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How to Save a World

Leviathan is coming. Build the laser, raise the shield, or save the wildlife—then hope the project you backed is the one that saves Alarria.

Science Fiction Worker Placement Deck, Bag, and Pool Building Solo / Solitaire Game

Players

1-4

Play time

60-90 min

Age

14+

Complexity

3.15/5

Rating

7.55

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 3.0/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.5/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.8/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.3/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.3/5

Deep strategy

Player control 4.0/5

More strategic control

Setup time About 15 min
Teach time About 25 min
Table footprint Large
Campaign commitment No campaign
Recommended edition How to Save a World – Burnt Island Games Retail English Edition (2025)
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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.

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Editions

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Edition Year Language Publisher / Region
How to Save a World – Burnt Island Games Retail English Edition (2025) 2025 English Burnt Island Games / international

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Play and group

Players
1–4
Play time
60–90 min
Age
14+
Complexity
3.2/5
App
None app

Practicalities

Setup time
About 15 min
Teach time
About 25 min
Teardown time
About 15 min
Table footprint
Large

Campaign and continuity

Campaign commitment
No campaign
Group continuity
Flexible
Resettable
Fully Resettable

Edition and product

Recommended edition
How to Save a World – Burnt Island Games Retail English Edition (2025)
Language
English
Region
international
Availability
Current
Edition type
Standard
Current edition
Yes
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Yuval Grinspun

Artists

2
Fahed Alrajil Tithi Luadthong

Publishers

1
Burnt Island Games

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