ISS Vanguard The Lost Fleet

What is ISS Vanguard: The Lost Fleet?

ISS Vanguard: The Lost Fleet is the Stretch Goals Expansion for the cooperative science fiction game ISS VanguardThe box contains a completely new campaign named The Lost Fleet, plus a package of new scenarios, characters, threats, and components, with which the recognizability and variation of ISS Vanguard be significantly expanded. You play again as the crew of the ISS Vanguard, but now with an extra story layer, extra variety, and extra “volution” within the same spaceship world.

How does a game proceed?

A gaming session with ISS Vanguard: The Lost Fleet follows the same ship and landing phase structure as the base game ISS Vanguard, but with additional campaign scenarios and Stretch Goals elements. During the ship phase, you make decisions regarding route, equipment, and priorities, and during the landing phase, you land on planets to gather information, survivors, and new technology. The expansion adds a new narrative campaign, new characters, new threats, new skills and abilities, and expands the possibilities with additional projects, landers, modules, and an upgrade system for the Ship Book.

Is it difficult to learn?

The Lost Fleet is a Stretch Goals expansion that you play together with the base game ISS VanguardThose familiar with the base campaign will experience the new material as a logical expansion, with extra scenarios and choices but without an entirely new system. The playtime remains comparable to the base game, around 90 to 120 minutes per session, and the expansion extends the total duration of the campaign by extra hours of gameplay. The material is in English, with extensive use of text in the Logbooks, Scenario Books, and campaign instructions.

Who is ISS Vanguard: The Lost Fleet suitable?

This Stretch Goals expansion suits players who ISS Vanguard have already played and want even more narrative depth, suspense, and replayability. It is ideal for 1 to 5 players who enjoy cooperative, thematic science fiction campaigns, decisions with consequences, and a strong, story-rich experience. Those who enjoy extra scenarios, new characters, and new mechanics will feel right at home here.

Why this expansion is worth it

The power of ISS Vanguard: The Lost Fleet lies in the combination of narrative variation and extra components. The new campaign The Lost Fleet adds new stories, and the Stretch Goals scenarios (such as Lone Wolf, Tartarus, Cryptobiosis, The Pilgrimage, and Deeper Horizon) provide more variety and excitement. New alien dice, skills, abilities, technologies, projects, landers, and modules expand the gameplay experience, while the Modular Turrets module and the 3D 1st-player marker increase component quality. Furthermore, the secret envelope unlocks even more hidden content within the campaign.

Comparison with other games

Who enjoys the cooperative, narrative science fiction experience of ISS Vanguard will appreciate the Stretch Goals expansion as a logical addition. The focus on campaign decisions and story-based scenarios aligns well with games such as The Troubled Floors en Freedom. For lovers of thematic and story-rich games, is Arkham Horror: The Card Game a similar experience, albeit in a different form.

Ready to see how Snowflake works?

Are you ready to send the ISS Vanguard even further into space with extra stories and components? ISS Vanguard: The Lost Fleet gives you an extensive Stretch Goals expansion that increases the familiarity and variety of the base game. With new scenarios, characters, threats, and features, you ensure that your space adventure is always another layer more interesting and exciting. Order this expansion at Boardgameshop.nl and board the ISS Vanguard for your next mission in the depths of the universe.