How do you even pronounce the title anyways?

By erikwm, in Ad Astra

And what the HECK is this game about?

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It's Latin, by the way. It means "to the stars" (there's another thread down there that goes into more detail.)

In terms of what it's about, it's about 5 different subspecies of humanity who have evolved differently in various environments travelling out to the stars in search of resources and (presumably) financial gain. It plays a lot like Settlers of Catan in some ways, I would advise you to give it a spin. It's a nice, non-hostile space-themed board game.

its funny that you would ask people how to pronounce it in a written forum :b

Got a pretty decent rating on BGG, I may have to look into this one more...