Exode is a space colonisation game in which you take on the role of a captain who has to evacuate ships, crew and cargo from an earth outpost under alien attack (following most of humanity's destruction) and then establish and manage a colony on a new planet. It's exlcusive to the Hive blockchain
The creator, 
You can try out the early alpha evacuation phase of the game on the website, no investment required, just log in with your Hive username, you'll need Keychain installed, it works beautifully!
I was fortunate enough to pick up a legendary card in my first contract drop - nice isn't it!:
Exode game play depends on these transferable (trade-able) cards, which have different characteristics depending on their classification.
The cards can be combined and leveled up to enhance the various different skills, and there are special 'elite' cards which give extra bonuses too!
It can be a bit of a mission to get your head around the different classification types of card, but as I understand it these are the major 'classifications' of card:
- Origins cards - which you need to kick start your evacuation
- Ships - which you need for evacuation, exploring space and maybe further colonisation
- Officer cards and crew cards - which have various different skills and traits, tied to military/ scientific or civilian functions, with some being versatile.
- Equipment cards - which you'll need for colonising planets and can attach to ships/ crew.
NB - that's a very rough overview, many of the details are yet to be released!
I like the look of the cards, I also like the game concept, the Alpha first-phase demo and the roadmap, so I've been happy to invest some of the Steem from my Power Down into the game. Exode is one of the declining number of platforms still accepting Steem payments, so it could be worth a punt if yer looking for a way out with so many of the exchange wallets closed?
The Game Sequence
The game is still in Alpha mode, so there's not too much detail about how game play will work, the only phase which is live ATM is the evacuation part, which you can test out here: ExodeGame.io
- Choose a main character using one the origins cards (the main options are military, scientific and civilian).
- Evacuate from an outlying space station with ships, crew and equipment - this is the fast paced, action part of the game in which you'll be under attack from alien forces - you'll need to use your crew's capabilities to get the ship ready for take-off (refueling it, for example), escort passengers, load cargo and defend against hostiles (who want to kill your passengers and steal your cargo!)
- Settle on a planet - there's not too much detail about how this will work, but every settler gets a unique planet according to the Wiki.
- Manage your colony - which involves exploring land and space, making items (depending on what resources are available) and (I assume) defending from attacks.
Getting started: The Origins card sets
To get started with Exode proper (once it's out of Alpha), you'll need to buy at least one of the origins card sets, of which there are three main types:
(The links above are to some excellent summary posts written by the rather unfortunately named 
Each card set gives you the following, which will form the foundation of your 'evacuation':
- 1 ship
- 3 officers
- 7 crew
- 2 pieces of equipment
When it comes to evacuation, if you choose a military origin, it will be relatively easy to defend yourself and stock your ship with cargo and passengers, but you might be limited on the skills and people you need to get your colony up and running.
If you choose a scientific or civilian option, you'll have better planetary colonisation, management and exploring skills in the next phase, but you might find it tougher to get away.
Your origin will also determine how many of what type of resources you can take with you - the science ship is big on cargo, the civilian ship has more room for passengers.
The type of origin card you pick to start with with will determine the flavour of your colonisation experience - for example the scientist starter will probably be good for finding and cultivating plants, crafting items, especially drugs I imagine, which is going to be a feature of the game!
There are more origins in the pipeline, but these are the three you can buy from the shop, and they come with some other of the card types listed below (different depending on the origin card.
Game features
It's early days yet, so a lot of these are yet to be revealed, but this is a great article summarising their game manifesto written by 
The cards you start the game with during the evacuation phase are yours forever, you can't lose them in the game - so assuming you just want to quit a particular colonisation, you can do so and retain your cards for another attempt (I think there may be some kind of cooldown).
Some cards can be 'dropped' on your colony once established, and dropping them is like burning them, they only apply to that colonisation and will not be retained if that colonisation fails.
I'm not sure how the above is going to pad out... I'm thinking that you might be able to move from one planet to another, setting up a second colony, to reduce the risk of burning lots of cards on one colony on one planet and losing the lot? Not sure, time will tell!
There is also, according to the above article, no possibility that you can just be wiped out by another player, the challenges will come from the game itself - but you will be able to work with other players in some ways.
Exode: Find out More...
- The Exode website
- The Exode wiki
for updates on Hive.
- The two people linked above are also worth a follow on Hive!
Get Involved (and I'll send you a card or two!)
If you want to take a punt on Exode, you can use my referral link, well you don't have to, but that would be very nice of you thankyou very much.
If you use my link to sign up, I'll send you over a card from my Tom Settler drops, as a thank you.
There are some very nice offers on ATM in this early phase of the game, but they won't be around for much longer, you've got until mid June by the looks of things to get in, then the early phase deals get burnt.
The three contracts (which I've bought all of) look especially good value, assuming the game takes off, excuse the pun, which I think it could just well do!
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