Excavation Earth
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Excavation Earth – The Earth is dead, the business is alive!
Welcome to an abandoned planet, where the only thing that matters is what humans left behind. In Excavation Earth , you are not a human, but an elite alien with a single goal: to excavate, collect, and sell relics of the human past at a price of gold in your star system.
This is a board game for 1-4 players that blends economic strategy , draft mechanics, and textbook hand management. Games are divided into three rounds of pure intergalactic tension: you'll move around the Earth map, excavate artifacts, manipulate prices on the alien market, and build art collections for the most discerning galactic museums.
The solo component is handled by the brilliant Dávid Turczi, making the game an engaging experience even when played alone. But be warned: Excavation Earth is a game for sharp minds, with deep complexity and many paths to success.
Because it's worth digging deep 🌍👽
- Strategic game for 1-4 players with solitaire mode included
- Advanced mechanics : hand management, draft, majorities, market and map movement
- An original and engaging setting where humans are just a memory
- Selling and collecting artifacts : every choice influences prices and strategies
- High replayability thanks to multi-use cards and ever-changing market interaction
Excavation Earth is perfect for those looking for a strategic board game with economic depth and a unique sci-fi setting. A little gem for collectors... and unscrupulous alien traders. 🐸
Excavation Earth
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🐸 HOW TO PLAY
1. Dig up ancient artifacts on the abandoned Earth
Players lead alien factions visiting the uninhabited Earth, searching for human artifacts to collect and resell . Explore various regions to excavate artifacts and deliver them to the most profitable intergalactic markets.
2. Play multipurpose cards to perform strategic actions
The cards in your deck are used both to perform actions (explore, mine, sell, move) and to activate extra abilities. Knowing how to manage your hand is essential for combining multiple actions into a single powerful turn .
3. Move between regions and specialize in collections
Each region contains artifacts of a different color. You can move around the map and decide which colors to specialize in your inventory , targeting market demands to earn more points.
4. Sell in the markets, manipulate demand and gain power
You can open markets , manipulate demand, influence buyers, or exploit special powers on your cards to gain bonuses. Players compete both in selling and controlling market trends.
5. After three rounds, whoever has collected the most value wins
At the end of the third phase (after sales, excavations, and intergalactic travel), the points earned from artifacts sold, collections completed, and upgrades used are added up. The richest... or most strategic collector wins!
🃏 SACHETS
44x63mm - Quantity 49
63x88mm - Quantity 72
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Excavation Earth
That old toaster? To an alien, it's a masterpiece.
Humans extinct, Earth abandoned: now it's the aliens' turn to make money with our junk.
Excavation Earth – Our Waste, Their Fortune
Welcome to a future where we are no longer here , but our footprints are worth gold.
In Excavation Earth , you don't play Earth explorers… but alien collectors , thirsty for long-forgotten human artifacts.
You will travel across a devastated planet, moving from continent to continent, digging through the ruins and trying to understand what still has value in the eyes of the interstellar races.
Hand management, drafting, map control, and a changing market: every choice matters. Every item you collect can become art... or trash.
All this with a powerful aesthetic, a truly economical gameplay, and a solo mode designed by Nick Shaw and Dávid Turczi.
Excavation Earth: Our Past Is Their Business
Excavation Earth , published by Mighty Boards, is a strategic, sci-fi board game for 1-4 players , with a very high level of interaction and a deep economic system.
Each player leads an alien race that, centuries after humanity's demise, seeks to extract artifacts from Earth to resell to the highest bidder .
The heart of the game is a multipurpose card management game, which forces you to carefully plan every action: digging, moving, selling, influencing markets and creating coherent collections to display in museums.
The use of influence to manipulate the value of items, coupled with a dynamic and competitive market , makes every game different.
With its advanced solo mode and strategic depth, Excavation Earth is perfect for experienced players looking for something different.
We played it. And now we look at our trash with new eyes. 🐸
Excavation Earth is the kind of game that surprises you twice: first with its crazy theme, and second with how well-crafted it is .
We were impressed by the variety of strategies, the constant tension in the draft, and the timing management in selling artifacts.
Every game is a race against time and against each other, in a ruthless and ever-changing economy .
The solo mode is well-structured, and the setting is a little narrative gem that holds up a critical mirror to our society.
If you like games full of decisions, with a pinch of cosmic irony , you can't miss this one.
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I giochi da tavolo non servono a passare il tempo. Servono a viverlo meglio. – La Rana Saggia
Ogni regola è un’opportunità nascosta. Scoprila con occhi nuovi. – Il Girino Curioso
Non so come ho vinto. Ma è stato divertentissimo. Rigioca, se hai il coraggio. – La Ranarock Ribelle
Una buona mossa è silenziosa. La vittoria, inevitabile. – Ranaldo Stratega
Non serve vincere per giocare bene. Serve giocare per stare bene. – Zio Rospo Zen
I giochi da tavolo non servono a passare il tempo. Servono a viverlo meglio. – La Rana Saggia
Ogni regola è un’opportunità nascosta. Scoprila con occhi nuovi. – Il Girino Curioso
Non so come ho vinto. Ma è stato divertentissimo. Rigioca, se hai il coraggio. – La Ranarock Ribelle
Una buona mossa è silenziosa. La vittoria, inevitabile. – Ranaldo Stratega
Non serve vincere per giocare bene. Serve giocare per stare bene. – Zio Rospo Zen
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