Friends, answer me this. Do you like tracks? And if the answer is no, I want you to think of good tracks. Not those shabby “I just go up on the track to get some points” ones, but dynamic. Where you have to time the placement just right, tactically outmaneuvering other players. Still no?

What about area majorities - you know, the euro game version of those miniature wargames except there’s no miniatures and everyone just places little cubes for their fights? Still no? Okay, what about hundreds of cards? Do you like hundreds of cards? Oh come on you gotta like one of these.

FIne. Aliens. This game has aliens. There’s actual alive aliens in the box. You open it - out the alien pops, says something unintelligible which you psychically intuit to mean “hello.,” even though up till now you were not aware you’ve had psychic powers but maybe this alien awoke something inside of you? Have I got your attention now? Okay. Then let me tell you about SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.

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