We at Ion Game Design proudly presents Fritz Bronner’s LIFTOFF! 2.0 The Epic Space Race Game through our P3 Publishing Service partnership. This new version is a modern reimagining of the classic space-race board game and the computer game Buzz Aldrin’s Race into Space. Built on years of historical research and design refinement, LIFTOFF! 2.0 captures the tension, innovation, and daring of humanity’s first journey beyond Earth.

Starting in 1956, play as Director of the US or Soviet space programs, or expand the player count to include two fictional factions, Europe and China. Compete to achieve space mile-stones for prestige points and additional funding for your “firsts” in space. Recruit and train astronauts, research and develop your purchased hardware to improve reliability, create a technological strategy to reach the moon.

This new edition expands and modernizes the acclaimed original with:

• Additional historical and proposed technologies
• More scenarios and over “25+” strategic paths
• Expanded Failure Modes and astronaut training & skills for flight assignments
• Richly detailed artwork from noted illustrators Ken Hodges and Giuseppe De Chiara
• Refined gameplay for both solo and multiplayer experiences

Game Details

Players: 1–4 (solo mode and AI opponents included)

• Complexity: Medium

• Play time: 1-5+ hours

• Setting: From Earth to the Moon and beyond

• A crises, resource technology management, open mission design architecture simulation.

• You run an entire space program and realistic space missions with potential gripping failures or euphoric exhilaration! 

An ideal prequel companion to High Frontier 4X!

Coming soon on KickStarter in March 2026!
For general release in the Fall of 2026!

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