Xenotide

Strange aliens swarm across the galaxy, destroying everything in their path. Piloting a prototype spaceship, you must seek out the alien command ship and take it down to halt the alien advance. Xenotide is a 1-2 player deck building game, inspired by the shoot 'em up video games of the 90s. Blast your way through three levels of alien waves. For each kill you add an upgrade on TOP of your deck. You must balance your deck between weapons, engines, and tech systems to survive. There is no deck shuffling so you can manipulate your deck to unleash devastating combos to defeat the end game boss and win. GAMEPLAY OVERVIEW The game is played over two levels (or three with the expansion). During each level you will face multiple waves of alien ships before confronting the end game boss. Defeat the boss to win the game. Enemies spawn in the top row of a 4 x 3 grid. They move down the grid towards your ship before either flying off the bottom, or being destroyed by your attacks. You must move your ship to avoid enemy fire whilst trying to defeat as many of them as possible. For each level of the game, there is a deck of upgrade cards for your ship. When you defeat a wave of aliens, you gain a new card of the current level. Use card actions to attack, move, defend, and draw & play extra cards. Decide what to play, hold, and discard to set up powerful combos. —description from the designer