60. Circadians: First Light
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/264052/circadians-first-light
Category: Player vs player
Key mechanics: Resource management, worker placement, point-to-point movement, point salad
Rules complexity (0 to 7): 6
Game length: 90-120 minutes
First played: 2021
Experience: 1 play with 3 players
Previous ranks: N/A
Set in space, Circadians: First Light has you trying ot make contact with an alien race and exploring for minerals or some such stuff. In practice this feels a lot like gathering resources and trading them for more resources and VP - using them to gain favor with aliens, or power your little exploration rover that gathers more resources.
I don't remember a ton about Circadians. It has a ton of different areas where you can choose to do stuff, and it didn't feel super-cohesive. Though that said, I've played many games online with the designer of the game, SJ MacDonald (who also designed Architects of the West Kingdom), so I still encourage everyone to go and check it out!
yet all azuarc of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness