# New Frontiers

New Frontiers is a board game for 2–5 players. It plays in 45–75 minutes and is meant for ages 14 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 4. It is rated 6.5 out of 10 by 17 Ludoya reviewers. The cheapest copy in stock is $51.49 (United States).

- **Players:** 2–5 (best with 4)
- **Playing time:** 45–75 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 14+
- **Complexity:** 3 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2018
- **Categories:** Space Exploration, Science Fiction
- **Mechanics:** Action Drafting, Variable Phase Order, Race, Turn Order: Claim Action, Increase Value of Unchosen Resources, Open Drafting, Variable Player Powers, Follow
- **Ludoya rating:** 6.5 out of 10, from 17 reviews
- **Owned by:** 26 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 87
- **Unique players:** 123

**Designers:** Thomas Lehmann

**Artists:** Claus Stephan, Martin Hoffmann, Wei-Hwa Huang

**Publishers:** Rio Grande Games

## Where to buy in United States

| Shop | Price | Link |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cardhaus Games | 51.49 $ | https://www.cardhaus.com/new-frontiers/ |
| Miniature Market | 53.99 $ | https://www.miniaturemarket.com/rio556.html |
| Board Game Bliss | 64.95 $ | https://www.boardgamebliss.com/products/new-frontiers |
| World of Board Games | 599 kr | https://www.worldofboardgames.com/new-frontiers |
| Pelipeikko | 59.95 € | https://pelipeikko.fi/fi/lautapelit/466-new-frontiers |
| Spelexperten | 685 kr | https://www.spelexperten.com/sallskapsspel/strategispel/new-frontiers.html |
| Alphaspel | 789 kr | https://alphaspel.se/491-bradspel/99116-new-frontiers-en |
| Game Ninja | 799 kr | https://www.gameninja.no/produkt/new-frontiers/ |
| Fantasiapelit | 76.3 € | https://www.fantasiapelit.com/index.php?main=ai&kat=single&mista=indeksi&etsittava=_220273 |
| Spielezar | 82.9 Fr. | https://www.spielezar.ch/brettspiele/new-frontiers |

## Expansions

- [New Frontiers: The Starry Rift](https://www.ludoya.com/games/new-frontiers-starry-rift)

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## Rules questions

### How does action selection and the priority track work — who goes first when an action is resolved?

The selecting player chooses an action tile and moves their turn disk partway; then players resolve that action in priority-track order starting with the selecting player (who also gets the selecting bonus), wrapping around the track as needed — not in clockwise order (p.3).

### When I Explore, do explored worlds count toward my limit and where do I place them?

Draw seven, each player picks one in priority order and the selecting player then takes a second; place explored (gray-side) worlds on the right end of your mat, they count toward your maximum of nine total explored+settled worlds, and their powers are inactive until you settle them (p.5).

### When I settle a world can I pay part with Military and part with credits?

No — to settle you must have the listed colonists and either pay the world's credit cost (non‑military) or have Military equal/greater than its defense (military); you may not combine Military and payments (p.6).

### What happens if Produce wasn't selected in previous rounds — how does production work?

If Produce wasn't selected in prior rounds, it accumulates credits; the selecting player collects those credits, then every production colony without a good gets a matching good and the selector also produces a good on one windfall colony if possible; at round end add 1 credit to Produce if it wasn't selected (p.7).

### Do I have to consume goods when I do the Trade/Consume action, or can I keep them?

Selling one good (Trade) is optional, but if you have Consume powers and goods you must use each applicable Consume power — in any order — until you've used them all or have no applicable goods left; some Consume powers are explicitly optional (p.8).

### Is there a limit to how many credits I can have or can I give credits to other players?

There is no limit to how many credit chips a player may hold (credits are public information), and players may not give away or exchange credits (or tiles, goods, colonists, or VP) with each other (p.10).

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/new-frontiers)
- [New Frontiers in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/new-frontiers)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/255692)

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