Out of this world is a wargame where 6 different races battle it out on an uncharted planet to gather the necessary resources to be able to get back home. The board is realm based and not squared. At the start of their turn, players place action cards hidden from their adversaries. Each action is then shown simultaneously. Actions range from: Invading, Scouting, Gathering (resources), Portal (to open a new entry point on the board), Learning (magic cards) Combat are diceless, where tactics rely on unit placement and spell cards used by mages. Tactic cards can be used for combat where each different unit in your army gets a kill on the other army. Combats are ruthless and can sometime have no winners.