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Blue and black rocket miniatures standing on the orange sun tracker of the Space Agency board

A space-themed board game · Kickstarter coming soon!

let the race
begin

Space Agency is a strategy game about planning missions, managing risk, and deciding when to invest. Every choice grows your agency and allows you to reach farther and deeper into the stars.

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  • 2–4 Players
  • 90–120 Minutes
  • 14+ Ages
  • 206 Cards
  • 40 Rockets

Playtest no. 75

Gameplay images

Checkout the game board, the artwork, the missions, the awards and a fully setup game in min-play.

A player grinning behind a finished game, holding all four award cards in a fan
A four-player game spread across a table: hex tiles, player boards, rockets and stacks of gold cubes
A hand lowering a blue rocket onto the orange sun track
A player board with three mission cards planned below it and rockets assigned to each
A two-player game in progress, astronaut meeples and rockets waiting beside the hexes
The solar system laid out in hex tiles with rockets standing on the sun track
The Space Agency box held up in front of a dining table

The loop

Every Turn Brings a New Decision

The game runs on the sun track: Each spot is a month. During each month there are 4 phases. Mission, Action, Headlines, Month End

Every fifth month, first player passes clockwise

Rockets and an astronaut meeple standing on the numbered spaces of the orange sun track
Missions wait on the track for their launch window

  1. Mission phase

    Anyone with a mission this month gets to launch or continue their mission.

    Before you launch, announce it to the table. Another player can hand you 5 Units and one of their cubes in what we call a Joint Mission. They collect the Science rewards, your tech and buildings cover them too, and every one of them buys you a free reroll. Which you're going to want.

  2. Action phase

    No mission this month? Then you get to build.

    Plan, Research and Buy, as many times as you can pay for, simultaneously with everyone else. If you flew a mission this month, then you don't get any actions. Just sit and collect your units and science.

  3. Headline phase

    Everyone rolls. High roll draws two headlines and keeps one.

    MaxQ Magazine and The Clarkonian are reporting on the space race. They have some interesting twists to throw into the game.

  4. Month end

    Collect Units, train astronauts and build rockets.

    The further along your Support track you are, the bigger the paycheck. If the public isn't into you, you're going to have a hard time.

The action phase

Three actions, Unlimited power

Everyone acts at the same time, and there is no limit on how many actions you take, only on what you can pay for. Buy rockets, hire astronauts, draw new missions, plan your missions and research tech.

A busy player board loaded with gold Units, Science cubes, orange rockets and three astronauts, with planned missions fanned above it
six months in, mid-game

Plan a mission

Move rockets, astronauts and tech onto a mission card, then drop a marker on the sun track for the month it comes due and a matching one on the card itself.

You can fold Research and Buy into the same planning action, so a mission can be drawn, crewed and scheduled in one go.

Sun track Its pair on month 2
Sun track hex for months 1 to 5, with the month marker astronaut on START

The astronaut marks the current month. Moon Station takes 1 month, so its ship goes on month 2.

Moon Station mission card: needs 2 astronauts and 1 rocket, a ship on the launch square, 1 month Drag pieces onto the card
Ships · 2 pairs One on the card
Rockets 0 / 1 needed
Astronauts 0 / 2 needed
Tech At least 1, tucked under

0 of 5 ready. Drag pieces onto the card and the sun track, or tap them.

Research

First draw each month is free

  • Draw four research cards
  • Or shuffle the discard and draw two

You can look at the cards for free, but you need to pay to keep the card in your hand. Buildings also have a science cost. Buildings stay in play forever, but your missions need to be planned in order to play.

Buy

  • Rocket 10Units Lands in assembly on your board
  • Astronaut 30Units Lands in orientation, two months from flying
  • Technology 4Science Draw two tech cards, keep one

Pick an agency

Unique Snowflakes

We're starting with nine agencies, each with a special ability and its own starting resources. Your strategy will vary wildly depending on which agency you choose to play with.

