Godspeed Board Game | The Space Race Was A Lie

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The Space Race was a lie. Look, it’s not that the moon landing was faked. It happened. Neil hates the conspiracy theories. The lie is that we ever wanted to go to the moon. We needed a spectacle to show the people. To justify the massive budgets. The agencies. Neil stepped on a rock 239,000 miles from Earth. Big deal. I stepped on an Exoplanet circling Ursae Majoris 18 months earlier. It’s a one-way trip – so there ain’t any going home. No ticker tape parade for me, but that’s ok. I’m here for my country. See, the Russians beat us here by a few months. Japanese showed up a few weeks after us. We’ll colonize this planet for America. Because there isn’t a choice….
The space race was a lie. Look, it’s not that the moon landing was faked. The lie is that we ever wanted to go to the moon. We needed a spectacle to show the people. Really? We were colonizing a planet that no one knew about.
Godspeed is a mid-weight worker placement game with unique bidding elements for 2-5 players in a 90 minute playtime. Ages 10+
Fun alternate history setting.
Tense bidding and high player interaction.
Artwork from Jesse Riggle. (Unearth)

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