# Under Falling Skies

Under Falling Skies is a board game for 1 players. It plays in 20–40 minutes and is meant for ages 12 and up. It is rated 7.8 out of 10 by 88 Ludoya reviewers. The cheapest copy in stock is $24.95 (United States).

- **Players:** 1
- **Playing time:** 20–40 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 12+
- **Complexity:** 2.4 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2020
- **Categories:** Dice, Science Fiction
- **Mechanics:** Worker Placement with Dice Workers, Variable Set-up, Re-rolling and Locking, Once-Per-Game Abilities, Modular Board, Solo / Solitaire Game, Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game, Dice Rolling, Worker Placement, Sudden Death Ending, Square Grid
- **Ludoya rating:** 7.8 out of 10, from 88 reviews
- **Owned by:** 239 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 939
- **Unique players:** 185

**Designers:** Tomáš Uhlíř

**Artists:** Petr Boháček, Kwanchai Moriya

**Publishers:** Czech Games Edition

## Where to buy in United States

| Shop | Price | Link |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cardhaus Games | 24.95 $ | https://www.cardhaus.com/under-falling-skies/ |
| Atomic Empire | 24.95 $ | https://www.atomicempire.com/Item/285558 |
| Miniature Market | 29.99 $ | https://www.miniaturemarket.com/cge00058.html |
| Board Game Bliss | 29.95 $ | https://www.boardgamebliss.com/products/under-falling-skies |
| 401 Games | 34.95 $ | https://store.401games.ca/products/under-falling-skies |
| Alphaspel | 295 kr | https://alphaspel.se/491-bradspel/355399-under-falling-skies |
| Svet deskovych her | 640 Kč | https://www.svet-deskovych-her.cz/produkty/8886/nebe-v-plamenech |
| Good Games | 44.99 $ | https://www.goodgames.com.au/products/under-falling-skies |
| Gameology | 45.45 $ | https://www.gameology.com.au/products/under-falling-skies |
| Zatu Games | 24.4 £ | https://zatu.com/products/under-falling-skies |
| Ludifolie | 29.9 € | https://www.ludifolie.com/10239-under-falling-skies.html |
| Pelipeikko | 29.95 € | https://pelipeikko.fi/fi/lautapelit/1261-under-falling-skies |
| Spelexperten | 349 kr | https://www.spelexperten.com/sallskapsspel/strategispel/under-falling-skies.html |
| Spielezar | 29.9 Fr. | https://www.spielezar.ch/brettspiele/under-falling-skies-en |
| Dragons Lair | 375 kr | https://dragonslair.se/products/under-falling-skies |
| Game Ninja | 399 kr | https://www.gameninja.no/produkt/under-falling-skies/ |
| Fantasiapelit | 37.6 € | https://www.fantasiapelit.com/index.php?main=ai&kat=single&mista=indeksi&etsittava=_204598 |
| Nexus | 5995 kr | https://nexus.is/vara/under-falling-skies/ |
| World of Board Games | 749 kr | https://www.worldofboardgames.com/beyond-the-sun |

## Expansions

- [Under Falling Skies: Prague City Promo Tile](https://www.ludoya.com/games/under-falling-skies-prague-city-promo-tile)
- [Under Falling Skies: Berlin City promo tile](https://www.ludoya.com/games/under-falling-skies-berlin-city-promo-tile)
- [Under Falling Skies: Kyiv City promo tile](https://www.ludoya.com/games/under-falling-skies-kyiv-city-promo-tile)
- [Under Falling Skies: Essen City promo tile](https://www.ludoya.com/games/under-falling-skies-essen-city-promo-tile)
- [Under Falling Skies: Cullompton City promo tile](https://www.ludoya.com/games/under-falling-skies-cullompton-city-promo-tile)

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## Rules questions

### Do I have to place one die in each column? Can I place dice on unexcavated spaces and how does the excavator move?

You must place one die in each column; only one die may be placed on an unexcavated space ahead of the excavator and that die’s value must be at least the number of spaces ahead. In the Rooms Phase you may pay 1 energy to move the excavator to that die’s space, and the excavator may only move up to the die’s value (illegal placement otherwise). (pp. 4, 7)

### When ships move, do they trigger effects as they pass spaces or only where they land, and what if multiple ships are in the column?

Ships ignore spaces they pass through; after you move all ships in the column simultaneously, resolve effects on their resulting (landing) spaces starting from the top. Also, placing a die in an AA gun column reduces ship descent by 1, and if the die itself is the AA icon the ships do not descend or trigger effects. (p. 5)

### How do jet fighters and explosion spaces work — which ships are removed vs returned to the mothership?

A jet fighter destroys all ships on explosion spaces with a number ≤ the fighter’s value; purple ships destroyed this way return to the mothership to respawn, while white ships are removed from the board. (pp. 6–7)

### Can I combine the values of two separate rooms to pay for research (e.g., use two research rooms to advance multiple spaces)?

You cannot add values of separate rooms — each room resolves separately (unless they are spaces of the same multi-space room, in which case you sum the dice). To advance several research spaces you need one room with sufficient value (or a multi-space research room). (pp. 6–7)

### How do white ships spawn and are there limits if an effect tries to add more white ships?

White ships spawn after purple ships; they return to the mothership if they hit your city and are removed when shot down. If all white ships are already on the board, you ignore any effect that tries to add more. (p. 9)

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/under-falling-skies)
- [Under Falling Skies in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/under-falling-skies)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/306735)

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