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Is Xeno Invasion compatible with the base game and other expansions?

The designer (Tom Lehmann) answered this directly on BoardGameGeek.

  • Tom Lehmann · Designer · 2015-05-19
  • Tom Lehmann · Designer · 2016-01-25
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  • Tom Lehmann · Designer · 2026-05-06
  • ackmondual · Community · 2023-01-15

It plays with the base game, but the designer says it was not designed to combine with the other expansion arcs (mixing dilutes the high-value Xeno worlds and clashes with their rules). Xeno Invasion and Xeno Counterstrike are meant to be played together as the third arc.

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