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I designed this game a few years ago with a few design goals in mind.
- A world ending co-op in a small box
- Co-operative gameplay with hidden information, and ways to share that information
- Multiple scenarios for replayability
I was really happy with the end result and had an amazing launch at Gen Con with me running 3-4 games at time. But then....
It turns out Boardgamegeek users don't love this game. :)
Why? Well there are a few things to note.
1) The only people that own the game received it as part of a game bundle at AEG's Gen Con Big Game Night. Which, after release, is a really interesting thing to watch. Nobody that owns the game went out with the intent to buy. Nobody even knew it existed before that, as it was a big secret. So I think that's strike one on the review side. Everyone's going to hate it because it's not what they prefer. I could be wrong there, but I've been in a few box bundles and seen a lot of unhappy responses.
2) This comment is the best. Since it's someone's review I can't even reply to give the correct information.
They are correct that one out of five scenarios has a problem with low player counts. There are 4 others that don't have this issue, and I provided my rule to fix it.
3) Comments say the rules are rough. I think they are roughest in the scenario section, but otherwise there are tons of visual examples. But I'm here for questions anytime.
4) The game is not set in 2017.
But there's always a positive side! One person liked it! Haha.
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Please reply in the comments with your answer:
You just found out that Aliens are invading... you have a phone and 60 seconds to stop them. WHO ARE YOU GONNA CALL?
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Comments
Officer Barbrady, because DEY TERK UR JERBS
Marcus W
2019-11-27 15:16:43 +0000 UTCGhostbusters
Gerald Collins
2019-07-15 05:17:30 +0000 UTCI realize that I'm completely too late to be counted, but I would call Buckaroo Banzai and the Hong Kong Kavaliers!
Am Queue
2019-07-14 07:05:09 +0000 UTCGhostbusters of course!
Linda
2019-07-13 12:10:04 +0000 UTCI would call the alien leader's parents and ask them to ground their kid for trying to take over another planet.
Hal Abbe
2019-07-12 20:55:22 +0000 UTCIf that fails, Pentacost (Idris Elba) can do a quick costume change, open the bifrost, and bring down Thor to handle it.
Jeff Lewis
2019-07-12 18:01:18 +0000 UTCWERE CANCELLING THE APOCALYPSE!!
Jeff Lewis
2019-07-12 17:58:25 +0000 UTCStacker Pentacost... Call up the Jaegers!
Jeff Lewis
2019-07-12 17:56:51 +0000 UTCChuck Norris, because.... Chuck freaking Norris.
Matthew Ackerman
2019-07-12 17:18:52 +0000 UTCIt's a cookbook!
Noah Sager
2019-07-12 17:10:47 +0000 UTCJeff Goldblum
Timothy Risi
2019-07-12 16:14:58 +0000 UTCI'd call the aliens and ask for a menu to check how human is prepared.
Peter
2019-07-12 15:03:21 +0000 UTCI’m calling for take-out
Leigh Ann Kimes
2019-07-12 14:22:04 +0000 UTCIt's gotta be Dwayne Johnson.
Matthew Gasper
2019-07-12 13:51:12 +0000 UTCWill Smith. MIB and Independence Day tell me he's the guy to handle it. If all else fails we can have him screen After Earth. They might just walk out halfway through and fly home.
Chris Nesseth
2019-07-12 13:37:32 +0000 UTCI would call every attractive woman and I know and tell them “Now’s your last chance!”
Stuart Detsky
2019-07-12 01:52:07 +0000 UTCGHOSTBUSTERS!
CookieNinja
2019-07-11 23:02:29 +0000 UTCJeff goldblum and will Smith.
Tenk
2019-07-11 22:11:11 +0000 UTCAccording to "Weird Al" Yankovic's song, "Slime Creatures From Outer Space", who you're gonna call is Slime Creatures. So let's go with that.
James Sinnett
2019-07-11 18:37:18 +0000 UTCThe Police..... who doesn't like Sting?
