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Newest Version (1.08) Available on MacOSApr 18, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsShould be compatible with Apple Silicon! Let me know how it works, I don't have a Mac to test with.1.08a Hotfix PatchFeb 11, 2022 - Community Announcements-Fixed bug with move undo not refunding hydrogen if you select another unit first -Fixed bug with center cell not alerting for no hydrogen when selecting a unit therePatch 1.08 is Live on WindowsFeb 8, 2022 - Community Announcements-Fixed bug with Wormhole not allowing a free 2 space move (StarBase, Propulsion Gel) with 0 hydrogen -Wormhole now costs 6 hydrogen -Added ability to undo card right-click discards until you make another game action -Fixed typo in Nova Gate flavor text -Added ability to undo non-exploring moves -Added ability to keep playing after game is finished (to see what kind of score you can get) -Maximum XP requirement for level up reduced from 1000 -> 750Patch 1.07 "Secrets of the Galaxy" is Live on SteamAug 27, 2019 - Community AnnouncementsPatch notes are here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/655480/discussions/0/2763442118825031511/ This is probably the biggest update I've ever done to any BrainGoodGame :O Highlights include flavor text for every card, a ton of bug fixes and some card balance/redesign updates! Enjoy, and thanks for playing Solar Settlers! (To get info on when we release new BrainGoodGames and large updates for old ones, sign up for the mailing list here: https://braingoodgames.com/email.html)Militia 2 is Live on Steam!Aug 11, 2019 - Community AnnouncementsMilitia is back with more bite-sized strategy that evolves to match your skill! Beat back hordes of ruffians that challenge you in Beam and Push World! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1070510/Militia_2/ -All of the original Militia are back, plus two new worlds of Militia and enemies. -In Push World, you'll cleverly reposition allies and enemies and dunk them into the water with a satisfying splash. -Beam World has players reflecting magical beams with various interesting effects to help and hinder friend and foe alike. -Weekly challenge mode with leaderboards. -Many more units have 'refresh' abilities, but you are limited to one per turn -New, more combo-riffic Militia recapture abilitySolar Settlers Patch 1.06 – “Expert Exploration” is LiveAug 30, 2018 - Community Announcementshttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/29476418/5faa1d3958ddb65946d2939ad9ef30a5f7aff5da.png Patch highlights include a new Expert Mode for faster, more difficult games (it unlocks at XP level 10), a bunch of new goal cards for the races, a new base set card to unlock and a ton of bug-fixes and quality of life improvements. You can read the full patch notes here: http://blog.braingoodgames.com/2018/08/30/solar-settlers-patch-1-06-expert-exploration-is-live-on-steam/Rolling in the Reef is Live on Steam! 15% off!Jul 13, 2018 - Community AnnouncementsFeeling lucky on Friday the 13th? Time to roll some dice baby. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/29476418/1a2efc54c9d7837af4edf4e1be712b1e4e7d0dc3.png Grab Rolling in the Reef on Steam here! (At a 15% discount this week!) https://store.steampowered.com/app/884960/Rolling_in_the_Reef/ You’d think making these would get easier, but I think this was the most difficult project I’ve ever made! Super happy with how it turned out, hope you enjoy Rolling in the Reef! (P.S I haven't forgotten about Hardcore Mode...Stay tuned!)Solar Settlers is my new favorite game to kill an hour withMay 8, 2018 - PC GamerIt’s always nice to find an overlooked gem, especially in the niche genre of digital board games, and Solar Settlers is my latest pleasant discovery. A singleplayer game clearly inspired by contemporary economics-driven strategy board games, Solar Settlers is driven by all about doing as much as you can in a single turn. It's about getting as much from your moves and your cards as is possible. That said, it's not quite like anything popular in either the digital or analog spaces right now. With your species’ previous home no longer viable, you’re in charge of settling them on a plethora of new worlds in a new planetary system. Released in 2017, it's not a beautiful game, with graphics that could be described as spartan at best. Despite that shortcoming I’ve been coming back to Solar Settlers over and over since my first play. It has strong mechanical bones and it’s easy to get lost in the experience of optimizing the hand you’re dealt to overcome the challenges of space exploration and colonization. Solar Settlers is played on a grid of random cards, most of which start the game unexplored and invisible. Each turn, you move your colonists around the board, exploring new tiles, exploiting discovered planets for resources and more colonists, or settling down permanently on a discovered colony space. Moving requires you to spend Hydrogen Fuel, one of your resources, and any unsettled colonists use Oxygen at the end of the round. Settle too many colonists and you don't have a work force to get new resources or explore, settle too few and you spend all your time just keeping them breathing. The final resource, Metals, is spent to play cards from your hand. Cards improve the existing board, replacing or altering the planets you’ve found. You can lay down a fuel station on a gas giant to produce fuel with no action required, turn a jungle world into a military enclave for mutant soldiers, or establish bubble colonies for permanent settlers on an ocean planet. All the while you’re working against the clock. You have a set number of rounds, based on difficulty, to settle a certain number of colonists—nothing else really matters to your score other than the speed at which