XCOM: The Board Game is a cooperative, science fiction themed board game published in 2015 by Fantasy Flight Games and designed by Eric Lang, set in the XCOM video game universe. Players take on the roles of officers commanding a secret paramilitary organization defending Earth against an alien invasion, coordinating across simultaneous roles such as commander, chief scientist, head of research and squad leader while a companion smartphone or tablet app drives the timed alien threat and enforces many of the game's rules. The app-assisted format was notable for imposing real-time pressure on a traditionally turn-based genre, requiring the team to make decisions before a countdown expires, closely mirroring the tense crisis management of the video games it adapts.
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XCOM: The Board Game is a 2015 science-fiction themed cooperative board game
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