Ro Demonbreun
2019-07-11 14:08:32 +0000 UTCAlienbusters?
J. J. Cole
2019-07-11 12:57:38 +0000 UTCSnake Plisskin. 'Coz I thought he was dead.
Sean Guilfoyle
2019-07-11 11:10:52 +0000 UTCWill Smith ofc. He showed many times that he is able to get rid of the bad aliens.
Alexander Prahl
2019-07-11 05:41:10 +0000 UTCChuck Yeager.
Richard Hudspeth
2019-07-11 03:31:57 +0000 UTCDomino's Pizza - Avoid the Noid!
Jarad Bond
2019-07-11 03:18:06 +0000 UTCChuck Norris
Stephanie Longton
2019-07-11 01:40:55 +0000 UTCNathan Fillion!
LJ Saxton
2019-07-11 01:37:06 +0000 UTCI, for one, welcome our new alien overlords.
Steve Hicks
2019-07-11 00:29:10 +0000 UTCThe cable guy
Joseph Lee
2019-07-11 00:11:04 +0000 UTCI'd call my father. After all, “Father Knows Best“.
James
2019-07-11 00:00:13 +0000 UTCI'm calling Jason Tagmire, because I want to know why the neckties on the front cover of his game are 1 inch shorter than they would have been in the '80s, and venting my frustration at dubious little details is WAY more important than stopping aliens.
Adam Thornton
2019-07-10 23:56:46 +0000 UTCI'm calling the kids from Stranger Things.
Jason Sanchez
2019-07-10 23:40:17 +0000 UTCThat’s amazing! I was probably at the table right next to you running it.
Button Shy
2019-07-10 23:32:46 +0000 UTCThe Terminator.
Andrew Williams
2019-07-10 23:31:15 +0000 UTCBill Murray
Lance Morgan
2019-07-10 22:55:46 +0000 UTCHopefully, noone would call me (I will be hiding under the bed or in between the hay bales if I am at the stable). This looks like an interesting game. I would buy it. Is there anyway that you could take it to another publisher to have it printed again?
Jann Norman
2019-07-10 22:37:47 +0000 UTCJust call Saul!!!
Nicholas Kager
2019-07-10 22:21:04 +0000 UTCWho's gonna stop the Aliens?!? No one. Their take-over is inevitable. So my phone call would be to my wife, or my mom if I'm with my wife. =)
Matthew Mitchell
2019-07-10 22:12:07 +0000 UTCGhostbusters! No, wait. Wrong movie. S.H.I.E.L.D, is course!
Amy Moriarty
2019-07-10 22:00:38 +0000 UTCProvided I have the correct number I would either call Bruce Willis or Samuel L. Jackson. They are the only ones badass enough to stop the invasion!
Dennis Michels
2019-07-10 21:25:05 +0000 UTCI'd call the linguistics department at the nearest college and see if they can diffuse what is most likely a cultural misunderstanding.
Justin Sheehan
2019-07-10 21:17:27 +0000 UTCIf Aliens are invading, I'm calling Predators. They seem to take care of things most of the time.
Andrew Boyd
2019-07-10 21:00:38 +0000 UTCI'll call the publisher of the Universe to ask them to change the rule to "Aliens are NOT invading," which I think adds some clarity.
Alex Davis
2019-07-10 20:32:11 +0000 UTCI call sea world. My understanding that whales can communicate with the aliens.
J. Brandon Massengill
2019-07-10 20:15:45 +0000 UTCAnother already said it, but I concur - call the Aliens. It could be a giant misunderstanding. Though it’s likely the plans for demolishing the Earth for a bypass have been available for a long time now. Just grab your towel and Don’t Panic.
Gray Detrick
2019-07-10 20:06:19 +0000 UTCI'd phone home.
Fernando Costa
2019-07-10 19:59:54 +0000 UTCI'd call AEG and ask them why they're burying games people would buy.
Bryan Hughes
2019-07-10 19:33:25 +0000 UTCI'd call Trump! And tell him it's time to realese SPACE FORCE!!
