-60° Sixty Below
-60° Sixty Below

Nanox Games

-60° Sixty Below

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Sei sulla costa antartica. Il meteorite ti aspetta nell'entroterra. Hai carte tecnologia, risorse limitate e una mappa bianca davanti. Ogni stazione che costruisci è un passo verso il sito d'impatto. Ogni tempesta che peschi spegne una base, ma ti dà energia.

StrategicoNanox GamesAntartico 1971Pfister & Prinz
👥 Giocatori 1 – 4
⏱️ Durata 120–180 min
🎂 Età 12+ anni
🏢 Editore Nanox Games
⚖️ Complessità Alta · 3,7/5 BGG
🎯 Obiettivo Più punti in 6 round
La formulaDeckbuilding con rischio × Esploratori che restano × Rete di stazioni✋ Solo qui: le Tempeste spengono le basi ma danno energia

DI COSA SI TRATTA

Una corsa scientifica nel ghiaccio eterno

23 settembre 1971, ore 23. In tutto il mondo si nota una luce strana nel cielo. Tre ore dopo colpisce l'Antartico. Alexander Pfister (Port Royal, Great Western Trail, Maracaibo) e Peter Prinz firmano un euro con ambientazione: team di ricerca che sbarcano sulle coste antartiche per stabilire reti di stazioni, esplorare il paesaggio e raggiungere il sito d'impatto del meteorite misterioso. Arte di Martin Mottet.

Al tavolo intrecci tre cose. Un deckbuilding con rischio: a ogni round peschi dal tuo mazzo una carta alla volta e decidi quando fermarti, perché le Tempeste coprono le tue basi e ne spengono il bonus, ma ti danno energia. Un piazzamento lavoratori in cui gli esploratori restano sul tabellone fino a fine partita, quindi ogni azione chiude uno spazio per tutti. E una rete di stazioni su una mappa che si scopre giocando, da potenziare con attenzione. Sei round, tre Traguardi, nove fonti di punti: bilanciare rischio e audacia decide tra trionfo e disastro.

Cosa dicono all'estero

Questo è un gioco che promette tensione ambientale e scelte sotto pressione. Aspettiamo di vederlo al tavolo per capire se l'Antartico di Pfister e Prinz ha il mordente delle loro opere migliori.

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"Only one research team will go down in the history books."

Solo un team di ricerca passerà alla storia.

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-60°

Strategia
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Per chi è
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In sintesi
Perché ci incuriosisce: Pfister sa costruire engine economici che funzionano, e il tema antartico potrebbe dare mordente a meccaniche già note. L'incrocio fra deckbuilding con rischio e piazzamento permanente degli esploratori è interessante. Difetti ma non deal-breaker: è tutto da verificare al tavolo, le meccaniche base non sono rivoluzionarie e la durata (fino a 3 ore) richiede impegno. Prima lettura, luglio 2026.
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Modalità solitario · Ufficiale ★★★☆☆

Si gioca contro Arka, un automa con un mazzo di carte Azione e un rondello, su tre livelli di difficoltà: Standard, Leggendario ed Epico. Arka gioca solo la fase Azione, occupa gli spazi per sempre come un avversario vero e conta i suoi Traguardi, che può superare solo battendoti.

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Gli strumenti della spedizione

Cosa hai nello zaino (e sulla mappa)

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Rete di stazioni

Costruisci le tue stazioni su siti esagonali accanto alle zone già esplorate e le potenzi fino a tre volte. Per potenziare servono materiale e presenza attorno, ma due tue stazioni potenziate che si toccano ti costano punti a fine partita.

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Progetti scientifici

Carte Progetto che compri e tieni accanto alla plancia: effetti permanenti, spazi azione solo tuoi, punti a fine partita. Comprarle costa un'azione, quindi scegliere quando farlo è parte del gioco.

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Carte Spedizione

Le compri durante il round e vanno in cima al tuo mazzo, così al round dopo sai cosa peschi per primo. Ognuna ti dà un bonus pieno, ridotto o nullo secondo quante Tempeste hai pescato insieme.

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Tempeste

Nel tuo mazzo ci sono Tempeste. Ognuna copre una delle tue tre basi e ne spegne il bonus, ma ti dà energia: 2 con una, 5 con due, 11 con tre. Il clima non è scenografia: è un rischio che si calcola a ogni pescata.

