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Antarctica, Argentum Verlag, 2015 — components on display (image provided by the publisher)

Closeup of the game board (end of game).

Antarctica, central board, on display at Spiel 2015, Essen (press room)

Antarctica, Argentum Verlag, 2015 — English cover image (image provided by the publisher)

Antarctica (2015)

Players

2–4

Best: 4

Playing time

45–90 min

Age

10+

6.31

Average rating

695

Ratings

2.78/5

Weight

#6743

BGG rank

Outside top 5,000

Alternate names:Antarktyda

Designer:Charles Chevallier

Artist:Dennis Lohausen

Publisher:Argentum Verlag +1 more

Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).

Game DNA

Strategy5.0

Luck5.0

Interaction7.0

Complexity5.6

Theme5.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

Area MovementArea Majority / Influence

Overview

In a distant time – so far in the future that either global warming or technical progress is so advanced that windmills are going swimmingly in the antarctic climate – the rising sea level and increased resource consumption has driven mankind to increase investment in polar research. The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research sees an increasingly creative interpretation of the Antarctic Treaty System.

Your objective in Antarctica is to develop research centers in Antarctica and to mine resources – for research purposes only, of course. The sun orbits Antarctica counter-clockwise, and each ship it thaws moves on for scientific progress. At the end of the game, victory points for all kinds of majorities are granted. Will your consort be the one that gained a fortune ... er, has done most to rescue mankind?

Turn order is determined by the sun. Whenever it shines on one of your ships, you may erect buildings, recruit new scientists, build more ships, or do scientific research. The game ends when all buildings have been erected, or when one player has placed his last scientist.