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Save the World (or Die Trying): ‘Under Falling Skies’

GeekDad
13 min readMar 17, 2021

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The sky is falling! An alien mothership is descending on the city, sending waves of fighter ships. Can you defend the city from your underground bunker long enough for your researchers to find the mothership’s weakness?

What Is Under Falling Skies?

Under Falling Skies is an alien invasion game for 1 player, ages 12 and up, and takes about 20–40 minutes to play. It was released in October 2020, and the first printing sold out quickly; the reprint should be arriving in stores this month, with a retail price of $29.95. Under Falling Skies was originally released as a free print-and-play (which you can still download), and the retail edition adds more content and artwork. While it is a solo game, it’s the sort of game that you could easily play together with younger kids, just discussing what moves to make. The alien invasion theme (and artwork) does include explosions and an alien autopsy scene, but nothing especially graphic, so it may be okay for kids younger than 12 as well.

Under Falling Skies was designed by Tomáš Uhlíř and published by Czech Games Edition, with illustrations by Kwanchai Moriya and Petr Boháček.

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