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This month we head to the final frontier, with Stellar Horizons from Compass Games. We also have our very first guest host, Christoph Wagner from Kennedy Space Center. We talk about near-future space exploration, colonization, asteroids, launch failures, space pirates, and more.
Timestamps:
00:44 - Meet Christoph Wagner
03:19 - Science facts - Rusty Mars and poisonous oxygen
05:26 - Stellar Horizons game overview & mechanics
15:25 - Science overview
17:01 - Reusable rockets
18:47 - Space politics and game factions
23:50 - Astronomy in the game
26:00 - Space combat and space pirates!
29:25 - Getting to Mars & the Lagrange points
32:26 - Game tweaks wish list
39:41 - Final grades
Game Results:
- Game 1: Earth destroyed by asteroid
- Game 2: China and Russia save Earth from asteroid!
Links:
Stellar Horizons official website - https://www.compassgames.com/product/stellar-horizons/
(Note: Rules PDF *is* downloadable from here)
Kennedy Space Center - https://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/
The Great Oxygenation Event - https://youtu.be/qERdL8uHSgI
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