Zombie Wizard
2019-07-10 19:29:43 +0000 UTCLooks fun. Want to play.
Pablo Espartero López
2019-07-10 19:23:27 +0000 UTCObviously I’m a vet so I just call round my other vet mates (everybody knows we can treat ANY species so we’ll work something out for aliens- we are good at killing and subduing things as well as healing them....🤪)
Ellen Harmer
2019-07-10 19:12:38 +0000 UTCThe game looks intriguing- I’m in please! 😄👍
Ellen Harmer
2019-07-10 19:10:38 +0000 UTCI would call Jason Tagmire (or rather contact him through discord). I presume he might have some insight- having asked the question in the first place :)
Brian Wood
2019-07-10 18:31:44 +0000 UTCCall? No. Two perpendicular strips of masking tape on a window pane.. With a desk lamp meticulously placed to shine on it.
Tom Shepherd
2019-07-10 18:30:11 +0000 UTCThe aliens. Diplomacy FTW.
Ty Oden
2019-07-10 18:13:01 +0000 UTCResisting the urge to say "Ghost Busters." Will Smith for some good old Independence Day action.
Joey Johnson
2019-07-10 18:10:41 +0000 UTCAnd to answer your question..... I'd call Bruce Campbell. He kills deadites, so aliens should be peanuts.
Mike Schröder
2019-07-10 18:08:24 +0000 UTCI would call them. Who says it's an invasion of malace? Invasion is a word used in fear and arrival doesn't always mean invasion, maybe I can make friends.
Heath Baxter
2019-07-10 18:06:04 +0000 UTCI would have to call Daniel Radcliffe. Hopefully he can convince the aliens he's a wizard, or a demon, or something...?
Robert Sandbach
2019-07-10 18:05:27 +0000 UTCMy bud, Cthulhu.
Noah Sager
2019-07-10 18:05:17 +0000 UTCYou've actually given away a Tiny Epic expansion very recently, if I remember correctly 😎
Mike Schröder
2019-07-10 18:04:50 +0000 UTCJeff Goldblum - if you have to ask why, I don't think I could explain it to you. or Matt Damon - Just think of how much money the US Government has spent to save him (Saving Private Ryan, The Martian, Intersteller, etc) so we get him captured and the US would find a way to get him back, thereby stopping the invasion!
Jaq Greenspon
2019-07-10 18:04:24 +0000 UTCI would call Donald Trump, he is the only person that would save the planet, the rest of the government would give the aliens free health care and we would be toast
Doug Kuegler
2019-07-10 17:55:23 +0000 UTCI like games! This sounds fFun. Thanks fFor the notes on small versus large groups. I would love to play it. =)
Scott Myers
2019-07-10 17:52:28 +0000 UTCHoly cannoli! I actually ran this at BGN for people! Never realized you designed it when I learned about Button Shy, but can see your prints all over it now, looking back. I still have my copy, but I'd call Justin Roilland to make the aliens laugh with toilet humor.
Rozzelyn Uryga
2019-07-10 17:49:53 +0000 UTCI'd call the casting director of Independence Day to round up as many of the cast as possible. That way, even if they fail, it will be entertaining! And probably better than Resurgence...
Brent Gass
2019-07-10 17:43:38 +0000 UTCEvery deity you can rattle off in 60 seconds, that limited amount of time requires divine intervention.
Gunnar Vraa
2019-07-10 17:42:12 +0000 UTCShotgun. I call Shotgun.
Iain Davidson
2019-07-10 17:40:12 +0000 UTCThe obvious answer is S.H.I.E.L.D., right? One call can pull the Avengers in if needed? Also, I (finally!) started watching Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. on Netflix. Why didn’t anyone tell me this was so good!? 😜
Andy Elder
2019-07-10 17:38:20 +0000 UTCNo one, it is probably time to start over.
Venron
2019-07-10 17:32:06 +0000 UTCGhostbusters of course! If they can handle the paranormal, they can tackle a few aliens as well!
