"EGO (Extraterrestrial Greeting Organization) is a game from publisher Bitewing Games that remakes the older Reiner Knizia design Beowulf. EGO adjusts the setting drastically as players shift from a comrade to a mighty hero to playing as planetary ambassadors visiting alien civilizations. The shift is also made apparent with new artwork and illustration from Marie Bergeron, which modernizes the remake significantly."
"Players begin with a hand of five cards and a random alliance token from a draw bag. These tokens feature coins or points that can be used for exchanges throughout the game. Cards come in four different suits, with a fifth suit being a wild icon. Cards are the currency that makes it possible to impress the civilizations you visit along the way."
EGO rethemes the Reiner Knizia design Beowulf into a spacefaring setting with new artwork by Marie Bergeron. The game combines push-your-luck and auction-style mechanics in a card-driven system. Five civilization boards form a predetermined path from the Solar System to an Arrival board, with three intermediate boards chosen randomly from a set of options. Players start with five cards and an alliance token drawn from a bag; tokens provide coins or points for exchanges. Cards appear in four suits plus a wild icon and serve as the primary currency to negotiate and impress visited civilizations.
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