Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Guide a civilization from its first settlement through exploration, cities, production, and a branching technology tree in this streamlined Beyond the Sun reimplementation.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Area Majority
Compete to have the strongest presence in areas that award control or points.
Tile Placement
Place tiles to build a shared or personal spatial arrangement.
Tech Progression
Unlock or improve abilities by progressing through connected development paths.
Map Addition
Expand the playable map by adding new tiles, regions, or spaces.
Ownership
Claim assets or areas that remain under a player’s control.
Point-to-Point Movement
Move along explicit connections between named locations or nodes.
Read the full game description
Beyond the Horizon is a civilization game driven by a shared technology tree and an expanding landscape. Each society begins small, with limited population and production, then uses its turn to research, develop, produce, explore, enlist, move, settle, or fortify. Technologies unlock stronger actions and define the direction of the whole table, while the modular map rewards timely expansion with villages, cities, resources, and area influence. Personal economy and culture tracks determine what a society can sustain, so growth requires balancing population, income, military reach, and technological ambition. Three public goals provide a visible race and eventually trigger the end; after the current round, players receive one final round to turn their engine into points. Scoring comes from learned technologies, explored and settled land, fortified cities, development tracks, and goal achievements. It carries the open tech-tree tension of Beyond the Sun into a historical setting with more spatial play and a clearer connection between discovery, production, and territory.