Ask Froggy about the rules
Froggy has read the rulebook: rules, turns, setup. Ask, then dig deeper.
Already answered by Froggy (25)
How do you win?
After 6 rounds and 3 Milestone evaluations you count points from nine categories: Experts, Track, Sites, Stations, Upgrades, penalties, Shipping cards, Project cards and Milestones. Whoever has the most wins. (End of game and scoring)
What happens in case of a tie?
Whoever has more Coins wins. If there's still a tie, tied players share the victory. It's therefore wise not to spend down to the last penny. (End of game and scoring)
What does a round look like?
First you draw from your deck and decide when to stop, then you collect the Shipping Bonus. Followed by Planning: you take 2 Explorers and choose 1-2 cards out of 5. Finally there's the Action phase in turns, until everyone passes. After rounds 3, 5 and 6 a Milestone evaluation is added. (Objective and overview)
How long is a single turn?
In the Action phase you take only one action per turn, so turns are brief and rotate often. The draw and planning phases are done all together. From the rules you can see that downtime is limited, even though it grows with 4 players. (Phase III: Action – overview)
How many players? Is there solo play?
2 to 4, plus a full solo mode against the automaton Arka. Arka has its own board, an Action card deck with star limit and its own Milestones, with three difficulty levels. (Solo against Arka: setup)
What changes with 2 players?
Only 2 Landscapes are placed per band, the Expert spaces 3+ and 4+ remain empty and the Milestone draft starts from 4 cards. Otherwise the rules are identical. (General setup)
How much does luck matter?
There's some: your personal deck contains Storms and you don't know what you'll draw. But you decide when to stop, Forecast Tiles can save you a card and you can burn Storms. It's a calculated risk more than a dice roll. (Phase I: Setup)
Are Storms only bad?
No: 1 Storm gives 2 Energy, 2 give 5 and 3 or more give 11. In exchange they cover Bases and reduce or cancel the bonus from Shipping cards: with 3 Storms you get none. (Phase I: the Shipping Bonus)
Is there interaction between players?
It's indirect but felt. Explorers stay on action spaces for the entire game, so whoever arrives first removes them from others, and Experts are bought from a common board. There are no direct attacks. (Action a: activate an action space)
Is it replayable?
Yes, from the rules you can see a lot of variability. Landscapes and their faces change, random distribution of Experts, 2 Expert Action Tiles out of 4 doubles, 6 Meteorites with different rules, 18 Milestone cards and a common deck of 154 cards. (General setup; The Meteorites)
Do players start differently?
No, everyone has the same material. Only the starting Energy changes (0, 1, 2, 3 according to turn order) and the personal Milestone chosen in the draft. Asymmetry arises from the choices you make during the game. (Personal setup)
How much table space is needed?
Quite a lot. The chain of hexagonal Landscapes grows while exploring, and each player has a wide Tableau in two halves with deck, discard pile, shop window and Projects around it. We estimate about 120×100 cm with 4 players, but it's a deduction from the pictures. (General and personal setup)
What's in the box?
Expert Board, Harbor, 24 Landscapes and 3 double Meteorites, 24 common Sites and 48 Experts in total, resources, Radar Tiles and Forecast Tiles. There are 154 cards from the common deck plus 8 Meteorite cards and 18 Milestones. Each color has a Tableau, 17 Explorers, 5 Stations, 11 Upgrades and 10 starting cards, and there's Arka's material. (Components)
What are Explorers for?
They're your workers: you place them on action spaces to take bonuses and actions, and they stay there forever. They also count for Presence near Stations and the Meteorite. You receive 2 per round and, by passing, you keep only one. (Action a; Action f)
How do you build a Station?
First you buy it in the Hangar during Setup (the first one is free). Then, as an action, you place a Site with at most as many Engineer icons as you have, adjacent to an explored Landscape. You put the Station on it and free execute the action of an adjacent Landscape. (Action b: building a Station)
How do Upgrades work?
They go in order 1, 2, 3 on the same Station and require Material and minimum Presence: your Explorers and adjacent Stations, plus the Explorers on the Site. They give rewards like Experts, Radar, burning Storms or extra Explorers. Be careful: two of your upgraded adjacent Stations cost 3 points each. (Action c: upgrading a Station)
What are Radar Tiles for?
Spend one as an action to activate all Radar effects of your cards and allow you to buy cards from the shop window. Alternatively you can discard them as a free action for 3 Energy, 2 Coins, 3 cards or 1 Material. (Action d; Radar Tiles as free action)
Where do the cards I buy go?
Shipping cards go face down on top of your deck, so you draw them right in the next round. Project cards go to the right of the Tableau and remain active: continuous effects, personal actions, Radar effects or final points. (Action d)
What do Pilot and Mechanic do?
They're bought as Experts but don't count as an icon in the column where you place them. As an action you flip their tile and execute the action indicated by the Expert Action Tile: only once, but they're worth 2 points at the end of the game. (Action e)
How do Milestones work?
After rounds 3, 5 and 6 you choose a card between the two common ones and your personal one and place your marker on the low or high side, based on the threshold reached. Each card has different thresholds for the three evaluations and a card already used doesn't become available again. (Phase IV: Milestones)
What's the most convoluted rule?
Probably the Shipping Bonus. The number of Storms decides whether you take the high bonus, low or none from the cards, how much Energy you receive and which Bases remain uncovered; plus the Radio Base can free up new card spaces. The Presence requirements for Upgrades follow. (Phase I: the Shipping Bonus)
What does the Meteorite do?
It's explored when an adjacent Landscape is explored. Usually you need minimum Presence (3, or 4 or 6) to use its action. Each Meteorite is different: Coins, special cards, free Projects, a fourth Milestone, final points or a majority. (The Meteorites)
How does Arka behave in solo?
It doesn't draw or plan: on its turn it reveals an Action card, moves an Explorer on a rondel and executes its icons. It occupies spaces, takes Experts and builds Stations, and plays up to the round's star limit, which increases during the game. For high Milestones it must beat you. (Solo: Arka's turn)
Do the cards have a lot of text? Do I need to know English?
Boards and tiles are symbol-based, but many Project and Shipping cards and all Arka cards have brief effect texts. The symbol pages of the rulebook cover almost everything, but without knowledge of the language at the start you'll consult it often. (Symbols)
Can I keep resources and Explorers between one round and the next?
Coins, Material and Energy remain. Of unused Explorers when you pass you keep only one, and Stations bought but not built aren't kept. The cards of the Tableau go back to your discard pile. (Action f: passing and end of round)
Froggy answers by reading the publisher's official rulebook, in the edition we have today. It can make mistakes: when in doubt, the manual in the box always wins. Spotted an error? Hit 👎 and tell us.
🎲How to playThe rules in four steps▼

