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Strategist Pick
High Frontier Colonization
Requires:High Frontier
Designed by Phil Eklund
Published by Sierra Madre Games
Expansion
Deep Strategy: 45+ Min Teach
Game: High Frontier
Occupation: Astronaut
Players
2-5
Play Time
180 min
Complexity
4.4 / 5
Rating
8.2
Year
2013
Community Snapshot
Heavy complexity
~180 min
8.2 on BGG (219)
Categories
Rated 5.7 by the community, High Frontier Colonization brings auction to 2–5 players in about ~180 min.
How It Plays
Auction / Bidding
Players bid against each other for cards, tiles, or resources — knowing when to go big and when to fold is the key.
Network and Route Building
You connect locations to form networks — the bigger and smarter your network, the more points you earn.
Point to Point Movement
You move between connected locations on the board — the map's layout decides your travel options.
Variable Player Powers
Each player has unique abilities that make their experience different — finding the best way to use yours is half the fun.
About This Game
High Frontier Colonization, an expansion to both the first and second editions of High Frontier, includes all the elements of the first edition expansion (now out of print), but adds maps, cards, and playing pieces. The thriving space infrastructure has hundreds of specialists working in space colonies orbiting Earth. These provide services such as antimatter manufacture, beamed solar energy, cycler satellites, space telescopes, the space elevator, and of course the local tax office.…
Source: BoardGameGeek