AF T E R N O V A GAME DESIGN: A

NDREW NERGER
ILLUSTRATIO N : B E N O R T I Z
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JEFFREY CHIN
JEFFREY CHIN
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GRAPHIC DESIGN

OVERVIEW
Recruit Hired Paws.

Use their skills to

extract Fragments
from the Planets.

Score Victory Points

by spending Fragments to
complete Blueprints.

When a player completes

their 6th Blueprint, the game
ends. The player with the
most Victory Points wins.
SETUP MARKET

• Shuffle the Hired Paw deck ( ), and shuffle the

Hired Paws
Blueprint deck ( ). Create the Market by drawing
4 Hired Paws and 4 Blueprints. Place them face-up in
rows next to their respective decks.

• Shuffle the Planet deck ( ). Draw 3 Planets and place

them face-up in a row next to the deck. Blueprints

• Place all Fragments ( ) in the bag. Randomly

draw Fragments to fill the spaces on the Planets.

• Shuffle the Starships and deal 1 to each player

Starship-side up. You may look at your hidden objec-
tive on the back. Return the remaining Starships to Planets

the box.

• The player who most recently won a game is first

player. Play will begin with the first player and proceed Fragments
clockwise.
PLAYER SETUP
• Deal 1 Blueprint to each player. Deal 3 Hired Paws to Hired Paws
first player, 5 Hired Paws to last player, and 4 Hired x3 to first player
x4 to middle players
Paws to each other player. You may look at your hand Starship x1 Blueprint x1
x5 to last player
of cards. You may show them to other players when Bag

negotiating.
HOW TO PLAY EXAMPLE EXTRACT ACTION:

Skill Requirements
Play begins with the first player and proceeds clockwise.
On your turn, perform an Extract or Market action. You Skill
may attempt to negotiate for an Extract action, change
your mind, and instead do a Market action.

Extract
Extract Fragments from one of the Planets by playing
Hired Paws whose total skill icons ( ) meet or
exceed both of the Planet’s skill requirements. You may
Jeff’s Andrew’s
work alone to extract all the Fragments or negotiate with Hired Paws Hired Paw
other players. Players can help by playing Hired Paws to
meet the skill requirement in exchange for Fragments.

When other players help you extract, you must all agree on
how to split the Fragments. After you’ve agreed, play the
Hired Paws needed to meet the requirement and collect
the Fragments, placing them in your Storage. If you do
not have enough available Storage spaces, immedi-
ately discard Fragments of your choice to the Fragment
discard pile next to the bag until you are at capacity (do Storage Spaces

not discard into the bag).

On Jeff’s turn, he tells the group he would like to extract
Then discard the Planet and the played Hired Paws next Fragments from Planet Nektarr. His Hired Paws can satisfy part
to their respective decks. Draw a new Planet and fill the of the piloting ( ) and engineering ( ) requirements, but
spaces with Fragments from the bag. If no Planets remain, he needs help. Andrew is willing to play one of his Hired Paws
and requests the two purple Fragments in return. Jeff agrees,
shuffle the discard pile to form a new deck. If the bag is
so both players discard their played Hired Paws, claim the
empty, place the discarded Fragments into the bag. agreed upon Fragments, and place them in their Storage.
Extract (continued) Market
You can also negotiate using stored Fragments. The active Take any 3 Hired Paws and/or Blueprints from the Market.
player and any players helping with the Extract action may At any point during your Market action, you may sweep a
agree to give Fragments in their Storage to one another. row and then take 1 fewer card. To sweep, discard the 4
Players that are not helping with the Extract action cannot Hired Paws or 4 Blueprints from the Market, and replace
give or receive Fragments. them with 4 new cards. When you finish taking cards, refill
the Market with cards from the Hired Paw and Blueprint
EXAMPLE EXTRACT ACTION WITH STORED FRAGMENTS: decks. If no cards remain, shuffle the discard pile to form a
new deck. You can never have more than 8 cards in hand.
If you exceed 8 cards, immediately discard cards of your
choice until you are at capacity.

