Customers say
Customers find the game fun to play, with one describing it as very intense. The presentation receives positive feedback for its good table presentation, with one customer noting its very accurate simulation of feelings. Customers have mixed opinions about the difficulty level, with several wishing the instructions were more detailed.
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A quick rundown of this product’s key features:
2-5 Players
Ages 12 & Up
30-60 Mins Playtime
Apollo Mission Pack Includes- 8 Gemini Flight Stage Cards, 12 Experiment Cards. Gemini Mission Pack Includes- 5 Gemini Flight Stage Cards, 10 Experiment Cards.
Also Includes, Gemini Gameboard, Apollo Gameboard, 4 Crisis Puzzle Boards, Astronaut Control Board, Mission Control Board, Flight Damage Board, 25 Crisis Cards, 23 COMM Tokens, 20 +/- Tokens, 12 Crisis Puzzle Pieces, 12 Dice, 5 Astronaut Markers, 1 Experiment Marker, 3 Alert Clips, 2 Mission Pawns with stands, Comms Down Clip, Player Screen, and Player Turn Token
Our Top Reviews
Reviewer: S. K.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Complex but not impossible
Review: This game is SO much fun! It’s complex to the point that it’s very realistic. My brother (young teenager) is loving it and understands it perfectly. A little time going over the instructions and you’ll be set. I only wish there were expansion packs!
Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Fun for anyone
Review: This game is very intense, as you get closer to landing and the stakes get higher it definitely is a thrill. The rules are a bit hard to learn at first but once you get it, the game is really fun. It’s definitely better with more than 2 people, I played with a group of 4 and it was a blast. You also have to think hard before every move you make, but you have a time limit, so think fast! Definitely recommend this game.
Reviewer: Luke Marshall
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Just like being an astronaut
Review: I’ve always wanted to be an astronaut. But my poor vision and fear of heights made it difficult, if not impossible dream.Enter the Apollo board game!Now I can be an astronaut without all those pesky things like needing able to see, having a firm understanding of science, or even having to leave my living room!The gameplay is easy to learn and combines enough skill and chance that it is entertaining round after round.The pieces are well designed.This is an all around solid game to bring to game night.
Reviewer: Luna
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A very accurate simulation of feelings in board game format
Review: Having studied history and knowing things about Apollo, I find this game absolutely accurate, not in terms of mechanics, but the feelings these mechanics generate.* In the 1960s astronauts had an abstract industrial panel in the cockpit where they had to do abstract things to make the ship to do what it needed to do. Some people complain about the abstract tasks with dice and tokens in this game. Congratulations, now you know what real astronauts must have felt in these missions.* Some people complain about the limitations in communication between Houston and the astronauts in this game. In real life communications were limited. It is not like Houston could fax or send a JPG file with a diagram of what to do. This is covered in the game with limited communication. Another simulationist side of the game.* Some people complain about replayability. It happens that Gemini and Apollo missions had a mission profile. It is not like suddenly they want to fly to Pluto. So yes, replayability is different in the sense that each mission will not be radically different. This is like real life.* Some people complain about timed turns. Planets do not wait for people to do things. Real spaceflights have a fixed schedule and all tasks need to be done within the alotted time. Welcome to real world folks.* Some people complain about damage not being shared by Houston. It happens that damage would happen away from everyone’s sight because Apollo did not have self diagnostics. So authors of the game decided that this hidden information would be managed by Houston player.* Some people complain about the existence of the abstract circuit board puzzles. Real astronauts also had to hack intergrated circuit boards in the ship. So welcome to real history.I could go on and on with the absolutely accurate translation of this simulator of astronaut feelings, because everything you like or dislike, that frustrates or excites you about this game, has a simplified equivalence in this game.Who is this game for? If you want merely fun and entertainment, it may not be for you. But if you are into history and want to feel what real astronauts must have felt, this game is for you. It is more a time machine than commercial entertainment.And talking about replayability, it depends on what you understand as replayability too. For example, a game like Star Wars deckbuilder is about dealing cards, buy cards and attack bases, rinse and repeat. Not very replayable if you ask me. So complains are relative because it depends on what people understand as replayable. I find it very replayable, and ejoyable if you take this game like a role playing game with abstract tasks.People also criticize the manual of this game. You should know that 1960s NASA manuals looked like a notepad TXT file full of cryptic notes, not exactly user friendly. NASA was not good at making manuals for newbies. The good thing is that there is a video that buffalo games promotes that explains how to play. Just visit the URL in the manual.As a historical simulator of astronaut feelings this game is very historically accurate. Those looking for more commercial experiences may not like it 100%. It becomes enjoyable if you want to relive history and play role playing between Houston and astronauts.
Reviewer: Cassiano Bes Kurz
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great game, box a bit banged up
Review: Amazon box was in perfect condition.The game box was teared in one side and looks like the itens were not in the right position, although the seals were OK and without signs of replacement.I have the feeling this game was previously returned, but for 12 bucks I can’t complain much.
Reviewer: Emilee
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Hard to Follow
Review: No matter how many videos we watched to play this game, we still couldn’t follow the instructions. This game is complicated and not great for game night. It takes a long time to figure out exactly how to play, which led us to playing different games instead. If you’re purchasing this for a game night with friends, I would choose something a little less complicated and that takes less time to learn.
Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great game that requires to plan your moves carefully
Review: I won’t recommends this games for beginners although its basic mission is short and you can complete it in less then 1 hour all in all, but every stage requires you to plan a head carefully and focus on the progress of the spaceship and all its systems.It haves a good NASA theme, and you can replay it many times.
Reviewer: Catavelezo
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good game, instructions could be improved
Review: We are falling in love with this game but .. the box was missing the plastic pieces to hold the mission pawns. We also wish the instructions were more detailed. We keep running into questions not addressed in the instructions or online.
Reviewer: Aaron Dati
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Damaged box so badly it ruined some of the contents inside one of the boards very badly
Reviewer: Miguel. Drako
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Excelentes componentes, súper precio. La caja es pesada para un juego de su tamaño y las dinámicas interesantes
Reviewer: Manuel de la Mar
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Apenas lo recibí hoy 27 jul 25Todavía no lo juego…Le di 4 estrellas porque el diseño gráfico del juego pudo haber sido mejor, pero como temática de saber lo que pasaron las misiones para poder ir a la luna, es genial …. Hasta el Sr. Spock se emocionaría …Lo que no me gustó es que es la primera ves que me mandan un juego en bolsa de plastico …Obvio que se maltratan y rompen las cajas tan solo que le pongan encima algo pesado y se dañan, siempre pido varias cosas para que lo envíen juntos y en caja pero está llego sola y por lo tanto se maltrata…
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