E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial: Light Years From Home Game is a co-operative game in which you play as Elliot, Gertie, Mike, or Greg as they try to find parts for E.T. to create a communication device to contact his home planet. You race around the neighborhood using ramps and shortcuts to avoid federal agents bent on capturing E.T. To win, you must find all the parts of the device and get E.T. to the clearing when the mothership arrives to pick him up.
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BoardGameGeek Description:
Share E.T.'s unique adventures. Play with cards that show some of his adventures on earth: hiding among Elliott's stuffed animals, healing Elliott's cut finger, building the transmitter to phone home, and saying goodbye to Elliott. Try to collect each card, but watch out for the danger card, you'll have to fly away from the danger with a fly card. Be the first to collect each of the adventure cards, and you're the winner.
Deck consists of 35 playing cards and 1 rules card.