Renegade Game Studios will premiere the new exploration and colonization game Kepler-3042 at International Spieltage 2017 in Essen, Germany this fall, followed by a Q4 release.

Designed by Simone Cerruti Sola, was published in 2016 by Italian publisher Placentia Games and Post Scriptum Game Studio. The new Renegade edition will feature new art by Kwanchai Moriya (Flip Ships). The game involves a peaceful, multi-nation space race to colonize new planets for humanity. Using resource management and grid movement, players explore, colonize, exploit, and terraform the planets, developing vital technologies as they progress.  The player (nation) with the most victory points at the end of the game wins.

The box contains: 36 celestial body tiles, 24 medal tokens (12 colonial medals, 12 technology medals), 1 round marker, 1 first-player marker, 1 score pad, 1 science supplement, 1 galaxy board, 17 objective cards (10 standard objectives, 7 advanced objectives), 18 progress cards, 28 planet cards, 4 technology boards, 4 planet summary charts, 4 Earth cards, 4 reference cards (double-sided), 4 action boards, 68 resource cubes (28 energy (orange), 28 matter (white), 12 antimatter (black)), 48 nation markers 4 action cubes, 12 starships, and a rulebook. The game is for 1 – 4 players, ages 14 and up, and plays in 60 – 90 minutes. MSRP is $65.00.