6 space board games to channel the political drama of 'For All Mankind' and 'Star City'

' For All Mankind ' was pretty good, wasn't it? Sadly, the show's run has finished now, and while we've got spin-off ' Star City ' picking up the mantle, it's still going to be a while before we get any more space politics drama on our screens.

Luckily, we can find it on our tabletops instead, with these fantastic space board games.

If you haven't seen it, For All Mankind is the story of an alternate history in which the space race between the U.S. and Russia never fizzled out.

Instead, it becomes a multigenerational competition that drives everything from electric vehicle adoption to gender equality.

If, like millions of other Apple TV subscribers, you've been rapt watching 'For All Mankind' and want to bring some of that hot diplomacy and betrayal to your own kitchen table, you're in luck.

Several space-based board games let you get a taste of the space race intrigue without having to connive your way to the top of an actual space agency.

Social deduction games have exploded in recent years with good reason.

Some of the best tabletop games include some level of politicking, as well as the deal-making, deception, and favor trading that entails.

Making social and technological advances often comes at the cost of high levels of international brinkmanship and some very gray ethics.

So, are you ready to kick off the space race once again? Here are 7 space board games that capture the high drama of the era, but without all the devastating foreign policy implications of the real thing.

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Twilight Struggle (Image credit: GMT Games) Developer : Ananda Gupta, Trevor Devries | Release Date : 2005 | Players : 2 | Recommended Age : 13+ Twilight Struggle is a perfect distillation of the tension and national anxiety embodied by the Cold War.

It follows the conflict between the U.S. and Russia across five decades, and its space race track mirrors For All Mankind's geopolitical stakes.

Every satellite you managed to hurl into the atmosphere or astronaut you successfully guide into space represents both a technical and a propaganda victory.