image © Artipia Games
The Project: ELITE Ed1 Base Set v2 is an improved version of Project: ELITE Ed1 Base Set v1 from 2015.
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Details
Set: Project: ELITE Ed1 Base Set v2, Product Code: PEG-BGA, Set type: Board game base set (Game base set), System: Project: ELITE Ed1 system, Range: Project: ELITE range (Futuristic), Setting: Project: ELITE universe, Company: Artipia Games & Drawlab Entertainment, Production: 2016-2018-
Designer: Konstantinos Kokkinis, Sotirios Tsantilas
Players: 1-4, Player abilities: Various, Different, Units: Single figures
Turn structure: Real-time, Movement: Movement grid (square)
Playing time: 30 min, Play style: Cooperative, Theme: Combat, Language dependency: Rulebook, cards
Features: Solo, Miniatures, Random effects (dice)
Miniatures
Species: Various, Scale: 1:45 (40mm), Proportions: Realistic, Size: Various, Material: ?, Priming: ?
Assembly: One-piece, Posing: ?, Paintjob: Unpainted, Base: Integral scenic base, Sculptor: Antonis Papantoniou
Features: Various
The miniatures in the Project: ELITE Ed1 Base Set v2 |
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"Project:ELITE is an innovative real-time board game full of intense moments. Players take the role of members of a special ops team called Project: ELITE. They are sent on dangerous missions trying to complete objectives while swarms of aliens attack them."
"Project: ELITE is a 1-4 player game, for ages 12 and above, that takes approximately 30-45 minutes to play.
Project: ELITE takes the idea of a real-time co-operative dice game, and with unique twists brings innovative new mechanics to the table. Players take the role of a special ops team with the mission to hold back an ongoing alien invasion trying to take over the Earth.
Players need to work together in short 2-minute rounds deciding quickly among defending their base, hunting down some aliens or completing their objectives. Special events and unique alien abilities make every round different and highly challenging for the players. To win the game they will have to rely not only on their special weapons and items, but on their fast reflexes as well.
The game provides endless replayability with a 2-sided board depicting two different landscapes, 4 different kinds of objectives, 3 levels of difficulty and a plethora of weapons, items and events, making every game a unique, ELITE experience."
"Project: ELITE is a co-operative, real-time, speed-dice, tactical, tower-defense-like game in which players roll dice with symbols as fast as they can allowing them to do various actions with their character on the game board. They move around shooting and cutting through waves of aliens blocking their advance while at the same time they try to complete objectives that will bring them to victory.
The game consists of a number of real-time 2-minute Rounds (depending on the scenario) separated by an AI Alien phase where aliens perform abilities, advance towards their goal and receive reinforcements.
The constant performance of actions through dice rolling combined with an innovative combat/movement system result in a mix of intense gameplay that offers countless hours of fun.
What really makes Project: ELITE unique is the "Alien Move" symbol that appears on one side of each of the player's dice and forces him/her to move an alien towards their goal.
The end-result is a real-time tactical board game where friend and foe are on an constant motion trying to prevail."
