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The signal was already breaking up. UFOs over Europe, Africa, and… The early warning system went offline. Despite the limited intel, there was no time to lose. The Commander deployed the Interceptors, praying they were headed where they were needed most. There was another alert. The systems revealed an invasion force headed for the base, and then… nothing. The signal was dead. The satellite network was down. XCOM would have to fight blind…
As their transport rumbled into position, the soldiers locked their armor into place and fired up their battle scanners. One last check of their plasma rifles, and they would rush out the door, into the beating heart of the alien invasion. They knew they wouldn’t all make it back, but if they failed, billions more might die. The whole human race might perish. Live or die, there was no turning back... the alien invasion has already begun.
Based on the acclaimed video games, XCOM: The Board Game pits one to four players against an unknown alien menace controlled by a free digital companion app.
After early encounters with the alien invaders have served only to prove that the world’s militaries are hopelessly outgunned, a secret international coalition has activated the XCOM project. This is where you come in.
As the department heads of XCOM, you and your friends must succeed where the world’s militaries have failed. It is your job to destroy incoming UFOs, research the alien technology that you recover, uncover the alien invasion plan, and find some way to turn back the alien invaders.
You must do this all while preventing the collapse of the governments that secretly fund your organization, and you must do it quickly. You do not have the luxury of time.
Should you fail, humanity is doomed!
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