2025 · Science Fiction

Brink

Players lead rival Moonraker captains pushing into unknown sectors of a fractured system to gain resources, influence, and prestige. Each turn, a player places one of three differently sized ships onto a hex grid to collect resources, trigger actions, and accumulate faction-specific power tied to hex colors. At round end, players cast hidden votes to choose which faction scores; votes multiply the scoring based on each player’s power in that faction. Players upgrade ships, hire ambassadors, explore new regions of the map, and spend influence to pursue faction objectives and unlock abilities. The map unfolds differently each game across three rounds, and the highest prestige total wins.

groupPlayers

2–5 best 5

schedulePlaying time

60–150 min

cakeAge

14+

psychologyComplexity

3.2 / 5