# Alien Frontiers: Factions

Alien Frontiers: Factions is a board game for 2–5 players. It plays in 60 minutes and is meant for ages 13 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 4. It is rated 7.4 out of 10 by 2 Ludoya reviewers.

- **Players:** 2–5 (best with 4)
- **Playing time:** 60 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 13+
- **Complexity:** 2.5 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2012
- **Categories:** Dice, Science Fiction, Space Exploration, Expansion for Base-game
- **Mechanics:** Open Drafting, Worker Placement with Dice Workers, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement, Dice Rolling, Area Majority / Influence
- **Ludoya rating:** 7.4 out of 10, from 2 reviews
- **Owned by:** 14 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 4
- **Unique players:** 4

**Designers:** Tory Niemann

**Artists:** Alex Garrett, Mark Maxwell, Karim Chakroun

## Expansions

- [Alien Frontiers: Faction Pack #1](https://www.ludoya.com/games/alien-frontiers-faction-pack-1)
- [Alien Frontiers: Expansion Pack #1](https://www.ludoya.com/games/alien-frontiers-expansion-pack-1)
- [Alien Frontiers: Expansion Pack #2](https://www.ludoya.com/games/alien-frontiers-expansion-pack-2)
- [Alien Frontiers: Expansion Pack #4](https://www.ludoya.com/games/alien-frontiers-expansion-pack-4)
- [Alien Frontiers: Expansion Pack #5](https://www.ludoya.com/games/alien-frontiers-expansion-pack-5)
- [Alien Frontiers: Expansion Pack #3](https://www.ludoya.com/games/alien-frontiers-expansion-pack-3)
- [Alien Frontiers: Expansion Pack #6](https://www.ludoya.com/games/alien-frontiers-expansion-pack-6)
- [Alien Frontiers: Faction Pack #2](https://www.ludoya.com/games/alien-frontiers-faction-pack-2)
- [Alien Frontiers: Faction Pack #3](https://www.ludoya.com/games/alien-frontiers-faction-pack-3)
- [Alien Frontiers: Faction Pack #4](https://www.ludoya.com/games/alien-frontiers-faction-pack-4)
- [Alien Frontiers: Promo Pack 2017](https://www.ludoya.com/games/alien-frontiers-promo-pack-2017)
- [Alien Frontiers: Mercury's Angels Faction](https://www.ludoya.com/games/alien-frontiers-mercurys-angels-faction)

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/alien-frontiers-factions)
- [Alien Frontiers: Factions in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/alien-frontiers-factions)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/93193)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-19. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._