Theresa D.
2019-07-10 17:28:09 +0000 UTCI'd call a band so we could communicate with the invaders with the power of rock! Worked in Close Encounters...
Mr.Hales
2019-07-10 17:06:41 +0000 UTCDwayne Johnson because I'm clearly in an action movie and The Rock is probably the protagonist.
Dee Wongsa
2019-07-10 17:01:03 +0000 UTCI'm dailing the secret government end of the world bunker phone number I have...
William Meadows
2019-07-10 17:00:12 +0000 UTCThe Men in Black. https://giphy.com/gifs/film-will-smith-men-in-black-11O3pVOGenvAdi
Michelle Skevington-Carter
2019-07-10 16:59:27 +0000 UTCWith my magic phone I'd call The Doctor. She has a long track record of stopping alien invasions.
Daniel Leonard
2019-07-10 16:55:54 +0000 UTCI'm calling Boris Johnson, because when the world is about to fall apart he's definitely the man you want standing between you and the abyss, if only so you can give him a push.
Mr Ben Synnock-White
2019-07-10 16:47:43 +0000 UTCIf they traveled across deep space to get to us, we're not stopping anything. I'd call up some linguistics and communications folks to hope that humanity becomes pets instead of dinner.
Brenna and Mike Lee
2019-07-10 16:46:06 +0000 UTCAlienbusters, clearly.
A Sea Otter
2019-07-10 16:37:46 +0000 UTCThe Stranger Things kids seem pretty good at handling things from beyond. I’d try to get a hold of them on my ham radio.
Joel Huber
2019-07-10 16:36:13 +0000 UTCGandalf the gray, and Gandalf the white and Monty Python and the Holy Grail's black knight and Benito Mussolini, and the Blue Meanie and Cowboy Curtis, and Jambie the genie, Robocop, The Terminator, Captain Kirk, and Darth Vader, Lo-pan, Superman, every single Power Ranger, Bill S. Preston, and Theodore Logan, Spock, The Rock, Doc Ock, and Hulk Hogan...
Robin Gibson
2019-07-10 16:35:39 +0000 UTCMaybe I’m pandering, but Officer Ronald Taverner and his identical twin brother. At least the apocalypse will be entertaining then!
Ryan Stauber
2019-07-10 16:32:36 +0000 UTCValkerie in Black
Odin Phong
2019-07-10 16:32:08 +0000 UTCAw, I was gonna say Ghostbusters. OK then... if you’ve got no one left to call, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire... the A-Team!
Peter Rabinowitz
2019-07-10 16:29:13 +0000 UTCEasy, I'm gonna call the ultimate alien ass kicker, Ellen Ripley!!!
Lora miller
2019-07-10 16:24:28 +0000 UTCGhostbusters of course!
Jack Akins
2019-07-10 16:22:59 +0000 UTCI'm seconding the Doctor here. No one better to bollocks up a good alien invasion.
Pearl Mahar
2019-07-10 16:21:05 +0000 UTCI calling a virus writer. https://media.giphy.com/media/nGU75wEqj4WWY/giphy.gif
Travis
2019-07-10 16:09:39 +0000 UTCI would call the galactic police force... The Green Lantern Corps.
Brian Stallman
2019-07-10 16:08:31 +0000 UTCThe aliens, and tell them they can just take Donald Trump back for free, no fighting required.
Byron Wild
2019-07-10 16:07:14 +0000 UTCChuck Norris, obvi.
Joshua Acosta
2019-07-10 16:07:03 +0000 UTCIma call Shakey's Pizza. If the black-pepper-thin-crust beef & cheddar doesn't convince the aliens that Earth is worth preserving, nothing will. ... With white onion.
Christopher Wood
2019-07-10 16:06:29 +0000 UTCThere’s only one correct choice when aliens are invading earth, you call The Doctor.
Iain Laverty
2019-07-10 16:05:47 +0000 UTCTEAM AMERICA! F-YEAH!
