Skymines
Skymines explained: invest in lunar corporations, spread outposts, manage cards, support scientists, manipulate company value and use asymmetric abilities.
Compete as investors in lunar mining companies, using card management and map expansion to raise corporate values while keeping the best portfolio.
Why We Love It
Company growth and personal investment are deliberately separate: helping a corporation only pays if your ownership position benefits from the increased value.
About Skymines
Skymines is a heavy strategy game published by Deep Print Games / Pegasus Spiele and designed by Alexander Pfister; Viktor Kobilke. Its core systems include Hand Management, Area Expansion and Investment, creating a mix of tactical timing and longer-term planning.
This guide focuses on the edition and rules scope identified in the source notes below, with factual rules separated from editorial decision analysis.
Game at a Glance
Hand Management
Sequence cards carefully and preserve the right options for future turns.
Area Expansion
Use this system efficiently and connect it to your broader scoring plan.
Investment
Use this system efficiently and connect it to your broader scoring plan.
Research
Use this system efficiently and connect it to your broader scoring plan.
Who Skymines suits
Skymines suits players who enjoy Hand Management and Area Expansion, with room to build a plan while reacting to shared incentives. Its heavy weight makes it a better fit for groups comfortable tracking several connected systems.
Rules overview
Players plan cards, expand company outposts from base stations, gather resources, invest in corporations and support scientists. Company values change as their lunar presence grows, while the double-sided board and included modules alter strategic priorities.
Key decisions
Editorial analysis: Corporate growth is useful only when ownership and timing align. Avoid spending actions to enrich a company that mainly rewards an opponent.
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Sources and edition notes
Facts checked September 17, 2026. Campaign and included modules are part of the base package.