# Black Angel

Black Angel is a board game for 1–4 players. It plays in 60–120 minutes and is meant for ages 12 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 3. It is rated 6.4 out of 10 by 21 Ludoya reviewers. The cheapest copy in stock is $71.19 (United States).

- **Players:** 1–4 (best with 3)
- **Playing time:** 60–120 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 12+
- **Complexity:** 3.9 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2019
- **Categories:** Space Exploration, Science Fiction
- **Mechanics:** Variable Set-up, Worker Placement with Dice Workers, Map Addition, Tile Placement, Solo / Solitaire Game, Hand Management, Dice Rolling, Map Reduction, Bias
- **Ludoya rating:** 6.4 out of 10, from 21 reviews
- **Owned by:** 89 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 104
- **Unique players:** 115

**Designers:** Xavier Georges, Alain Orban, Sébastien Dujardin

**Artists:** Xavier Georges, Ian O'Toole, Alain Orban, Sébastien Dujardin

**Publishers:** Pearl Games

## Where to buy in United States

| Shop | Price | Link |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cardhaus Games | 71.19 $ | https://www.cardhaus.com/black-angel/ |
| Spielezar | 52.9 Fr. | https://www.spielezar.ch/brettspiele/black-angel |
| Games Empire | 93.99 $ | https://gamesempire.com.au/products/blackangel |
| Good Games | 94.2 $ | https://www.goodgames.com.au/products/black-angel |
| Game Ninja | 639.2 kr | https://www.gameninja.no/produkt/black-angel/ |
| Snafu Store | 59.95 € | https://snafustore.com/product/black-angel/ |
| Gigamesh | 62.95 € | https://gigamesh.com/black-angel/ |
| Fantasiapelit | 77 € | https://www.fantasiapelit.com/index.php?main=ai&kat=single&mista=indeksi&etsittava=_197611 |
| Midgard Games | 899 kr | https://midgardgames.no/products/black-angel |

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## Rules questions

### If I buy a die from another player, can I flip it by spending debris to change its face?

No — you cannot flip a die that you just bought; debris may be spent to flip dice in your compartment during Sequence A, but not a die you purchased that turn (page 11).

### If I activate another player's activation mission card, does the card owner get anything?

Yes — after you resolve your activations on a card you don’t own, the card’s owner immediately gets one (and only one) free activation of that card without using a die (page 11).

### Can I use a 0 (star) die to move ships when I Command Your Ships?

You may use a star (0) die for the Command Your Ships action, but it does not move a ship; you can still complete the remaining steps (and if you use a 0 you must place a Mission card) (pages 7 and 9).

### Does a single Damage cube on a Black Angel action reduce its activation value?

No — only when an action has 2 Damage cubes is the activation value of your die reduced by 1; a single Damage cube has no effect on activation value (page 7).

### When I place a Mission card in space, how are Ravagers and Damage cubes applied?

Count the Ravager ship icons adjacent to the hex and draw that many Ravager cards; place each drawn Ravager on the indicated Black Angel action and put a Damage cube on the first empty Damage space of that action — if the action already has 2 Damage cubes, place the cube on a same-color supply die (or ignore it if no valid die) (page 10).

### Can I choose Sequence B even if I still have dice in my compartment, and what happens to those dice?

Yes, you can choose Sequence B even with dice in your compartment, but you must first return them to their supplies and lose VP equal to the total value shown on those dice; then you take and roll dice according to your robots and may reserve one by paying 1 resource (pages 6 and 12).

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/black-angel)
- [Black Angel in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/black-angel)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/230244)

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