🌟 Beyond the Sun
Lead your faction into the Spacefaring Era. Research technologies, build fleets, and colonize star systems before your rivals claim the galaxy.
2 Players
60–120 min
Tech Tree
Worker Placement
Space Colonization
Expert Tableau Variant
How to Play
- On your turn: take one Action, then produce resources
- Actions come from the Basic Spacefaring box or researched tech cards
- Research unlocks more powerful actions for you (and others to follow)
- Move ships to control and colonize star systems for VP
- Claim achievements to score bonus VP and trigger end-game
- Game ends one full round after the 3rd achievement is claimed (2p)
Tech Tree
- 4 tiers: T1 (always visible) through T4 (hardest to reach)
- T2 and above unlock via prerequisite connections
- First researcher picks the card — everyone else follows the same path
- Expert Tableau: choose from 4 face-up options per type (exclusive to this platform)
- T3 and T4 rows reveal as higher-level research actions are discovered
- Dynamic connections: multiple paths through the tree
Scoring
- T1 tech: 1v each | T2: 2v | T3: 3v | T4: varies
- Colonized systems: 3–6v each
- Automation track milestones: up to 9v
- Outpost discs on map: 1v each
- Achievements: 1–4v each (first to claim scores most)
- Sol and Deep Space: 1v to faction with highest fleet power
Victory Points to Expect
- Typical 2-player score: 40–65 points
- Research-heavy: 25–35v from tech tree alone
- Colony-heavy: 20–30v from systems
- Balanced approach usually wins
- Tiebreaker: highest combined production level
- Second tiebreaker: most remaining Population cubes