EXAMPLE MARKET ACTION:

Jeff’s Andrew’s
Hired Paws Hired Paw

On Jeff’s turn, he offers his green Fragment to any player willing

to play 1 Piloting. Andrew agrees, so they play the Hired Paws.
Jeff gives Andrew his green Fragment, which clears space in his On Andrew’s turn, he does a Market action. He takes 2 Hired
Storage, so he can store all 4 Fragments from the planet. Paws and 1 Blueprint.
Completing Blueprints
At the end of any player’s turn, you may complete
GAME END
Blueprints in your hand by discarding the required When a player completes their 6th Blueprint, all players
Fragments from your Storage. If you have more Fragments have an opportunity to complete Blueprints, and then the
than Storage spaces, discard excess Fragments before game ends. You cannot complete a 7th Blueprint. Flip
completing Blueprints. your Starship card, and calculate your total Victory Points
( ) by adding:
Reveal the completed Blueprint to show that you met
the requirement, and place the required Fragments in • Victory Points on completed Blueprints.
the Fragment discard pile. Then tuck the completed • 1 Victory Point per Fragment in your Storage.
Blueprint under the right side of your Starship to hide the • 1 Victory Point per Fragment on your completed
Victory Points, but leave the Upgrade showing. Once you Blueprints that matches your hidden objective.
complete a Blueprint, you may use its Upgrade for the rest
of the game. If you gain multiple of the same Upgrade, The player with the most Victory Points wins. If tied, the
their abilities stack. An Upgrade cannot be used on the player going later in turn order wins.
same turn that its Blueprint is completed.
EXAMPLE SCORING:
EXAMPLE COMPLETED BLUEPRINT:
for completed Blueprints
Victory Points

1 per Fragment
in Storage

Hidden Objective
Required Fragments Upgrade
Jeff completes his 6th Blueprint and ends the game. He adds
the Victory Points on his completed Blueprints (29), plus 1 per
Jeff completes his 2nd Blueprint. Jeff tucks the completed
Fragment in his Storage (2), plus 1 per black Fragment (2) and
He discards the required Blueprint to the right of his
white Fragment (4) on his completed Blueprints. His score is 37.
Fragments from his Storage. Starship.
 If one of Bot’s Blueprints has all the required Fragments
2-PLAYER VARIANT on it, discard the Fragments, and Bot scores the Blueprint.
Bot will not use abilities on completed Blueprints. Then
This mode includes a third, simulated player (Bot). Follow
Bot draws a new Blueprint from the deck, placing it on
the standard rules with the following exceptions:
the right of its row of Blueprints. Immediately place any
Bot starts with a face-down Starship and a row of 3 face-up matching Fragments in Bot’s Storage on the new Blueprint.
Blueprints. Bot will never have or use Hired Paws. Bot is
Bot has an unlimited ability to help players extract with
first player.
any skill. Players can negotiate to work with each other
On Bot’s turn, draw a Fragment from the bag. Place and/or use Bot’s unlimited skills. For each skill requirement
the Fragment on one of Bot’s Blueprints, covering the Bot satisfies, you must give it one of the Fragments from
matching Fragment icon. If there are multiple matching the Planet matching an uncovered Fragment icon on its
icons, place it on the leftmost Blueprint. If there is no Blueprints (following Bot’s Fragment placement rules).
matching Fragment icon available, it is placed in Storage.
At game end, Bot scores its completed Blueprints, its
If Bot stores a 4th Fragment, discard the 4 Fragments,
hidden objective, and 1 VP for each Fragment in Storage
and Bot scores the top Blueprint from the deck face-
and on incomplete blueprints.
down (do not look at it). Bot does not need to have the
required Fragments to score this Blueprint.

Jeff’s
Hired Paws
Bot’s Blueprints

On Jeff’s turn, he extracts using the shown Hired Paws and help
from Bot. Jeff decides to let Bot take the white and orange
On Bot’s turn, an orange Fragment is drawn and placed on the Fragments. In return, Bot provides 2 skills (1 piloting and 1
leftmost orange Fragment icon. engineering), which fulfill the skill requirements.
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