Weird Giraffe Games

Stellar Leap

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Game Details

Player Count: 1-5
Playtime: 20 minutes per player
Age Range: 14+
Weight: Light to Medium
Release Date: July 2018
Mechanisms: Variable Player Powers, Modular Board, Dice Rolling
Rules: Rules PDF
Print and Play: PNPArcade
Retailer Sell Sheet: Retailer Sell Sheet Link

Brief Description: Stellar Leap is a space exploration game for 1-5 players and plays about 20 minutes per player with resource management, variable player powers, hidden objectives, and game changing events!

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Game Overview

Stellar Leap is a space exploration game for 1-5 players and plays in about an hour with resource management, variable player powers, hidden objectives, and game changing events!

Earn prestige by completing missions, discovering new planets, increasing population, and fulfilling your hidden objective. Variable player powers and game-changing events mean that every game is as different as the planets in our galaxy!

  • Supports Multiple Play Styles: Based on who is playing, Stellar Leap can be semi-cooperative, really aggressive, or somewhere in between and you can win by playing in any of those ways.
  • Custom Game Length: Change the play time easily by increasing or decreasing the number of events to complete the game.
  • Player Choice Matters: Choose your player power and hidden trait to help support your specific strategy, designate which planets and asteroids to place where they'll benefit you the most, and choose when the game ends by either causing events to trigger or avoiding them.
  • AI Variants: Experience the galaxy of Stellar Leap against a variety of opponents on your own or add an AI to your two player games to simulate the three or four player game.
Turns are fast and player engagement is high as resources are gathered on each player's turn. Are you going to spend your resources fulfilling missions or traveling to the furthest reaches of the galaxy? Take a risk and mine an asteroid and you might just hit it big!


Each alien species is defined by a trait and ability. The traits determine what the end goal is for the alien and the ability determines how the alien can manipulate reality to get the outcome and resources they need. Gain prestige by populating, fulfilling missions, and discovering planets! The aliens with the most prestige at the end of the game wins.

There's three divisions at your disposal, Intelligence, Mining, and Labor, but they can only be activated once per turn. There's also your High Command, that can take two actions from the following choices: populate, tax, discover a planet, and attack another species. Events are triggered by players at various points in the game and can have minor or lasting effects, usually being better for the player that triggered the event!





Game Contents

Cards:
  • 24 Planet and Asteroids Cards
  • 12 Event Cards
  • 5 Home Planets
  • 34 Mission Cards
  • 8 Trait Cards
  • 3 Universal Cards
  • 8 Species Cards
  • 8 Traits Cards
  • 6 Dice Cards
  • 5 Reference Cards
  • 3 Solo AI Cards
Other Components:
  • 5 Large Player Boards
  • 5 Dice, 2 16mm Black Dice, 3 Grey 12mm
  • 60 Player Tokens
  • 45 Wooden Cubes
  • 50 Wooden Player Figures



How to Play

How to Play



How to Play Solo



Reviews

  • Videos





    • "I loved Stellar Leap. The whimsy of the characters and the simple and elegant complexity blended with the perfect balance and harmony of multiple game formats make Stellar Leap a massive hit for me. " - Derek Maggs, Goto.game (written)
    • "Stellar Leap definitely takes the 4x (exploration, expansion, exploitation, extermination) and puts it into a much more reasonable timeframe. The game is engaging, exciting, and keeps you engaged until the end of tallying scores." - Marti, Open Seat Gaming (written)
    • "I’m a fan of Stellar Leap! The game system is pretty solid. I, for one, look forward to seeing what stretch goals this Kickstarter hits, and would recommend checking it out." - What's Eric Playing (written)
    • "Stellar Leap is a really solid game. The design provides real choices and the gameplay is very satisfying. The artwork is fantastic and very thematic." - Jeremy, GameGeekNinja (written)
    • "As a solo game, this is a fantastic experience. It can be set up, played, and torn down in under an hour for sure and usually closer to 30-40 minutes. It offers some meaningful decisions and it has several difficulties to adjust your preferences." - Cardboard Clash (written)
    • "Stellar Leap is an exciting, fast-paced, light-weight 4X space game, that incorporates dice rolling, action selection and variable player powers in a small footprint that plays in roughly 60 minutes." - Board Game Spotlight (written)
    • "As a solo game, this is a fantastic experience. It can be set up, played, and torn down in under an hour for sure and usually closer to 30-40 minutes. It offers some meaningful decisions and it has several difficulties to adjust your preferences. " - David, Cardboard Clash (written)
    • "Stellar Leap makes for an excellent introduction to the 4X genre with it's straightforward mechanics, manageable systems, and sprinkling of luck. However, it's appeal is broader than just newbie fodder - there's enough here to keep players coming back for more. " - Gameosity (written)
    • "As a lover of both 4X & worker placement games I will say that Stellar Leap hit that sweet spot for me. Stellar Leap is a game that you can leap right into & head to the stars. " - Christoph, Board Gaming FTW (written)
    • "It’s a game that you could play with your older kids and with adults—there’s a good mix of luck and strategy." - Jonathan Liu, Geek Dad (written)
    • "It's a really fun space game. I could see myself introducing Stellar Leap as a way to get into heavier 4x games. Very straightforward and clear on what you need to do and how to do that. I'd recommend it! " - To Die For Games (video)
    • "It was unique enough and different that I felt it was bringing something fresh to the table, but the types of mechanics used in it I was familiar with so it was easy to understand the game and get playing and have fun. I really enjoyed it! " - Bearded Meeple (video)



    People Behind the Game



    Carla Kopp

    Carla is the lead designer, developer, and webmaster of Weird Giraffe Games. She's also the art director and runs all of the social media. Carla is also a software engineer, with a Masters in Electrical Engineering, and loves to work with electrical and other hobby projects when she's not working on games. She's an introvert, has narcolepsy, and almost always chooses green when it's an option.

    You can find Carla at the following locations:

    Artist: Tyler Harris

    The graphic design and illustration for Stellar Leap was all done by Tyler and you can find out more information at the following link:

    Editor: Travis Hill