Cosmic Run: Mining Colony

Description

After many years of traveling through space, your wary crew has finally found a habitable planet where you can start a new life. Unfortunately, the planet is not very rich with resources, so you must send teams to a nearby planet rich with resources to establish a mining colony that can extract new sources of energy. Work on the planet will be tough, harsh conditions will pose challenges, but, with perseverance, they can build new colonies that will ensure a steady stream of resources. Cosmic Run: Mining Colony is a standalone game in the Cosmic Run family. In Cosmic Run, you raced through space looking for a new home and you've finally found one. Unfortunately, you were not alone and now you must compete for resources for sustaining life on your new world. The game consists of two main phases: excavation and construction. In the excavation phase, resources are placed in 4 excavation zones. Players use their excavation cards to compete for those resources. In the construction phase, development tiles (which are won in the excavation phase and come in a variety of shapes) are placed on the player's individual colony board. The resources, which also include ships, colonists, and crystals are placed in designated spots on the tiles. In the competitive game, players score points by creating the best mining colony, i.e., having various resources, people, and ships that are determined to be more valuable. Victory point values change from game to game, so different resources have different values from game to game. In the solo mode, the player competes against a dummy player while s/he attempts to complete her colony. —description from the publisher