Conquest of Earth - A Boardgame idea
The Conquest of Earth Boardgame
This idea came to me while I was looking at War of the Worlds games for an unrelated project.
So, the idea is for a boardgame in which each player plays a separate alien species who is part of an alliance to conquer th Earth. Not only do they want to conquer the Earth, but each species wants to control the largest amount of territory. The game ends when the conquerors have managed to take over the world, and whomever controls the most territory is declared the winner.
The main tension in the game comes from the human opposition. This is simulated by the game itself, with no one player playing the humans directly (something similar can be seen in Shadows Over Camelot and Pandemic).
So, victory over the humans should be challenging if the players actually work together, but during the game they will be tempted to back-stab each other so that they can achieve victory, which will make the game more difficult. I am not sure of the central mechanics of the game, but it will most likely involve some sort of cards, so that there will always be doubt as to an attack was intentional, or just an accident due to the hand the player is holding.
I envisage a large board, with a map of the world, divided into countries, with miniatures representing the alien and human forces.
I honestly think that this concept will work well. Has anybody else encountered similar mechanics in boardgames?
I like it!
This reminds me a lot of Civilization V, where each player plays as a nation, and tries to conquer as much land as possible, while also advancing their technology, philosophies, religions, politics, and societal structures.
In some versions of the game, the lawless barbarians are a threat, as they have no nation, so players must not only defeat each other, but keep the anarchist barbarians at bay.
But that's a PC game. A card game will be much different, and honestly, this game sounds quite fun. Although I wouldn't be surprised if it was done already.
Sounds a bit like Risk, but with aliens. haha
Can it be something like the star trek board game?
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