The Space War is a fast-paced strategic 2 player card game with both players playing with the same cards. Each player represents a selected commander with the goal to destroy the opponents space station while defending their own. Develop your station to draw more cards, receive more actions points or increase your hand size. Use spaceships, missiles and strategy to win the war. The cards in your hand can always be played and most of the time each card can be played in several ways. If your station gets damage you have to flip that many station cards. If you have no station cards left to flip you lose the game. This game is more about how you play your cards instead of which cards you have. —description from the designer