Overview

Alien Frontiers is a dice-placement, worker-placement game where players colonize an alien planet. Players roll dice (representing ships) and assign them to orbital facilities to gather resources, build new ships, and establish colonies. Territory control bonuses come from placing colonies in regions on the planet. The first player to place all their colonies wins.

Components

• 1 Game board (planet with territories and orbital facilities)
• Custom dice in player colors (ships)
• Colony tokens per player
• Fuel tokens (orange), Ore tokens (gray)
• Alien Tech cards
• Relic Ship token
• Territory bonus tokens
• Score track

Setup

1. Place board centrally. Each player starts with 3 dice (ships) of their color.
2. Distribute starting fuel and ore to each player.
3. Shuffle Alien Tech cards, place as a draw deck.
4. Place territory bonuses on the planet territories.
5. Determine starting player.

Turn Structure

1. Roll Dice: Roll all your ships (dice).
2. Place Dice: Assign dice to orbital facilities one at a time. Each facility has specific placement requirements.
3. Resolve Actions: Gain resources, build ships, place colonies, or use special actions.
4. Check Victory: If you have placed all colonies, you win.

Actions

Orbital Facilities

Facility	Dice Required	Effect
Solar Converter	Any 1 die	Gain fuel equal to die value
Lunar Mine	Any 1 die	Gain ore equal to die value
Orbital Market	Any 2 dice	Trade fuel for ore or vice versa
Colonist Hub	Matching triple	Place 1 colony
Colony Ship	Straight (sequential)	Place 1 colony
Terraforming Station	Any die 6	Place 1 colony
Shipyard	Matching pair	Build 1 new ship (die), pay fuel + ore
Raider’s Outpost	Matching pair	Steal resources or an Alien Tech card
Alien Artifact	Any 1 die	Draw Alien Tech card

Alien Tech Cards

Provide ongoing bonuses, one-time effects, or special abilities that modify dice placement rules, resource generation, or colony placement. Only a limited number can be active at once.

Territory Control

When you place a colony, you choose which territory. The player with the most colonies in a territory controls it and gains that territory’s bonus (extra die manipulation, resource generation, etc.).

Scoring / Victory Conditions

The first player to place all of their colonies (typically 8) onto the planet wins immediately. There is no point scoring – it is a race to place all colonies.

Special Rules & Edge Cases

• You must place at least 1 die per turn.
• Dice placed at a facility must meet the exact requirements (pairs must match, straights must be sequential, etc.).
• Alien Tech cards may override standard placement rules.
• The Relic Ship is a bonus die that can be claimed from the Alien Artifact facility.
• If tied for territory control, no one gets the bonus.
• Building a new ship gives you an additional die to roll on future turns.

Player Reference

Turn Flow: Roll all ships → Place dice on facilities → Resolve actions → Check for victory

Colony Placement Methods: Colonist Hub (triple), Colony Ship (straight), Terraforming (6)

Resource Uses: Fuel + Ore to build ships; various costs for Alien Tech cards