David Molina
2019-07-10 16:05:05 +0000 UTCAlienbusters obviously
Ian Zunderdorp
2019-07-10 16:04:33 +0000 UTCI would call Steve. We have an outstanding bet from 2001 whether aliens exist or not, and I would have finally won the bet. The aliens may be taking over, but I'll be $20 richer.
Jacob Ogle
2019-07-10 15:56:46 +0000 UTCAvengers Assemble!
Daniel Rodriguez
2019-07-10 15:55:03 +0000 UTCConference Call: a) Torchwood (If they cant solve the problem, then I’ll at least get to have sex with someone/thing before the world ends.) b) Mother (British Secret Service) - Need to get John Steed & cohorts in on this too. They add such style and aplomb. c) U.N.I.T. - What with Torchwood there too, The Doctor can’t be far behind. d) My Mother - She can fix any problem; put a plaster on the boo-boos, and serve the best lavender pound cake with a pot of tea. There you go. Britain is safe. The rest of you can sod off. Brexit solved.
James Hardison
2019-07-10 15:52:18 +0000 UTCJeff goldblum. He knows how to handle an alien invasion
Mark Woodford
2019-07-10 15:49:25 +0000 UTCInternational Rescue. The Thunderbirds can handle this and they love a good countdown
Benjamin Jelley
2019-07-10 15:48:36 +0000 UTCthe guys from Independence Day - Capt. Steven Hiller and David Levinson. They stopped the aliens once already.
Laura Murin
2019-07-10 15:48:28 +0000 UTCWell, we all know the weakness of aliens from "Signs". I would therefore look up a good witch doctor who could quickly perform a rain dance, thus ending the alien invasion.
Oddvar Lovaas
2019-07-10 15:47:16 +0000 UTCSamuel L Jackson.
Brett Casto
2019-07-10 15:47:01 +0000 UTCWell first you'd need to find a D20 and roll a Wisdom test and if you pass that an IQ test to see if it'd actually be someone useful, or just yer mom.
Chas Rust
2019-07-10 15:43:16 +0000 UTCI'd call the M.I.B. They'll handle it pretty quick, but I've already said too much... ( •_•)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■)
Bradford Taylor
2019-07-10 15:40:33 +0000 UTCThor!
Susan Janowski
2019-07-10 15:37:47 +0000 UTCMulder and Scully obviously.
Joel Studer
2019-07-10 15:37:26 +0000 UTCConference Call:
James Hardison
2019-07-10 15:35:38 +0000 UTCI'm going to call the kids in the local school STEM program. They likely have already been working on something that could help with an Alien invasion, plus kids have some amazing imaginations and will probably come up with ideas that I wouldn't!
Seth
2019-07-10 15:35:01 +0000 UTCThe United Nations Intelligence Taskforce. What I call an alien invasion, they call Wednesday.
Lowell Kempf
2019-07-10 15:33:28 +0000 UTCDefinitely SG-1, they've defeated threats like this before
Matt Soucy
2019-07-10 15:33:11 +0000 UTCArthur Dent. We'd try to enjoy ourselves a bit before it ended.
Michael Bacon
2019-07-10 15:32:39 +0000 UTCSigourney Weaver, obviously.
William Hanna
2019-07-10 15:32:33 +0000 UTCI’d obviously call U.N.I.T. if they’re still operating. Torchwood Institute otherwise.
Bug
2019-07-10 15:32:16 +0000 UTCProbably He-Man...he is, after all, the most powerful man in the universe!
Kyle Woods
2019-07-10 15:31:41 +0000 UTCI’d call Dr. John Mather the Nobel prize winner working on JWST which may be able to detect water on other worlds. He can probably talk them down.
Laura
2019-07-10 15:30:09 +0000 UTCIf I can find them...the A-Team
Jim Austerman
2019-07-10 15:29:47 +0000 UTCHmm. Can I choose the probably obvious answer of calling 911? An alien invasion probably needs to be handled by the government and/or military, but I probably couldn't get a call in directly to them, hence going for the standard emergency line instead. Thanks for the offer!
