The Primordium Wars is an epic, 4X, science fiction strategy game about mining a distant asteroid field for a rare substance known as Primordium. Players represent the leaders of mining factions that compete for control of the asteroids in order to establish the most profitable mining operations. In the process, they will will wage war against each other and battle an alien species known as the raptezoids and their horrific mother, the Hive Queen, that inhabit the asteroids. At the end of five rounds, the wealthiest player is the winner.
Mechanics:
- Modular board on which the asteroids slowly shift around, subtly or often drastically changing the strategic picture.
- Bidding phase in which players acquire tiles to build on their asteroids or starships such as Mining Facilities, Orbital Turrets, Pulse Cannons, Warp Drives, Sniping Lasers, etc.
- Players are able to link their asteroids together into clusters using Grav-Technology and Space Tethers, greatly increasing their mining production.
- Customizable configurations of players' starships kept hidden from opponents.
- Chance of digging up new raptezoids increases with mining production.
- Diceless, blind, simultaneous combat, allowing players to bluff and draw out an opponent's forces, making them vulnerable elsewhere.