Alien Artifacts is a 4X-style card game where you play as an interplanetary faction, sending your research vessels into uncharted space to expand your knowledge and power. Construct powerful ships, develop new technologies, and explore distant planets for anything — or anyone — you can exploit.

Alien Artifacts is built on a Resource engine - each turn you will have 3 Resource cards in your hand and you will choose how best to spend them. Every resource card has two different resource types for you to use. You may only use one side and only two cards per turn! Using these resources, you will build Ships, develop Technology, find Planets, or Trade for currency!

New Ships let you attack the aliens and gain their valuable artifacts which provide huge bonuses.

With every new Technology card in your Empire, you will have access to more actions, bonuses, and scoring opportunities.

Every Planet you explore provides valuable resources for future actions.

There are two sides to each of these cards, and as you build them you will choose:

Logistics - play cards on this side to gain ongoing bonuses that make your Empire stronger and help you build faster.

Operational - play this side to gain a new way to obtain victory points (and yes, you will be able to activate your operations more than once, if you play well).

Manage your Resources, build the right cards, make wise decisions. Win!

Alien Artifacts gives a true 4X experience in under an hour. With over two hundred cards, Alien Artifacts gives players many scoring strategies and great replay-ability.