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Grave Robbers from Outer Space

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Grave Robbers From Outer Space is a collectible card game originally designed by Stephen Tassie in 2001, later released as an open-source design and currently published by Steve Caruso under the stewardship of The Academy of Resurrected Games and Holdings. Two to six players take on the roles of competing low-budget filmmakers, assembling movies from Character, Prop, Location and Special Effects cards while fending off rampaging Creature cards, with the highest-rated finished picture winning the game. The design parodies B-movie conventions throughout, earned an Origins Award nomination, and was published for a period by Z-Man Games as a dedicated-deck card game before returning to its collectible format under ARGH stewardship.

Facts
Origin Year
2001 1
Playing Time
40 2
Skill or Luck
Mixed 1
Age Suitability
Family 1
Designer
Stephen Tassie 2
Publisher
NekoCorp 2
Publisher
spareChange productions 2
Publisher
Truant Spiele 2
Publisher
Z-Man Games 2
Game Category
Card Game 2
Game Category
Horror 2
Game Category
Humor 2
Game Category
Movies / TV / Radio theme 2
Game Category
Science Fiction 2
Minimum Players
2 2
Maximum Players
6 2
Classification
Player Count
Small Group (3-6 Players) 1
Sport
Game Type (category)
Card Game 1
Sources
1. Grave Robbers from Outer Space (Wikipedia)
  • Infobox, Year field
    Year: 2001
  • Infobox, Players field
    Players: 2 to 6
  • Lead section, first sentence
    is an open source collectible card game originally designed by Stephen Tassie
  • Infobox: ages
    13+
  • Infobox: random_chance
    Some (order of cards drawn, varying card abilities)
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2. Grave Robbers from Outer Space (BoardGameGeek)
  • Playing Time: 40
  • Designer: Stephen Tassie
  • Publisher: NekoCorp
  • Publisher: spareChange productions
  • Publisher: Truant Spiele
  • Publisher: Z-Man Games
  • Game Category: Card Game
  • Game Category: Horror
  • Game Category: Humor
  • Game Category: Movies / TV / Radio theme
  • Game Category: Science Fiction
  • Minimum Players: 2
  • Maximum Players: 6
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