Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Easier to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Reposition disguised aliens, contest seven town locations, abduct cows and humans, and assemble five sets of societal power.
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.
Modular Board
Build the play area from interchangeable sections that vary between games.
Events
Triggered events alter the shared state, rules, or available choices.
Move Through Deck
Progress through an ordered deck that represents position, time, or distance.
Once-Per-Game Abilities
Each powerful ability may be used only once during the entire game.
Read the full game description
SILOS is Reiner Knizia’s area-majority design Municipium rebuilt as a gleefully strange alien conspiracy. Each player leads a faction infiltrating a small town, moving alien figures among seven locations and then resolving an event card. Influence determines who gains the card’s benefit, but locations also provide powers, humans to brainwash, and cows that act as valuable wild specimens. Politicians, government operators, influencers, and professionals form sets; every complete set earns a societal power emblem, and the first faction to collect five wins. The common and faction decks display enough information to support deliberate card counting, while alternate location tiles and powerful leaders change the tactical map. Players must balance immediate majority, future card probabilities, set completion, and the threat that a rival can exploit the same event. It is interactive, legible, and full of sharp positional swings.