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Contents - Project: ELITE Ed1 Base Set v2 for Project: ELITE Ed1
System
1x Project: ELITE Ed1 Rulebook
23x Weapon Card
19x Item Card
16x Alien Tech Card
30x Soldier Alien Card
8x Special Alien Card
8x Boss Alien Card
6x Character Card
24x Setup Cards
Tokens
24x Objective Tiles
1x Round Marker Token
5x Alien Tech Token
8x Objective Token
36x one-life Token
6x five-life Token
2x Spawning Tokens
5x Prevent Alien Move Token
3x Spawning Area Token
6x Event Token
7x Boss Token
Dice
16x Action Dice
16x Hit Dice
1x d3 Randomizer dice
1x d20 Randomizer dice
Miniatures
6x Characters
1x Bus v2
1x Caress v2
1x Lilla v2
1x Momentum v2
1x Robcart v2
1x Sarah Mercy v2
8x Boss Aliens
1x Ductar v2
1x Pendra'a'gon v2
1x Phobos v2
1x Plague Bringer v2
1x Roachoc v2
1x Thrustar v2
6x Special Aliens
1x Hound v2
1x Slime Spitter v2
1x Spawning Egg v2
1x Strider v2
1x Time Bender v2
1x Time Walker v2
60x Aliens
20x Biter sc1 v2
20x Runner sc1 v2
20x Shooter sc1 v2
Scenery
1x Double-sided game board
- Abandoned Lab
- Alien Crash Site
12x Acid Token
4x Slime Token
image © Drawlab Entertainment | image © Drawlab Entertainment | image © Drawlab Entertainment |
Acidox sc1 v2 | Crushox v2 | Ductar v2 |
image © Drawlab Entertainment | image © Drawlab Entertainment | image © Drawlab Entertainment |
Pendra'a'gon v2 | Phobos v2 | Plague Bringer v2 |
image © Drawlab Entertainment | image © Drawlab Entertainment | |
Roachoc v2 | Thrustar v2 | |
image © Drawlab Entertainment | image © Drawlab Entertainment | image © Drawlab Entertainment |
Hound v2 | Slime Spitter v2 | Spawning Egg v2 |
image © Drawlab Entertainment | image © Drawlab Entertainment | image © Drawlab Entertainment |
Strider v2 | Time Bender v2 | Time Walker v2 |
image © Drawlab Entertainment | image © Drawlab Entertainment | image © Drawlab Entertainment |
Biter sc1 v2 | Runner sc1 v2 | Shooter sc1 v2 |
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Review - Project: ELITE Ed1 Base Set v2 for Project: ELITE Ed1
Weight: 4 kg
Reviews praise the randomness of the game. However, this randomness sometimes mean that the opposition just crushes the players. Due to the quick game, this might not pose that much of a problem.
The Recon and Recovery missions are said to be too similar.
When you play solo, the starting equipment is very important. If you get something useless, you might not be able to find more equipment before being killed.
For more information, read our Games Nexus previews:
- Games Nexus: Project: ELITE miniatures range: Preview articles.
- Games Nexus: Project: ELITE Board game from Artipia Games & Drawlab Entertainment - Resources: Article collection.
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Resources - Project: ELITE Ed1 Base Set v2 for Project: ELITE Ed1
Official
Artipia Games: Project: ELITE: Official webpage.
Drawlab Entertainment: Project: ELITE: Official webpage. (2020.03.29: The article is offline.)
Project: ELITE Design Blog: How Project: ELITE came to be.
Preview
Board Game Brawl: Preview: Project: ELITE - Board Game Brawl: Compansated preview video.Ł
Ludovox: Essen 2015 - jeu Project Elite - Artipia Games - VOSTFR: Preview video, interview with the Artipia crew.§
Contents overview - Italian
Gioconauta: Unboxing Project Elite (in Italian): Contents overview video in Italian.
Review article
Board Game Maniac: Preview: Project Elite (on Archive.org): Review article. (2020.03.29: The article is offline.)
Antonios S (for RPG.Net): Review of Project: Elite: Compensated review article, based on playtest. The reviewer received a complimentary copy to review.
Charlie Theel (from Ding and Dent Gaming Podcast): Charlie's Take - Project ELITE: Review article.
Hiew Chok Sien (from Hiew's Boardgame Blog): Project: ELITE: Review article, after playtest.
Jacob Stauttener (from Must Contain Minis): Project Elite - Initial Impressions: Review article, after playtest.
Nathan Wesley (for Level One Game Shop): Board Game Review: Project Elite: Review article.
xyon mckell (from Derailments of Thought): Project Elite Review (First Impressions): Review article.§
Review video
Cardboard Castaway: Project Elite Review - Cardboard Castaway: (Compensated?) Review video, the review has a bit confusing style and camera movement.
rahdo: Project Elite review
- rahdo: Project Elite Gameplay Runthrough: Playthrough video, showing Rhado's hand.
- rahdo: (static cam) Project Elite Gameplay Runthrough: Playthrough video, showing the board.
- rahdo: Project Elite Extended Gameplay: Playthrough video, showing Rhado's hand, part 2.
- rahdo: Project Elite Final Thoughts: Review video.
Tom Heath (slickerdrips): Project: ELITE - Review: Review video.
UndeadVikingVideos: Project ELITE Review: Compansated review video with playthrough.
Review video - German
Boardgamer's Ballroom: Project: ELITE - Review (in German): Review video in German.
Spielama: Project Elite (Brettspiel) / Anleitung & Rezension / SpieLama (in German): Review video with playthrough in German. (2020.12.10: The website is offline.)
