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MLEM: Space Agency is a family push-your-luck board game where players step into the shoes of fearless cat captains embarking on cosmic expeditions. Send your cats throughout the solar system to occupy planets and moons, balancing the risk of pushing your luck too far with the rewards of deep space exploration.

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The Verdict

based on 19 reviews

Positive 0%
Mixed 0%
Charming cat-astronaut theme and production quality
Easy to teach and learn
Generates fun social banter and tension
Replayable with scalable optional modules
Can run long or feel slow
Heavily luck/dice-dependent with light strategy
Compared unfavorably to Celestia by some
Weaker experience at low player counts
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Rahdo Runs Through, Rahdo Runs ThroughVideo

“Overall, uh, it's a winner. I, I think it's a, a family weight game, but with the advanced variants, uh, veteran gamers will appreciate it as well. If you like push your luck, definitely give this one a shot.”(6:37)

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Grant Lyon, Grant LyonArticleTop List – #6

“When I'm talking about fun malm is just fun to me it is a silly good time every time I play it you are pushing your luck rolling Dice and moving up this sort of galaxy playm mat”

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Bangers Project, Bangers ProjectVideo

“This is just such a beautiful game, a light game. I love it more than anything in this world. I think this is just outstanding.”(16:28)

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Board Game Animal, Board Game AnimalVideo

“Mm's a delightful time for all player counts that keeps all constantly involved in a game filled with chancy dice chucking and tense decisions”(3:55)

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Tabletop Mom, tabletopmomArticle

“Overall, this is a fantastic package at a reasonable price point, and I would recommend it to anybody who enjoys press-your-luck-style games.”

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GamesReviews.com, www.webdevo.ieArticle

“But MLEM is a very basic, but VERY good experience that is easy to teach and easy to play.”

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Zatu GamesArticle

“This is a lot of fun, albeit 8+ seems a little off – there's quite a lot to process, especially in the rulebook, and 9/10+ seems a bit more accurate.”

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Space-Biff!, Dan ThurotArticle

“While it isn't my favorite of Knizia's designs by a long shot, it produces such a lovely time, with such gleeful highs and sputtering, easily forgotten lows, that I can't help but enjoy myself.”

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NerdlyArticle

“MLEM probably isn't going to be invested into the modern board game hall of fame, but it is a fantastic family weight game that evokes a reaction with every single round of play.”

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Don't Be Board, Don't Be BoardVideo

“So overall I've rather enjoyed [MLEM] Space Agency. It's a push your luck game with some very nice production. I don't necessarily think that the cat theming was necessary, but it's at least been done well.”(14:13)

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The Opinionated Gamers, View all posts by Dale Yu →Article

“I liked the game a lot. I thought the design was well done and it was a lot of fun – most of the fun comes from the ribbing and cajoling that goes along with push-your-luck type games.”

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Board Gaming Ramblings, Board Gaming RamblingsVideo

“It really simple to introduce to new people, and it's so fast to play, fast to teach. Everybody has fun. It's fun when the ship crashes and burns. It's also fun when you get to that planet that you really want to get to, and it's overall just, yeah, a good time.”(18:15)

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