Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Easier to teach
High replayability
Low interaction
Scales well
Light strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Build a compact orbital laboratory by recruiting cards from rival space agencies and fitting their powers around your capsules.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Hand Management
Time and sequence a limited hand of cards to preserve future options.
Set Collection
Gather related items that become more valuable when scored together.
Multi-Use Cards
Use the same card in different ways, making each play a trade-off.
End Game Bonuses
Earn additional points for meeting conditions evaluated when the game ends.
Read the full game description
Space Lab is a streamlined tableau-building card game about assembling an international research station. On each turn, recruit every visible card from one space agency, then place laboratory modules around capsules whose objectives reward particular disciplines and arrangements. Multi-use cards and end-game bonuses create efficient little puzzles without adding a long rules overhead. The result is a brisk science-fiction set-collection game in which timing a large recruitment turn matters as much as the final geometry of your station.
