Space Alert

Recommended for Ages 12 & up
1-5 Players
30 minutes playtime

Description:
Its a cooperative team survival game. Players become crew members of a small spaceship scanning dangerous sectors of galaxy. The missions last just 10 real-time minutes hyperspace jump, sector scan, hyperspace jump back and the only task the players have is to protect their ship.
On 2 CDs or Scenario cards if you dont have a CD player available are ten minute long soundtracks that represent central computer announcements about the presence of various threats. These vary from space battleships and interceptors to different interstellar monsters and abominations, asteroids or even intruders and malfunctions on the spaceship. Players have to agree who will take care of which task and coordinate their actions moving around the ship, firing weapons, distributing energy, using battlebots to deal with intruders, launching guided missiles, etc. in real time to defend the ship. Only a well-working team can survive 10 minutes and make the jump back to safety.
The game offers several difficulty levels, huge variability and a unique experience for one to five player teams. One mission lasts only about 30 minutes, including setup and evaluation.
From Czech Games Edition
Misprinted CDs: In some Rio Grande copies, the labels on the Tutorial and Mission CDs are switched, or one CD is missing and there are two copies of the other CD with two different labels. More information: 1 2 3 4
Misprinted Cards: In the latest Rio Grande copies, the threat cards are printed on smaller cardstock than other editions. This results in not being able to shuffle the threat cards from the expansion into the deck. Czech Games will replace the misprinted cards. More information: 1
Awards:

2012 BoardGamer.ru Russia Most Innovative Game
2009 JoTa - Highlight of the Year Audience
2009 Spiel des Jahres, Winner Special Prize for New Game Worlds
2009 Dice Tower Gaming Awards, Most Innovative Game, Winner
2009 BoardGameGeek Golden Geek, Innovative Game, Winner

Game components:
1 Spaceship Board 10 Action Boards in 5 colors 7 Trajectory Boards 1 Mission Steps Board 10 plastic figures 55+ blocks in 6 colors 1 blue and 3 green cylinders 90 Action Cards 6 Heroic Action Cards 55 Threat Cards 16 Scenario Cards 18 damage tiles 26 internal threat tokens 16 numbered tokens 2 CDs with 16 soundtracks 1 ship’s log 1 Rulebook 1 “How to Become a Space Explorer” handbook
Card Contents: From Tim Myers
Standard Action Cards



10 - Button A & Up/down
8 - Button B & Up/down
7 - Button C & Up/down
5 - BattleBot & Up/down


10 - Button A & Blue
8 - Button B & Blue
7 - Button C & Blue
5 - BattleBot & Blue


10 - Button A & Red
8 - Button B & Red
7 - Button C & Red
5 - BattleBot & Red



Heroic Action Cards



Button A & Blue Lower


Button A & Red Lower


Button B & Blue Upper


Button B & Red Upper


BattleBot/Interceptor & White Lower


BattleBot/Interceptor & White Upper



Microbadges:

Space Alert fan

Space Alert fan Space Alert Turn Processor Fan Vlaada Chvatil fan Czech Games Edition fan

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Designer(s):
Vlaada Chvatil

Artist(s):
Radim Pech
Milan Vavro

Board Game Geek Category(s):
Electronic
Real-time
Science Fiction
Space Exploration

Board Game Geek Mechanic(s):
Action Queue
Area Movement
Cooperative Game
Elapsed Real Time Ending
Hand Management
Simultaneous Action Selection
Solo / Solitaire Game