- the article on Archive.org
- same video on YouTube
Review video - Italian
Gioconauta: On the Board #81: Project Elite (in Italian): Review video in Italian.
Review - Audio
The Weirdsphere: Board game review: Project: ELITE: Review audio. (2020.12.10: The channel is offline.)
Rules overview
Artipia Games: Project ELITE Basic Rules Video: How to play video.
The Dice Tower: Project: ELITE Review - with Tom Vasel: How to play video.
Rules overview - Dutch
Nox' Spellenzolder: Project: ELITE (NL) (in Dutch): How to play video in Dutch.
Rules overview - French
Jeu DésCouvre: Project : Elite rules et jeu concours Ashes [FR] (in French): How to play video in French.
Gameplay
Abandoned Lab
Location: Abandoned Lab, Scenario: ?, Difficulty: ?, Players: 3
- Boardgamer's Ballroom: Let's Play - Project Elite - Runde I (in German): Playthrough video in German.§
Location: Abandoned Lab, Scenario: ?, Difficulty: ?, Players: 4
- Artipia Games: Project: ELITE - 4 Player Gameplay Video: Playthrough video.
Location: Abandoned Lab, Scenario: Demolition, Difficulty: Medium, Players: 1
- Tom Heath (slickerdrips): Project: ELITE - Solo Playthrough (Demolition - Medium): Playthrough video.
Location: Abandoned Lab, Scenario: Extermination, Difficulty: ?, Players: 1
- Jeu DésCouvre: Project : Elite Gameplay et jeu concours Ashes [FR] (in French): Playthrough video in French.
Location: Abandoned Lab, Scenario: Extermination, Difficulty: Easy, Players: 1
- Tom Heath (slickerdrips): Project: ELITE - Solo Playthrough (Extermination): Playthrough video.
Location: Abandoned Lab, Scenario: Extermination, Difficulty: Hard, Players: 1
- Artipia Games: Project: ELITE - Solo Gameplay Video #2: Playthrough video.
Location: Abandoned Lab, Scenario: Recovery, Difficulty: ?, Players: 2
- rahdo: Project Elite Gameplay Runthrough: Playthrough video, showing Rhado's hand.
- rahdo: (static cam) Project Elite Gameplay Runthrough: Playthrough video, showing the board.
- rahdo: Project Elite Extended Gameplay: Playthrough video, showing Rhado's hand, part 2.
- rahdo: (static cam) Project Elite Extended Gameplay: Playthrough video, showing the board, part 2.
Location: Abandoned Lab, Scenario: Recovery, Difficulty: Easy, Players: 1
- Artipia Games: Project: ELITE - Solo Gameplay Video #1: Playthrough video.
Alien Crash Site
Location: Alien Crash Site, Scenario: Extermination, Difficulty: Medium, Players: 2
- Spielama: Project Elite (Brettspiel) / Anleitung & Rezension / SpieLama (in German): Review video with playthrough in German.
Location: Alien Crash Site, Scenario: Extermination, Difficulty: Medium, Players: 3
- Brettspielblog.net - Brettspiele im Test: ?Project ELITE - Live Let's Play - Brettspielblog.net - Echtzeit-Alien-Survival- Koop-Spiel (in German): Playthrough video in German.
Location: Alien Crash Site, Scenario: Extermination, Difficulty: Medium, Players: 4
- UndeadVikingVideos: Project ELITE Review: Review video with playthrough.
Location: Alien Crash Site, Scenario: Recovery, Difficulty: Medium, Players: 1
- Tom Heath (slickerdrips): Project: ELITE - Solo Playthrough (Alien Crash Site Board): Playthrough video.
Location: Alien Crash Site, Scenario: Recovery, Difficulty: Medium ?, Players: 4
- epitrapaizoume: Project Elite - Live Gameplay by Epitrapaizoume.gr: Playthrough video.
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Buying the product - Project: ELITE Ed1 Base Set v2 for Project: ELITE Ed1
Base price (Project: ELITE Base Set v2): 100 EUR, Price/model: ca. 1 EUR if you need the others
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Do you have the Project: ELITE Ed1 Base Set v2 board game for Project: ELITE Ed1 from Artipia Games? How do you like it? Would you recommend them to others? Tell your opinion in the comments!
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