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Project: ELITE Base Set from Artipia Games & Drawlab Entertainmentimage © 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
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 Acidox sc1 v2

1x Crushox sc1 v2

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:

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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 Kickstarter

Project: ELITE Facebook page

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

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.)

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

Location: Abandoned Lab, Scenario: ?, Difficulty: ?, Players: 4

Location: Abandoned Lab, Scenario: Demolition, Difficulty: Medium, Players: 1

Location: Abandoned Lab, Scenario: Extermination, Difficulty: ?, Players: 1

Location: Abandoned Lab, Scenario: Extermination, Difficulty: Easy, Players: 1

Location: Abandoned Lab, Scenario: Extermination, Difficulty: Hard, Players: 1

Location: Abandoned Lab, Scenario: Recovery, Difficulty: ?, Players: 2

Location: Abandoned Lab, Scenario: Recovery, Difficulty: Easy, Players: 1

 

Alien Crash Site

Location: Alien Crash Site, Scenario: Extermination, Difficulty: Medium, Players: 2

Location: Alien Crash Site, Scenario: Extermination, Difficulty: Medium, Players: 3

Location: Alien Crash Site, Scenario: Extermination, Difficulty: Medium, Players: 4

Location: Alien Crash Site, Scenario: Recovery, Difficulty: Medium, Players: 1

Location: Alien Crash Site, Scenario: Recovery, Difficulty: Medium ?, Players: 4

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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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