you can find people permanent homes. It’s much like worker movement and 4X board games such as Archipelago or Eclipse where you use economics to come at your win condition problem obliquely. Establishing a functional income of resources and new colonists isn’t how you win. You win by settling colonists, which means you lose them as workers. You win by dismantling the economy you worked so hard to build. Solar Settlers’ truest strength is that it’s a singleplayer game. There’s no opponent but your past performance. As you play, your rank goes up, feeding into a sliding difficulty scale based on your past performance. As you rank up you unlock new cards, scenarios, and ...Patch 1.05 "The Void" is Here!Dec 4, 2017 - Community Announcementshttp://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/29476418/264882e79ba9a41e0793a8b43c5173e231702cb4.png -Added new race: The Void The unfeeling Void are a race of hyperintelligent computers. They excel at destruction. -Added new Race: The Void -Added new card: Matter Collector -Added new card: Schematic Database -Added new card: Sensitive Server Farm And much more! Full Patch Notes here: http://steamcommunity.com/app/655480/discussions/0/1488866813759965927/ To celebrate, Solar Settlers is 20% off all week :). Thanks for your continued support!Patch 1.05 "The Void" is Here!Dec 4, 2017 - Community Announcementshttp://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/29476418/264882e79ba9a41e0793a8b43c5173e231702cb4.png -Added new race: The Void The unfeeling Void are a race of hyperintelligent computers. They excel at destruction. -Added new Race: The Void -Added new card: Matter Collector -Added new card: Schematic Database -Added new card: Sensitive Server Farm And much more! Full Patch Notes here: http://steamcommunity.com/app/655480/discussions/0/1488866813759965927/ To celebrate, Solar Settlers is 20% off all week :). Thanks for your continued support!Patch 1.04 "The Therlunai" is Here!Sep 25, 2017 - Community Announcementshttp://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/29476418/9c2996e70485d1dfd84260d9f79f55245379acd4.png -Added new race: The Therlunai The nomadic, Lynx-like Therlunai rely on opportunistically harvesting scraps to survive. -Added new Deep Space card: Shifting Vista -Added new Player card: Star Cantina -Added new Player card: Arboretum -Added new Player card: Strip Mine -Added new Player card: Habitat Factory And much more! Full Patch Notes here: http://steamcommunity.com/app/655480/discussions/0/1495615865216926006/ To celebrate, Solar Settlers is 15% off all week :). Have a great week everybody!Patch 1.04 "The Therlunai" is Here!Sep 25, 2017 - Community Announcementshttp://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/29476418/9c2996e70485d1dfd84260d9f79f55245379acd4.png -Added new race: The Therlunai The nomadic, Lynx-like Therlunai rely on opportunistically harvesting scraps to survive. -Added new Deep Space card: Shifting Vista -Added new Player card: Star Cantina -Added new Player card: Arboretum -Added new Player card: Strip Mine -Added new Player card: Habitat Factory And much more! Full Patch Notes here: http://steamcommunity.com/app/655480/discussions/0/1495615865216926006/ To celebrate, Solar Settlers is 15% off all week :). Have a great week everybody!Patch 1.02 is LIVEJul 29, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsNew leaderboards, quality of life features, bugfixes, balance changes and a new card! Full Patch notes here: http://steamcommunity.com/app/655480/discussions/0/1470840994965355573/ Good luck in the new Weekly Challenge!Patch 1.02 is LIVEJul 29, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsNew leaderboards, quality of life features, bugfixes, balance changes and a new card! Full Patch notes here: http://steamcommunity.com/app/655480/discussions/0/1470840994965355573/ Good luck in the new Weekly Challenge!Cloud Saves Activated!Jul 26, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsIt's actually quite possible these have been working for a few days. They're definitely working now, and the Store Page has a fancy cloud icon, so that's cool!Cloud Saves Activated!Jul 26, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsIt's actually quite possible these have been working for a few days. They're definitely working now, and the Store Page has a fancy cloud icon, so that's cool!1.01b is Live on Beta!Jul 24, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsPatch Notes are here: http://steamcommunity.com/app/655480/discussions/0/2132869574273268278/ New cards, unlock/XP changes, bugfixes and more!1.01b is Live on Beta!Jul 24, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsPatch Notes are here: http://steamcommunity.com/app/655480/discussions/0/2132869574273268278/ New cards, unlock/XP changes, bugfixes and more!Solar Settlers Stream Launch Event Award Winners!Jul 22, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsTop Weekly Challenge Score: Vivafringe ( https://www.twitch.tv/vivafringe ) Best Stream Commentary: ponycarnival ( https://www.youtube.com/user/ponycarnival/live ) Best Card Design: Bayushi/Byron (http://www.tinyurl.com/refugeguide) (copy paste this) Warrior's Spirit Award: Allan ( https://www.twitch.tv/dyzanthia ) Thanks for playing everybody, that was a ton of fun!Solar Settlers Stream Launch Event Award Winners!Jul 22, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsTop Weekly Challenge Score: Vivafringe ( https://www.twitch.tv/vivafringe ) Best Stream Commentary: ponycarnival ( https://www.youtube.com/user/ponycarnival/live ) Best Card Design: Bayushi/Byron (http://www.tinyurl.com/refugeguide) (copy paste this) Warrior's Spirit Award: Allan ( https://www.twitch.tv/dyzanthia ) Thanks for playing everybody, that was a ton of fun!

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