Smash Up: Sci-Fi Expansion

Alderac Entertainment Group plans to release a sci-fi expansion to its hit card game Smash Up. Expected in March, Smash Up: Science Fiction Double Feature will bring four new decks to the game.

The Science Fiction Double Feature expansion comes with 88 cards and can be played right out of the box by two players. It also comes with a VP token sheet and a rulebook. It plays in 45 minutes and has a SRP of $19.99. Combine it with any Smash Up set and the game can be played by up to four players.

Each of the four new factions brings new abilities to the game. Time Travelers allow players to use their cards repeatedly. Cyborg Apes take actions that take players' minions to a whole new level. Super Spies can use their espionage skill to plot out not only the player's future but also the opponent's. Shapeshifters could be anybody.

The Smash Up base game was featured in Wil Wheaton's TableTop  and made ICv2's Top 10 Card/Building Games for the Fall of 2012.

Top 10 Card/Dice Games - Summer 2013

Top 10 Hobby Channel Card/Dice Games
1.  Munchkin (Steve Jackson Games)
2.  Marvel Legendary (Upper Deck)
3.  Android: Netrunner (Fantasy Flight Games)
4.  Quarriors! (WizKids/NECA)
5.  7 Wonders (Asmodee)
6.  Smash Up (AEG)
7.  Bang! (daVinci Games)
8.  Dominion (Rio Grande Games)
9.  DC Deckbuilding Game (Cryptozoic Games)
10.  Star Wars LCG (Fantasy Flight Games)


*  This chart of the Top 10 Card/Dice Games (hobby channel) reflects sales in Summer 2013.  The charts are based on interviews with retailers, distributors, and manufacturers.

Obligatory Cthulu Expansion For Smash Up!

When Alderac Entertainment Group announced their shuffle-building card game Smash Up, they sold out right there in GenCon.  In Smash Up, players draft two factions from the eight 20-card faction decks and shuffle them together and start competing to smash up bases.  The included factions are "Aliens", "Dinosaurs", "Ninjas", "Pirates", "Robots", "Tricksters", "Wizards", and "Zombies".  The combination of the factions is what provides the fun and challenge in this game.  For example, a Ninjas/Zombies deck must be played differently than a Ninja/Dinosaurs deck, or a Pirates/Aliens deck.

AEG just announced plans for an expansion to Smash Up.  It will be called The Obligatory Cthulu Set.  Set in the Cthulu universe, The Obligatory Cthulu Set adds a new "madness" mechanic to the shuffle building game.  It also includes recurrent Cthulu Mythos groups and themes, such as the Miskatonic University, the fishmen of Innsmouth, Elder Things, and Cthulu cultists.  Like the original Smash Up, each faction in The Obligatory Cthulu Set is composed of a 20-card deck.  The expansion also includes eight new bases, 30 madness cards, victory point tokens and game rules.  It is expected to retail at $19.99.