How to play

The flow of each round

Classic euro structure: action phase, maintenance phase, event phase. Repeat until victory condition.

1
Worker placement and actions

Players take turns placing their workers on action spaces: building stations, acquiring technology, exploring territory, launching scientific projects. Spaces are limited, competition is direct. Actions cost resources from your personal supply.

2
Construction and exploration

Extend your network of stations inland. Each new station opens up possibilities but requires maintenance. Explorations advance you towards the meteorite and unlock random bonuses or penalties (harsh territory, found resources).

3
Technology acquisition and projects

Spend resources to add cards to your personal pool: vehicles, tools, upgrades. Launch scientific projects that require combinations of technologies and give victory points or permanent advantages. Those who invest here slow down the race but build a powerful engine.

4
Climatic events and maintenance

At the end of the round, events are revealed: storms reduce available actions, extreme cold blocks unequipped stations, favorable conditions give bonuses. Pay maintenance costs for active stations. The game continues until someone reaches the meteorite or a round tracker runs out.

⏱️Your first gameThe chronicle, moment by moment▼

A game in five moments

What happens at the table

Not the rules. The experience.

0′

Landing on the coast

You receive your starting cards and basic resources. The map is blank, the meteorite is a point inland. Everyone starts from the coast with the same chances, but the first technology choices already begin to differentiate teams. There is silence: everyone calculates the optimal path.

⏱ Setup
36′

First inland stations

You place workers, build the first station beyond the coast. Others do the same. The map begins to fill with colorful outposts. Someone invests in technology, someone in speed. Strategies diverge and the table comes alive: the race begins.

💥 Engine starts
1h12′

Storm and decisions under pressure

The first storm arrives. Your actions are reduced, some stations go into maintenance. Another player is further ahead on the map. You must decide: pursue or consolidate? Do you sacrifice scientific points for speed or build your engine for the long term? The table becomes tense.

🗺️ Turning point
2h06′

The meteorite approaches

Someone is two stations away from the impact site. Others accelerate. Resources are scarce, the best cards have already been taken. Every turn counts. Final explorations are risky: you can arrive first but without enough project points, or second but with a superior engine. The game ends.

