Alien Artifacts is a 4x-style card game in which you play as an interplanetary corporation, sending your research vessels into uncharted space to expand your Knowledge and Power. Build your ship, research tech, and explore the galaxy for anything - or anyone - you can exploit. Alien Artifacts is built on a Resource engine - each turn you will have 3 Resource cards in your hand and you will decide how best to spend them. Each resource card has two different resource types for you to use. You can only use one side and only two cards per turn Using these resources, you will build Ships, develop Technology, discover Planets, or Trade for currency Alien Artifacts provides a true 4x experience in under an hour. With over two hundred cards, Alien Artifacts offers players many scoring strategies and great replayability. Contains: 0 Technology cards40 Ship cards40 Planet cards16 Alien Artifact cards10 Defense Plan cards5 Alien System cards6 Faction cards83 Resource cards6 Faction boards1 Scoring board5 Player Aid tiles1 Basic Defense Plan tile1 Starting Player token1 Round marker38 Blockade tokens1 RulebookNumber of players: 2-5Playing time: 60 minutesAge: 10+