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A List of Board Games with a SciFi Theme

Here's a list of some of the most popular science fiction board games. These are in alphabetical order. The sci fi boardgames are arranged in alphabetical order, and each includes a brief description. Some of the names of the games are linked; if so, that means we have a page about that game with more information. (Sometimes we even have an entire section devoted to a single game.)

1. 2038 - A science fiction adaptation of the 18xx games. Players try to deliver commodities that are mined from asteroids.
2. 4000 AD - A science fiction strategy game set during an interstellar war.
3. 51st State - A post-apocalyptic card game where players try to start their own country after the fall of the USA.
4. Ad Astra - A space exploration and civilization building game.
5. Android - A dystopian, neo-noir game of conspiracy and murder.
6. Andromeda - Players build mining operations throughout the solar system.
7. Alien Frontiers - Players portray deep space colonists in an alien frontier.
8. Amoeba Wars - A galactic plague of amoeba must be defeated, and the players have to do it.
9. Ascending Empires - Players colonize planets throughout the galaxy using the technologies of four ancient civilizations.
10. AT-43 - A futuristic science fiction combat game with pre-painted miniatures.
11. The Awful Green Things from Outer Space - A comedy science fiction board game from the 1980's.
12. Back to the Future: The Card Game - A Looney Labs game based on the movie series.
13. Battleball - A football themed board game set in the near future with enhanced football players.
14. Battlefleet Gothic - Space battles set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe.
15. Battleship Galaxies - A Hasbro game that's supposed to be an interstellar version of Battleship. Focuses on space combat and includes detailed miniatures and multiple scenarios.
16. Battlestar Galactica - Players take the roles of humans (and Cylons) during the relaunched television show. From Fantasy Flight Games.
17. Battlestations - A space combat board game with some RPG elements.
18. Battletech - A tactical wargame where players take the roles of giant robots.
19. Buck Rogers: Battle for the 25th Century Game - Similar to Axis & Allies, only it's set in the 25th century as imagined in the Buck Rogers mythology.
20. Car Wars - A miniatures game from Steve Jackson Games that simulates vehicular combat.
21. Chrononauts - A card game with a time travel theme, from Looney Labs.
22. Conquest of Planet Earth: The Space Alien Game - An homage to 1950's alien invasion movies, in which the players are humans resisting an alien invasion.
23. Cosmic Encounter - An interstellar space colonization themed board game.
24. The Creature that Ate Sheboygan - An homage to Godzilla movies and other giant monster movies.
25. Doom: The Boardgame - A board game version of the popular video game series, from Fantasy Flight Games.
26. Dune - Based on the Dune novels by Frank Herbert and similar in gameplay to Cosmic Encounter.
27. Dust - A boardgame set in an alternate universe version of Earth. Players try to conquer territory.
28. Earth Reborn - A post-apocalyptic game in which players take the roles of military scientists or occultists who want to control the future of Earth.
29. Federation & Empire - A political strategy game set in the universe of Star Fleet Battles.
30. Federation Commander: Klingon Border - A streamlined version of Star Fleet Battles.
31. Fortress America - Set in the near future, when everyone in the world attacks the United States.
32. Frag - A competitive first-person shooter miniatures game. Captures the flavor of video game first person shooters perfectly.
33. Freedom in the Galaxy - A tactical game in which a small group of rebels try to overthrow a dictatorial galactic empire.
34. Fzzzt! - A robot auction game in which players portray mechanics who are trying to build the best robots.
35. Galactic Emperor - A science fiction empire building game.
36. Galaxy: The Dark Ages - When the game starts, there are eight alien races. At the end of the game, only three races will be left. Players bet on which alien races survive.
37. Galaxy Trucker - Players build spaceships using sewer pipes.
38. GEV - A sequel to Ogre from Steve Jackson Games.
39. Grave Robbers from Outer Space - A card game with a B-movie scifi horror theme.
40. High Frontier - A science fiction economic and manufacturing game, where players manufacture goods in space.
41. Horus Heresy - Recreates a huge battle in the Warhammer 40,000 universe.
42. Imperium - A 2 player board game set in Marc Miller's Traveller universe.
43. Infinite City - A tile laying game where players portray corporations who want to control territory.
44. Invasion from Outer Space: The Martian Game - A science fiction themed version of the horror board game Last Night on Earth.
45. King of Tokyo - Another game inspired by the giant radioactive movies of Japanese movies. This one was designed by Richard Garfield, who's better known as the creator of Magic the Gathering.
46. Light Speed - Spaceships fight with lasers over an asteroid.
47. Mag-Blast - A science fiction card game with art by John Kovalic.
48. Martian Fluxx - Players take on the roles of Martian invaders.
49. Mechwarrior - A boardgame spinoff of the RPG of the same name, which was, in turn, a spinoff of an earlier boardgame, BattleTech.
50. Merchant of Venus - Players are space traders dealing in commodities with various planetary factions.
51. Mission Red Planet - A steampunk game about the colonization of Mars.
52. Monkeys on the Moon - A family strategy game where you try to influence the happiness level of various monkeys.
53. Monopoly: Star Wars - Plays just like regular Monopoly, but the board features properties named after things from the movies, and the playing pieces are based on Star Wars characters.
