4/10
- Table presence8.3/10
- Travel friendliness5.1/10
What it's like
Descriptions, not verdicts. Neither end is better.
- Player interactionLow4.5SolitaireConstant
- CutthroatnessGentle3.5FriendlyRuthless
- Role of luckMostly skill2.9Chance-drivenPlayer-driven
- Theme integrationStrong7.0Pasted onWoven in
- Rules complexityHeavy4.2LightHeavy
- Decision complexityDemanding4.0SimpleDemanding
- Language dependencyNone1.3No textText-heavy
- Table spaceDining table7.8Lap trayTwo tables
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Rules & files
Rulebooks, FAQs and reference sheets- rulebookGaia Project: RulebookEN · 24 pagesAwaiting publisher permission
Box & shelf
30 × 36.5 × 6.8 cm
- Shelf volume
- 7.4 L
- Shelf width used
- 6.8 cm
- Per Kallax cube
- 4
Source: measured