How to Play Clank! In! Space!: Apocalypse!

Objective of the Game

Though the galaxy belongs to Lord Eradikus, small pockets of resistance continue to oppose him. Now, the evil cyborg has turned his ocular implants to these ragtag heroes. With one grand and wicked scheme, he plans to wipe out his enemies. But all hope is not lost. You and your fellow thieves are already aboard his ship to loot his valuable artifacts. Maybe you’ll prove as heroic as you are greedy. Maybe you’ll avert the APOCALYPSE!

Preparation (Setup)

1. Before setting up the game as usual, select one of the new Scheme cards to be used during play. This will represent Lord Eradikus’s dastardly plans to devastate the galaxy.
2. Each Scheme is marked (below the title) as Category 1, 2, or 3. The higher the number, the more difficult you may find it to thwart Eradikus’ evil plot.
3. If this is your first time playing APOCALYPSE!, you may want to use a Category 1 Scheme. Otherwise, you may select a Scheme at random (though you may choose by player consensus if you prefer).
4. Once you’ve selected your Scheme, return the others to the box.
5. Proceed to assemble the board. You may freely mix the old modules and new ones, selecting any three for a given game. However, it is strongly suggested:
   • You use at least one of the two new board pieces.
   • If your chosen Scheme mentions a particular module by name (in the lower left section of the card), you use that module.
6. Place your chosen Scheme next to your assembled game board.
7. Shuffle the 35 new APOCALYPSE! cards into the Adventure Deck.
8. The rest of the setup is the same as in CLANK! IN! SPACE!
9. For added ambience when battling the apocalypse, you may replace the original boss marker with Haldos, Eradikus’ Homicidal AI.

Fluxo do Jogo

The Scheme Unfolds

Each Scheme has three Phases listed on the right half of the card. These are the steps that Eradikus must complete in order to bring his plans to fruition.

When the game begins, the Scheme is in Phase 1.

During the game, Boss Attacks allow Eradikus to advance his Scheme. Whenever a black cube is drawn from the bag, instead of setting it aside, place it on the Scheme card, filling an empty space in the current Phase. If this fills the last space in a Phase, that Phase is completed: immediately perform that Phase’s action.

Once a Phase is completed, the Scheme moves to the next Phase. All black cubes drawn in future attacks (and any excess cubes from the current attack) are placed on spaces in the new Phase.

Ações e Como Jogar

Beating Back the Apocalypse

Players can fight against Lord Eradikus’ plans. Once during each of your turns, you can take the action described on the lower left portion of the Scheme, spending resources to thwart its progress.

When you thwart the Scheme, take a black cube from its current Phase and place it in your play area. This cube is worth 1 point if kept until the end of the game, but it can be also used to fuel powerful effects on your turn.

Some cards, like Space Invader, also allow you to take a cube from the Scheme’s current Phase. This can be done in addition to the action on the Scheme itself, allowing a player to acquire multiple black cubes in a single turn.

Cubes on completed Phases cannot be removed by any means! This fact, along with the unpredictability of Boss Attacks, means that black cubes may not always be available on every turn.

Some other rules about removing black cubes from a Scheme:

• You may spend Boots on a Scheme that requires them even if you’re stopped by dizziness or a security checkpoint.
• There must be a black cube available for you to thwart a Scheme. (You can’t collect another reward the Scheme gives if there are no cubes to take.)
• You can only take cubes from the current Phase of the Scheme. (Never from an earlier phase, and never from a player’s play area.)

Good Deeds Are Rewarded

You can use some cards and some spaces on the board to spend the black cubes you’ve collected for a variety of benefits. Whenever you spend a black cube in this way, return it to the boss bag.

Some cards have text that can be activated by spending one or more black cubes. You may activate the card only once each turn (though you can spend multiple black cubes, each to activate different cards you play in a turn). You may do this at the time you play the card, or later in your turn, if you prefer.

Some spaces on the board allow a player there to spend a black cube to generate an effect. Each such space can only be used once each turn (though if you enter different spaces during your turn, you may spend one black cube in each). The rewards vary, depending on the space:

• Remove 3 Clank! from the Clank! area.
• Take 3 Credits.
• Draw two cards.
• Take a Power Crystal.
• Heal 1 damage.

Data Ports

The various data ports from the original CLANK! IN! SPACE! do the following when you hack them:

• Clank!: Add Clank! to the Clank! area equal to the number of icons shown.
• Credits: Take the number of credits shown.
• Healing: Heal an amount of damage equal to the number of hearts shown.
• Power Crystal: Take a power crystal.
• Skill: Generate the amount of Skill shown. It is wasted if you don’t spend it this turn.
• Swords: Generate the number of Swords shown. They are wasted if you don’t spend them this turn.

In addition, there is a new data port in APOCALYPSE!:

• Card: Draw a card.

Fim de Jogo e Pontuação

Apocalypse Now-ish

If Phase 3 of a Scheme is completed, Lord Eradikus succeeds in enacting his diabolical plan!

• A fully completed Scheme creates an ongoing effect that will remain active for the rest of the game.
• Players can take no more black cubes by any means. Any further black cubes drawn from the bag are set aside normally.

Consulte o manual para detalhes sobre esta seção.

Dicas para Vencer

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