54. Monsterpocalypse - A collectible miniatures game inspired by Godzilla and other giant monster movie characters.
55. Monsters Menace America - Inspired by Godzilla and other Japanese characters, players take the roles of giant monsters fighting in America.
56. Mutant Chronicles - A collectible miniatures battle game set hundreds of years in the future.
57. Nautilus - An exploration and city building game set under the sea.
58. Necromunda - Players take the roles of gangs fighting in underground tunnels in the future.
59. Neuroshima Hex - Set in the same universe as the Polish RPG, Neuroshima, this is a science fiction strategy game set after the apocalypse.
60. Nexus Opps - A science fiction board game of exploration and combat.
61. Ogre - A Steve Jackson miniatures game focused on tank combat in the near future.
62. The Omega Virus - The players explore a space station looking for weapons and information to help them destroy the Omega Virus.
63. Pandemic - A cooperative board game where players represent members of the Center for Disease Control trying to stop a pandemic from wiping out the planet's population.
64. Perry Rhodan: The Cosmic League - Set in the popular German space opera setting as its name, this game has strong economic elements. The players are interplanetary traders and merchants.
65. Planet Steam - A strategy game with strong economic elements set on a planet named Steam.
66. Race for the Galaxy - A card game similar to the San Juan boardgame, only set in space, and with different rules.
67. The Resistance - A social deduction game similar to Are You a Werewolf?
68. Risk 2210AD - A Risk variant set in the near future with mechanical armies.
69. Risk: Star Wars Original Trilogy Edition  - A Risk variant set in the Star Wars universe during the original trilogy time frame.
70. Risk: Star Wars: The Clone Wars Edition - A variant of Risk set in the Star Wars universe during the Clone Wars.
71. RoboRally - Players portray computers controlling robots as they explore a factory floor.
72. Rocketville - Players try to become the mayor of a retro-sci-fi town called Rocketville.
73. Solarquest - Basically a Monopoly game set in space. Players travel around buying planets instead of properties.
74. Space Alert - A cooperative game where players try to survive together on a spaceship.
75. Space Crusade - Space marines battle aliens.
76. Space Dealer - A real time strategy board game that lasts for 30 minutes. Players try to mine goods and deliver them to each other.
77. Space Empires: 4X - A space empire-building board game with a heavy focus on the four X'es. (Explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate.)
78. Space Hulk - A miniatures game set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. The rules are much streamlined compared to Warhammer 40,000, and the plot is similar to the film Aliens.
79. Starbase Jeff - A pipe laying game where the players are trying to build a starship.
80. Star Fleet Battles - A miniature starship combat game set in the universe of the original Star Trek series.
81. Star Munchkin - A Steve Jackson card game that superimposes a science fiction them onto the original Munchkin card game.
82. Star Trek: Expeditions -  A cooperative board game set in the JJ Abrams' Star Trek universe. Players take the roles of Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and Uhura.
83. Star Wars: Epic Duels - A combat game that features 4 different locations and 31 different miniatures.
84. Star Wars: Episode 1: Clash of the Lightsabers - A 1999 card game from Hasbro that simulates the light saber battle between Qui-gon Jinn and Darth Maul.
85. Star Wars Miniatures - A collectible miniatures combat game similar to the Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures game, which came out at about the same time.
86. Star Wars: The Queen's Gambit - Recreates the four battles featured at the end of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.
87. Star Wars: Star Warriors - A game of starfighter combat set in the Star Wars universe. Uses some of the same mechanics as the Star Wars RPG from West End Games.
88. StarCraft: The Board Game - A board game version of the eponymous video game. From Fantasy Flight Games.
89. Starfarers of Catan - The Settlers of Catan, but in space. It is a different game with different rules, but it has a similar theme to the original game.
90. Starship Catan - The card game version of Starfarers of Catan.
91. Starship Troopers - A board game set in the science fiction universe of Robert Heinlein's eponymous novel.
92. Stellar Conquest - A 1975 science fiction board game from Metagaming and later, Avalon Hill. Players explore, exploit, expand, and exterminate.
93. Stonehenge - This is actually five different games from five different game designers, but they all use the same game components. Stonehenge features games designed by Richard Garfield, Bruno Faidutti, Richard Borg, James Ernest, and Mike Selinker. (The Mike Selinker game is the scifi game.)
94. Sucking Vacuum - A strategy board game set on a space station. Players are astronauts struggling for survival.
95. Terra Prime - A game of space exploration and colonization.
96. Thunder Road - A post-apocalyptic game of vehicular combat, like Wreckage or Car Wars. From Hasbro.
97. Trivial Pursuit: Star Wars Classic Trilogy Collector's Edition - The classic game of Trivial Pursuit, only with questions focused on the original Star Wars movie trilogy.
98. Twilight Imperium - An empire building game set during a time of interstellar conflict.
99. Warhammer 40,000 - A miniatures game of fantasy combat, played out in the far future.
100. Wreckage - A post-apocalyptic game of vehicular combat, in the same vein as Car Wars or Thunder Road.

Did I fail to include your favorite science fiction board game on this list? If so, contact us, and we'll update our listings.