🎲 Final rush
2h51′

Final scoring

Someone reached the meteorite, someone else completed more scientific projects. Victory points are tallied: stations, technology, explorations, objectives. The winner is not obvious until the very end. There is always a story to tell: the storm that changed everything, the right card at the right time, the wrong calculation in the penultimate turn.

🏁 Showdown
🐸Good to know beforehandThree honest things, from friends▼

Good to know beforehand

Three things you should consider

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Significant duration

2 to 3 actual hours. It's not a filler, it's not a gateway game. If you're looking for something under an hour or to propose to total newbies, this isn't the right game. The duration is consistent with the system's complexity (pool building + worker placement + race) but should be taken into account.

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Newly announced game

Expected release autumn 2026, very limited BGG data (only one rating). This sheet is based on the official description and previous experience with the designers, not on actual plays. The mechanics may prove to be more or less deep than promised. We will update as soon as we have played it.

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Theme vs. abstraction

It's a German eurogame with a thematic veneer. The meteorite, storms, and Antarctica are evocative, but the core is optimization, resource management, and mathematical calculation. If you're looking for an immersive narrative cooperative experience, look elsewhere. If you love eurogames with a theme that holds the mechanics together, this might work.

🏆Victory and defeatWhat the end rewards▼

How it ends

How to win

The player who accumulates the most victory points wins. Points are earned from built stations, completed scientific projects, achieved exploration objectives, and acquired technologies.

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Victory conditions

  • Being the first to reach the meteorite impact site gives significant bonus points
  • Completing high-value scientific projects and building efficient station networks
  • Optimizing your technological engine to maximize points from acquired cards
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Ways to fall behind

  • Investing too much in speed without building points from projects: you arrive first but lose at the final count
  • Underestimating storms: unmaintained stations block your progress and cost you precious turns
  • Wasting resources on non-synergistic technologies: pool building requires consistency, random cards don't build an engine

If you enjoyed Great Western Trail for its engine building and the theme kept you at the table, -60° could be your next challenge. Antarctica, meteorite, Pfister: all the ingredients are there.

💬Frequently Asked QuestionsQuick answers before checkout▼

Frequently Asked Questions

FAQ about -60°

Is it suitable for those unfamiliar with Pfister's games?

It depends on your overall experience with euros. If you have already played modern worker placement games (Agricola, Viticulture, Everdell) and deck/pool building games (Dominion, Concordia), -60° should be accessible after careful reading of the rules. If it's your first medium-heavy euro, it's better to start with something more guided like Ticket to Ride or Carcassonne, then move up. Pfister doesn't give anything away to beginners.

Is the solo mode competitive or a puzzle?

We don't yet have official details on the solo system. From BGG data, we know the game supports 1 player, but we don't know if it uses an automa, targets to beat, or simply score optimization. We will update this answer as soon as we have the full rulebook or playtest results.

What mechanics does -60° use?

The game combines worker placement (you place workers on limited actions in competition with others), deck/bag/pool building (you build your deck or pool of technology cards throughout the game) and hand management. There is a race component towards a geographical objective (the meteorite) and end-game bonuses. It is a eurogame with indirect interaction typical of the genre.

How much does luck weigh? Can I lose due to bad luck?

It's a German eurogame, so luck is present but controllable. Storms and climatic events introduce variability, but strategic choices matter much more. If you build your engine well and plan maintenance, event cards are manageable. It's not a game where a die roll ruins your game, but it's not a pure abstract either: there's environmental unpredictability consistent with the theme.

Is it available in Italian?

The edition for sale on FroGames is in English. Nanox Games and dlp games will also publish a German edition, but there are no official announcements for Italian at the moment. The game will have text on cards and components, so basic knowledge of English is necessary to play without fan translations.

The people behind the game

Who invented it, who designed it, who publishes it — and what else they've done.

✍️AuthorAlexander PfisterSee his other games →✍️AuthorPeter PrinzSee his other games →🎨IllustratorMartin MottetSee the games he illustrated →🏢PublisherNanox GamesSee their full catalog →

-60° is a strategic board game for 1-4 players, lasting 120-180 minutes, recommended age 12+. Designed by Alexander Pfister and Peter Prinz, published by Nanox Games (dlp games distribution), it combines worker placement and pool building in a race towards a mysterious meteorite that fell in Antarctica in 1971. Players manage research teams that build station networks, acquire technology, and face storms and extreme cold. Euro mechanics with a strong environmental theme, suitable for experienced players looking for optimization and multi-turn planning. Expected release autumn 2026. Available on FroGames.it.

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