James M.
2019-07-10 15:29:09 +0000 UTCI'm definitely calling President Thomas J. Whitmore, he'll handle this. 😱
Jen Allebach
2019-07-10 15:28:23 +0000 UTCThe Doctor!
Joachim Spörri
2019-07-10 15:28:00 +0000 UTCGoku. His power has no limits, and he always seems to same the day even if it takes 10 episodes of him powering up.
Patrick Fuller
2019-07-10 15:27:35 +0000 UTCI would call the Dentrassis, who are surely the in flight caterers for the aliens about to destroy the world (likely for the purposes of an intergalactic bypass) and ask if I could hitch a lift.
Todd Hersey
2019-07-10 15:27:02 +0000 UTC"Help, I need some body not just anybody, help I need some body ..."
Scott Fisher
2019-07-10 15:26:19 +0000 UTCWell, I suppose if this phone call can call anyone, it would take all of my 60 seconds to explain it to someone else, so I'll just call the aliens directly. Maybe it was all just a big misunderstanding.
Lucas Gentry
2019-07-10 15:25:57 +0000 UTCAny friend that currently has a cold. They can sneeze in the general direction of the aliens and infect them.
Scott Hajek
2019-07-10 15:24:33 +0000 UTCPizza delivery
Gabe Wigtil
2019-07-10 15:24:21 +0000 UTCCaptain Steven Hiller. If anyone can get a scientist close enough to the Mothership to upload a 90’s computer virus and save the world, it’s him.
Andrew
2019-07-10 15:23:24 +0000 UTCSince I have 60 seconds to stop the aliens with a phone call, I'm assuming I *can* stop the aliens with a phone call. Which is weird, because I don't normally have such super powers. I guess I'd call my Mom? She usually takes care of things. Those aliens won't know what hit 'em.
Joe Aubrey
2019-07-10 15:23:17 +0000 UTCMIB
Tim Sullivan
2019-07-10 15:23:11 +0000 UTCBenedict Cumberbatch. They will recognize him as one of their own.
Randy Pease
2019-07-10 15:23:01 +0000 UTCLebron James because . . . Space Jam 2?
Jay Volk
2019-07-10 15:21:17 +0000 UTCI call my wife to say goodbye. This shit is hopeless.
Ezra
2019-07-10 15:21:08 +0000 UTCI'm in west Texas (3 hours from Roswell, NM). I call my neighbors, we are better armed than anyone else!
Daniel Mathews
2019-07-10 15:21:07 +0000 UTCChuck Norris
Alex Kern
2019-07-10 15:20:24 +0000 UTCStargate Command. They've handled tons of alien invasions, what's one more?
JOHNATHAN B AMOS
2019-07-10 15:20:23 +0000 UTCDr. Manhattan!
Simon Leslie
2019-07-10 15:20:14 +0000 UTCGhostbusters! The lady ones of course.
Nicole Miller
2019-07-10 15:19:48 +0000 UTCThe Avengers. They have a Hulk.
Nick Sauer
2019-07-10 15:19:18 +0000 UTCWill Smith.
Jesse Rosenberg
2019-07-10 15:19:18 +0000 UTCGhostbusters! But the Original Fromm the 80s!!!
Uwe Kripp
2019-07-10 15:18:40 +0000 UTCDial-a-prayer
Robert Slaughter
2019-07-10 15:18:13 +0000 UTCMy brother in laws
Nicholas Asman
2019-07-10 15:17:48 +0000 UTCRouge Squadron
Jeremy Butcher
2019-07-10 15:17:43 +0000 UTCKeanu Reeves! He’s immortal
Marleeze
2019-07-10 15:17:27 +0000 UTCGotta call my cable guy. They have a history of being able to hack alien motherships... He'll figure something out.
Norman Friis
2019-07-10 15:17:11 +0000 UTCGhostbusters
livedeath
2019-07-10 15:17:10 +0000 UTCGhostbusters
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