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Space Alert Setup Guide

1–5 players30 minby Vladimír ChvátilCzech Games Edition

Setup Steps

  1. Ship Board: Place the ship board in the center of the table.
  2. Trajectory Board: Place the trajectory board next to the ship board.
  3. Energy Setup: Place energy tokens on each zone's reactor: 2 energy in each side zone (Red and Blue), 3 energy in the central zone (White).
  4. Rockets: Place the 3 rocket tokens on the rocket supply area of the ship board.
  5. Player Cards: Each player takes a set of action cards and a player figure.
  6. Starting Position: Place all player figures in the upper White (center) station.
  7. Shuffle Threats: Shuffle the external threat deck (common and serious separately) and internal threat deck (common and serious separately).
  8. Select Mission: Prepare the mission by selecting a mission card or soundtrack track to determine the difficulty and threat distribution.
  9. Captain: Randomly determine the Captain (first player).

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