6 of the Best Space Board Games that are both Fun and Educational!

We’ve collected 6 of what we think are the best space board games and reviewed them so you can easily choose from the winners to keep your children happy and learning about space.

Here they are: 6 awesome, fun and educational space board games, reviewed for you!

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What are the best space board games?

Here’s our list of the best space board games for you to choose from:

1. Spaceteam: A Fast-paced, Cooperative, Shouting Card Game
2. Space Base
3. Skillmatics Educational Game
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5. SolarQuest the Space-Age Real Estate Game
6. Greater than Games Exoplanets Board Game

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1) Spaceteam: A Fast-paced, Cooperative, Shouting Card Game

Spaceteam: A Fast-paced, Cooperative, Shouting Card Game. Click the photo to see the price on Amazon.

First on our list of the best space board games is Spaceteam: A Fast-paced, Cooperative, Shouting Card Game! This team-building game encourages cooperative play, because everyone wins or everyone loses. It also works well as an ice-breaker. Players work together to repair their malfunctioning spaceship as they try to escape a looming black hole. There’s a timer to add the pressure as you work through one complication after another.

There is a short video you can watch to learn the rules, or you can read the included instructions. The game is easy to pick up and play, as the rules are short.

There is an expansion pack available if you want extra cards.

This game was adapted from the award-winning indie mobile game Spaceteam that raised almost 200,000 dollars on Kickstarter within 30 days.

Geekdad calls it “5 minutes of frantic fun”, and Forbes says “Spaceteam is gorgeous”. High praise, indeed!

Users love that it’s fun, quick, and can be played with a wide age group. They also love that there are two levels: easy and difficult. A great start to a game night!

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2) Space Base

Space Base. Click the photo to see the price on Amazon.

This space-themed dice game has players building their own chart of rewards. The game contains 205 colorful cards, 45 wooden cubes, 5 player boards, and a rulebook.

2-5 players (space commodores) can play together. Players draft ships into their Space Base to work and patrol the 12 sectors of space that they are responsible for. Players use cargo vessels, mining ships, and carriers (on the cards).

On each turn, any player can harvest rewards from their Space Base, such as an increase in baseline income, credits for their next turn, influence, or something else that can lead them to victory.

The player with the most victory points at the end of the game wins.

Users love that players of all ages enjoy the game, from younger children to adults. They also like that there isn’t a lot of downtime since players can reap rewards no matter whose turn it is, and players can use strategies to get ahead in different ways.

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3) Skillmatics Educational Game: Space Explorers

Skillmatics Educational Game: Space Explorers. Click the photo to see the price on Amazon.

This game is a set of erasable and reusable activity mats with a space theme. It encourages problem solving, creative thinking, social interaction and communication, observation, and concentration.

This kit includes 6 double-sided activity mats, 2 Skilly Billy Dry Erase Markers, 1 Duster cloth and 1 Skilly Billy Achievement Certificate, and easy-to-understand instructions. The box is perfect for storage and traveling, and has additional pictures and ideas.

Children learn about planets, asteroids, comets, gravity, phases of the moon, constellations, astronauts and spaceships. There are 20 repeatable activities, ranging from learning about gravity to tracing constellations to designing your own spaceship.

Users love that their children enjoy the activities as a way to practice before school, and that the mats are erasable for children to share. They also appreciate that the level of activities is challenging enough for children without being too difficult.

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Hearth Song Space Lab Board Game. Click the photo to see the price on Amazon.

This STEM board game is a playful way to teach children about the names and order of the planets in the solar system. Children develop skills in social play, strategy, critical thinking, cooperation and problem-solving skills.

The game includes 1 game board, 4 rocket ship pawns, 24 gem-like planet samples, 1 fuel token and 1 die. Players take their ‘rocket’ around the cosmos while collecting samples from each planet before they run out of fuel, and doing their best to avoid the ‘asteroid belt’. They can organize their data in a simple chart. 1-4 players can play.

Customers like the colorful look of this game and that it’s suitable for younger children who are interested in astronomy and our solar system.

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5) SolarQuest the Space-Age Real Estate Game

SolarQuest the Space-Age Real Estate Game. Click the photo to see the price on Amazon.

This space-themed board game is a twist on Monopoly (but not a Monopoly layout) that takes children on a journey through space. Players pass through the planets, some moons, fuel docks, Federation space stations, and the Sun.

There are cards for planets, moons and fuel docks that list the number of properties in the set (e.g., there are 5 fuel docks in total, but only 1 Earth Moon). The rental value is also listed, according to how many properties in the set a player owns.

Magnets on the board hold the fuel stations in place, and there is a magnetic fuel tank monitor card. There are 2 levels of game play, and 6-8 players can play. The planet Mars is the coveted ‘Boardwalk’ of the solar system. Average game play is 2-3 hours long.

This game was made possible by Kickstarter backers who funded the original SolarQuest project which was the Mission to Mars edition. This edition is similar but has been expanded to allow for 2 additional spaceships and extra money to expand the number of players to 8 rather than 6.

Users love that there is a lot more strategy in this game than other real estate games since you have fuel to worry about, and that players can fire lasers to destroy other players!

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6) Greater than Games Exoplanets Board Game

Greater than Games Exoplanets Board Game. Click the photo to see the price on Amazon.

This board game enables older children to create their own planetary system. Children explore the solar system while using terraforming skills to create planet interdependencies, thereby providing valuable resources. The resources then allow for the creation of new life on the surfaces of these planets, which then can evolve into new species.

Children can also use strategies to explore the depths of space to further influence the planets, making the game either easier or more difficult for their opponents.

The game includes 31 planet tiles, 39 space tiles, 68 effects tokens, 1 star tile, 3 special effects tiles, 16 wooden effects markers, 80 plastic resource markers, 24 wooden life markers, 16 wooden species markers, 4 reference cards, 1 space bag, and 1 rulebook.

The game can be played with 2-4 players, and the average playing time is 45-60 minutes.

Users like that the game is fun and suitable for older children.

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The Best Space Board Games Reviewed – Thanks For Reading!

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