Simple and cheap game for Cosmonautics Day

Hello!

Yesterday we delivered a new interesting desktop about building rockets. This time it is small, cheap and quite simple, unlike the usual hardcore about space. Personally, with me it will be one of those games that should be taken on a trip in a backpack.
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But let's start from the beginning. So, the country has commissioned you to build a rocket.

How to play

Inside the gift box there are 141 maps, of which 136 will be needed for the game. These are different materials for the construction of the rocket, components, cosmonauts, all sorts of events along the construction course and engineers. The task, as usual - to collect from this the optimal set for a limited time.



This is how the playing field of each player looks like (the four of them fit the game right on the train table - the space requirements are large):


^{In reality, the cards are a little different, it is shown here in a simplified way.}

The bottom line is an assembly shop, where we assemble rockets. For example, to assemble our rocket according to the “Fearless” drawing, you need 3 metals and 2 fuels. This is so she just got up.

The middle line is a test stand, we have to go through it to put the rocket on the launch pad. On the test can be a lot of missiles. We move the rocket in stages to get the finished product.

The top line, in fact, is the starting table. From there, after the countdown, the flight of the rocket will begin. In our example above, “Fast” is ready for flight, “Fasting” is being tested, and “Fearless” is only going to. We have recruited staff: different specialists are needed for carrying out different works.

Players also have maps of “modes” - build in secrecy, build in “two corps per day” mode, and so on, they must also be skillfully used. Plus, missile improvements also add depth.

“After successfully completing the mission, the rocket will enter the upper layers of the atmosphere, where the hull will burn, and large fragments will enter the ocean. Astronauts ... Damn, astronauts! "

The strategy of the game is simple - you need to use your cards and knowledge of discrete mathematics (intuitive) to collect the best rockets. The trick is that if the prelaunch countdown starts too early, then those who collect big and reliable, will miss all the fun and lose the space race. On the other hand, for a small rocket can not get a lot of points. Therefore, it is necessary to balance, distributing components, specialists, resources and capabilities.

Well, do not forget, if you continue an astronaut, or, worse, plant an astronaut, and do not immerse oxygen, surprises await you.

Timer

The end of the game was made very unusual and beautiful from the point of view of mechanics. Each of the players during the game can draw one of the four cards that make up the launch pad timer, like this:



As soon as this construction is assembled, the last move is the key to the start. And then - scoring: who has the rocket is better, stronger, faster.

Dirty tricks

Naturally, if the players could not interact, it would have turned solitaire on discrete math. And so added diplomacy and the game "turn the neighbor." Because in addition to the components of the missiles in the box there are maps of special events. For example, you can send the entire scientific team of teams to potatoes, and all will suffer:



Actually, everything. I told you, a little beautiful thing. It costs 690 rubles (620, if you do not forget to say “ Habrahabr ”). Now there is in Moscow and on delivery to St. Petersburg and other cities. View more pictures and download the rules here .