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Pelaajien valinta 2026 · Board Game Award

PuffiNova is a finalist!

PuffiNova is one of the four finalists for Strategy Game of the Year in the Finnish Pelaajien valinta (Players’ Choice) Board Game Award 2026. The winner is announced on 26 October.

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Mission briefing

A peaceful planet. A massive meteor.

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Life was pleasant

PuffiNova is a planet far away in another galaxy. Life there was pleasant and peaceful…
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Then the meteor struck

…until a massive meteor hit. The impact destroyed buildings and threw many of the planet's residents into space.
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Residents adrift

Now they are drifting among the stars, waiting for someone to bring them home.
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Your mission

Launch your spaceships, rescue the residents and rebuild PuffiNova. Earn stars from the cards you play and the diamonds you collect. The most stars wins!

Meet the residents

Every card is a little friend to rescue

Foxes, giraffes, cockatiels, reindeer, goldfish, dragons and many more – all in their space helmets. Hand-painted watercolor illustrations by Jasu Hintsala.

Kunni the giraffe card — **Kunni** the giraffe

Penny the cockatiel card — **Penny** the cockatiel

Aurora, a fluffy fish-tailed creature card — **Aurora**

Candy Store building card — The **Candy Store** – a building

172

These are just a few of them! The PuffiNova base game has 172 characters waiting to be rescued – 187 with the expansion – every one hand-painted by Jasu Hintsala.

Meet all the characters

Hover or tap a resident to say hello.

How to play

One turn, one choice

Players take turns clockwise. On your turn you may make an optional Emergency Landing, then choose one of three main actions:

Launch a spaceship

Place a spaceship on the space board and take the cards in its window positions into your hand.

Rescue or build

Play a card from your hand – a resident to rescue or a building to construct. Pay its cost by discarding other cards that make the right resources.

Call your ships home

Bring all your spaceships back beside your player board, ready to fly again.

Six cosmic resources

Glistening Grass
Cosmic Dust
Melted Steel
Space Seed
Shining Comet
Meteor Mushroom

Four places to rebuild

💎 Diamond Field: Gives you diamonds right away.
🏰 Star Castle: Gives stars at the end of the game.
🌙 Moon Council: Diamonds now and stars later – if you pay the exact cost.
⏳ Galactic City: Buildings and hourglass cards, scored at the end.

When does it end?

Four Diamond Explosion cards are hidden near the bottom of the draw piles. The moment someone draws the third one, the game ends. Count the stars – the most stars wins!

Tip from the rulebook: for your first game or with younger players, use only the Family Decks.

The space board set up with resident cards and two draw piles — The space board, ready for a 2-player rescue.

Choose your game

Six decks – mix your own adventure

Pick as many decks as there are players and shuffle them together. Every game feels different. Tap a deck to flip it.

Open the box

What's inside

The open PuffiNova box with card decks, spaceships, diamonds, boards and score pad

1Main Space Board+ 2 Space Extensions
5Player Boards+ 5 Player Board Extensions
216cardsin 6 decks
4Diamond Explosion cards
20Spaceshipsin 5 colours
65Diamonds
Scorepad+ rulebook

⚠️ Not suitable for children under 3 years – small parts.

See it in action

Video

Up close with PuffiNova

Every corner of the box is covered in Jasu's watercolor art. Want to learn the rules in a few minutes? Watch the rules video by Nopparalli.

▶ Rules video by Nopparalli

Play and learn

Get to know the characters

In PuffiNova you rescue creatures drifting in space and rebuild their planet. On the characters page you get to know them one by one: explore every deck, learn their names and families, and test your memory in mini-games. The better you know the characters, the more fun the board game becomes.

Domestic animalsFamily 2 · 32

Fantasy animalsLightning · 38

Exotic animalsFriend · 38

Play and get to know the characters

Good questions

FAQ

How many players?

2 to 5 players. The board grows with Space Extensions for 3–5 players.

What age is it for?

Ages 8 and up. Not suitable for children under 3 because of small parts.

How long does a game take?

About 20 minutes per player. For a shorter first game, play with only the Family Decks.

Which languages are the rules in?

The box includes rules in Finnish, English and Swedish. There is also a rules video by Nopparalli.

Is it easy to learn?

Yes. Each turn you choose just one of three actions. Start with the Family Decks, then add the Lightning, Friend and Construction decks when you want more strategy.

Where can I buy it?

From the Jasu Wonder World shop – use any “Order” button on this page.

Made in Finland

The people behind PuffiNova

Vilma Vihervaara

Game designer · founder of Tie Games

Vilma is the founder and COO of Tie Games and the designer behind PuffiNova. She has been passionate about board games for many years and is also a regular contributor to Lautapeliopas, the largest board game website of Finland. Her goal is to create games that bring families and friends together around the table and create lasting memories.

Jasu Hintsala

Illustrator

Jasu is the illustrator behind the artwork of PuffiNova. She created all of the game’s illustrations by hand, painting them with real watercolors to bring the world of PuffiNova to life. In addition to her work on board games, Jasu has also written and illustrated a children’s book. You can visit her website.

Juhana Keskinen

Co-designer

Juhana Keskinen is the co-designer of PuffiNova. Together with Vilma, he previously designed Trollius’n Roll. Having tried more than 2,300 different board games, Juhana brings extensive knowledge of modern game design and mechanics to the development of PuffiNova.

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Tie Games

Publisher · Espoo, Finland

tiegames.fi

News & awards

PuffiNova in the news

🏆 Award finalist 12 October 2026