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After intergalactic travel was found, 10 Corporations bought up everything that existed. These 10, the most powerful forces in the universe, became bored. They decided to do what anyone would do, discover and terraform planets and compete them in the Intergalactic Planet Show!

The Intergalactic Planet Show is a colourful sci-fantastic megagame where you take up the role of an alien in one of these corporations. Craft planets, explore the intergalactic universe and try to win awards like 'The best planet to be stranded on'.

IPS is crunchy and rules driven, with improv and creative thinking on top. You and your team will build a tableau of cards, use the card powers together to get resources and fuse cards together into new and Wondrous cards. The game will be big and full of energy, and trusts you as players to gather some of their resources, and discuss and prepare for each round.

If you like finding combinations of rules to pull off neat effects, improvising and creatively combining card themes to form new things, or negotiating and making deals you'll find that in IPS.

Each corporation is comrpised of a team of 5 players, taking up key roles in the organisation. Different roles focus on mechanical, social and strategic parts of the game, but each provides a blend of all three. 

Each team has a sphere of gameplay that they have a unique affinity to. That's right! 10 Spheres of gameplay. You won't need to learn more than 2, but it always helps to know what your team members need. That means across your 5 member team, different roles will interact with different parts of the game, some are more mechanical, creative or social, but all of them interact with the base mechanics of planet and card use.

Tickets for IPS are sold as a team cast. This means when you buy tickets you are only deciding who you will be on a team with, then you will recieve a form to find which corporation will be the be the best fit for you, and your teammates.

In deep space, pirates roam searching for lost treasure amongst the stars. The Planck Walkers claim they are not responsible for all the shuttles that come under siege amongst the stars. 

But if you do come under attack, at least when you are made to walk the planck, you won't have to walk too far.

"The universe is going to end! Invest now!" Is a common cry outside any branch of Darkstone Inc. The Doomsday Bankers somehow excellently balance planning for the end of the world and investing in long term finanical gains.

The royal family of Lanceria quickly realised their power and influence was waining. The reformed into The Star Lancers and are desparate to keep the positive press and opulence they once had.

They explore the cosmos trying to find the best place to host a gala, hidden gems (literally) to reforge their Crown Jewels, and the former location of their seat of power.

DAD co. is the informal leader of the other 9 Corporations. Early on they captured awe for developing the Intergalactic Planet Show. They make the rules and set the regulations.

What happens behind the scenes to keep the show running has never quite seen the light of day, and like the Black Holes the members of DAD co. are made from, any inquiry to what happens vanishes.

The assembly lines, mines and data entry roles across the universe are almost universally occupied by members of PYT. These living crystals, formed out of condensed stardust, excell at getting things done.

One day the planet Frondotia awakened. It sent its spindly conciousness into the plants, minerals and creatures inhabiting it. These aspects of the living planet tour the cosmos hoping for one thing: To turn Frondotia into the tourist hotspot of the universe, and maybe, to have Frondotia win the Intergalactic Planet Show

The second-last aliens to be found in the cosmos inhabited a small planet made entirely of water. It seemed that the inhabitants of the planet were too preocupied to bother with intergalactic travel. They were preoccupied with making movies! 

A unqiue biological quirk meant each octopus was born as a fully functioning film crew. Lights, Cameras, Microphones, and a film slate for good measure.

The stream-ing service Aquacolour+ flooeded the universe.

The universities got fed up with delays in getting papers published. They took on one big experiment. Fusing all of their minds together, just so Peer Review would go faster.

The new hivemind lead to tremendous technological progress, but, no matter how advanced they get, they still love a good experiment.

Slimes are not known for their order or structure. So it made sense that the slime-founded corporation focused on a chill, easy going, Feels Good TM philosophy.

No-ones in charge, no-ones more senior than anyone else. (And it helps that there is no one to take responsibility for the biggest planet-wide mines in the universe)

The Intergalactic Planet Show would't be successful without someone to watch it.  All the programming needs the Hungry Masses to watch and enjoy. So they got together and made a corporation too! 

Journalists, Tourists, Reviewers and the biggest fans of the planet show there are, all working together to make drama and entertain themselves.