Lost Legacy: The Starship

Sixteen cards, one lost artifact and a ten-minute deduction hunt across a starship.

Designers: Seiji Kanai, Hayato Kisaragi
Published by: Alderac Entertainment Group
Editions by: Hobby World, MINDOK, Bard Centrum Gier

Lost Legacy: The Starship is a ten-minute game of risk, deduction and luck for two to four. The deck is just sixteen cards, and you each begin with one in hand. On your turn you draw, then pick one of your two cards to play, resolve its effect and discard it. When the deck runs out, the investigation begins: each of you guesses which player holds the Lost Legacy card, yourself included, or whether it is in the Ruins, a pile that quietly collects cards as the game goes on. Guess correctly and you win. It is a tiny space-mystery deduction game, small enough to play in a coffee break, with each card chipping away at what you know.

Only sixteen cards in the deckEach card is a small clue or trickFinal guess decides who finds the legacy

Who it's for

You want a very short deduction card game for a break or as a stack of quick rounds, with a sci-fi twist.

Not for you if…

You want something deep or lots of strategy. It is tiny, and luck and bluff do plenty of the work.

Vibe's take

Snappy and sneaky. Each card tells you a little, and the last guess carries real tension for such a tiny game.