XCOM: The Board Game – Evolution
Expansion of: XCOM: The Board GameXCOM: Evolution is an expansion for XCOM: The Board Game that complicates your war effort with new missions, enemies, and invasion plans, as well as mechanics that make your struggles more dangerous than ever.
90m
1 - 4 Players
Ages 14+
ajewo
Nice to have expansion that adds more variety without adding more complexity but increasing the difficulty.
santafelis
We only used it once. It adds cool new stuff but also it could be a bit too much. The base game is solid without it. Maybe as a variant.
jgoyes
2017-11-28 Initial Rating: 7.0 (November 2017) I enjoy XCOM: The Board Game so it is only natural that I also enjoy its expansion. XCOM: The Board Game – Evolution makes the game a lot harder but it also adds a lot of new content. The rules of the game are pretty easy if you are already familiar with the base game. You can explain them under 3 minutes. It adds more of everything plus 3 more miniatures and some new rules. Among the new rules are: - Dangerous tasks: Task in which you have to roll a D6 instead of a D8, so naturally, they are harder to accomplish. - Exalt tokens: They appear at random and make all the related task dangerous. - Destruction Cards: They make the game a lot harder. Every time the base takes a hit, you have to execute one of two cards and they destroy equipment and make things a lot harder for you. - Meld: You only gain a Meld reward if finish a mission as soon as it becomes available and the mission offers the reward. We couldn’t obtain the reward so I don’t remember which is the reward :D. That´s it. I´m surprised FFG has not released more expansions for the game. I couldn't find the rules online, weird! Bottom line, XCOM: The Board Game – Evolution is a good expansion for the game. It makes the game considerably harder to beat and it adds a lot of content. I want to play with it again soon. Current Rating: 7.0