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?
Deploy researchers, build a stronger hand, and divide scarce effort among a laser, shield, and evacuation before an asteroid strikes.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
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How to Save a World is a competitive science-fiction strategy game about responding to an extinction-level asteroid on the wildlife-rich planet Alarria. Each research organization sends landers to worker-placement locations, improves its technology, manages resources, and builds a hand of action and boost cards. Effort flows into three possible projects: a laser that can destroy Leviathan, a shield that might deflect it, and a last-resort evacuation of species to the nearby moon. The pivotal project is determined only after the asteroid arrives, so contributing broadly preserves options while specializing can secure the largest rewards. A bag-driven impact system and shifting facilities create uncertainty, but visible project tracks, hand development, timing, and blocking decisions keep the crisis highly strategic. A dedicated SiMu deck turns the same systems into a substantial solo challenge.