  • Kuiper agency card: Missions to the outer planets arrive one month faster.

    Kuiper

    Missions to the outer planets arrive one month faster.

    Units
    90
    Support
    2
    Science
    8
    Rockets
    1
    Crew
    1
  • Terra-Luna agency card: Draw five mission cards instead of four.

    Terra-Luna

    Draw five mission cards instead of four.

    Units
    100
    Support
    1
    Science
    10
    Rockets
    2
    Crew
    1
  • Atomical agency card: Any time you gain Science, gain one more.

    Atomical

    Any time you gain Science, gain one more.

    Units
    110
    Support
    1
    Science
    9
    Rockets
    2
    Crew
    1
  • Ground Control agency card: Every building costs ten Units less.

    Ground Control

    Every building costs ten Units less.

    Units
    80
    Support
    2
    Science
    7
    Rockets
    2
    Crew
    1

+5 The other agencies: Equinox Partners, Prosperity, Station 12, Engine Lab and Sustainability Systems.

Each space agency has their own power (and personality)

Someone take their phones away

  • Terra-Luna @TerraLunaHQ

    Announcing Moon Base 3. Help us name it! We're told the internet is good at naming things 🫡

    8:02 AM Oct 8, 2026 212K Views

  • Atomical @AtomicalLabs

    Science is up again. Every time we Science, we science HARD ⚛️

    11:47 AM Oct 8, 2026 96.4K Views

    Kuiper @KuiperAgency 2h

    @AtomicalLabs please, tell me about this "hard" science...

  • Ground Control @GroundCtrlHQ

    Come to the ribbon cutting of our new launch pad. Next Friday!

    7:15 AM Oct 9, 2026 148K Views

    Kuiper @KuiperAgency 3h

    @GroundCtrlHQ 👀 love this. Great work.

    Ground Control @GroundCtrlHQ 2h

    @KuiperAgency Thanks! Unfortunately you can't use the pad

Red's Crewed Mars Mission card with two tech cards tucked beneath it, rockets and crew committed, and blue and yellow cubes showing those players have joined

Joint missions

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em

Team up on another player's mission and you share in its science rewards.

Here, the blue and yellow players have joined red's Crewed Mars Mission. If red fails any of these tasks, red has two free re-rolls to try again.

  • You pay to be there. A seat on someone else's mission isn't free.
  • You're their safety net. If they fail a task, they can use you for a free re-roll.

The headline phase

Read all about it

Two "news" organizations cover the space race. At the end of every month everyone rolls. The highest roll draws two headline cards, keeps one and plays it. One paper hands you something good. The other hands somebody else something bad. Just like real life.

62 People only read the headlines anywhere right? Max Q Magazine is known for their "everyone is good" spin. While The Clarkonian is more in for the clicks. If you roll the highest, draw 2, pick one.

A player board with a row of gold Unit cubes stacked along the support track and orange rockets waiting in the assembly building

Components

Every card illustrated by a human

Seventy-two missions across nine worlds, fifty-four technologies, eighteen buildings, and sixty-two headlines.

The artists

Sample cards from the game: Crewed Mars Mission card, Mission Control building card, Cliffs of Miranda mission card, Landing Leg Thrusters technology card, Headline card: breakthrough in space engine technology, Ancient Craters of Oberon mission card, Rocket Lab building card, Terra-Luna agency card, Crewed Lunar Lander mission card, Astronaut Training Complex building card, Billionaire Roundtrip mission card, Kuiper agency card, Headline card: anonymous philanthropist pledges large donation, Fuel Factory building card, Commercial Satellite mission card, Thermal Reclamation Core technology card, Crew Ejection Test mission card.

Gameplay video · coming soon

See a turn unfold

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A short gameplay preview is coming soon.

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  • Original strategy game by Sean and Sarah Clark
  • Illustrated cards and physical tabletop components
  • Designed around meaningful choices, timing, and risk

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