Junk Orbit

Setup

1. Align the location boards with "day" sides up.
2. Stack the junk tiles, separated by location, based on number of players.
3. Seed the cities with junk.
   • One junk tile face up at each city.
   • Do not double up at junctions.
4. Give each player a ship and matching color ship card.
   • Competitive: All start at Kepler (Moon).
   • Solo/Co-op: Must have at least three ships total.
     • Start at Mexico City (Earth), Kepler (Moon), and The Badlands (Mars).
     • May add ships at Kilimanjaro (Earth) and Olympus (Mars).
5. Load starting cargo for each ship:
   • 2 starter junk of value 1
   • 1 starter junk of value 2
   • 1 random junk from Earth
   • 1 random junk from Moon
   • 1 random junk from Mars
6. Optional: Draw three tourists and place them at their pickup locations.

First player is whoever most recently took out the garbage. If no one has, race to the nearest bin and do that.

Begin Game

Objectives

COMPETITIVE WIN: Have the highest score from completed junk and tourist deliveries.

CO-OP WIN: Prevent the Kessler Syndrome -do not allow four junk tiles to accumulate at any city.

CO-OP LOSE: Any city accumulates more than three junk tiles.

Game Options

Team Play: In a 1v1 game, each player may choose two ships instead of one.

Shorter Game: Play with only the 1+ junk cards (lower right corner of face). In competitive, may omit Phobos and Deimos.

Solo/Co-op Adjustments

Easier:

• Add a fourth ship starting at Kilimanjaro.
• Add a fifth ship starting at Olympus.
• Let all ships on your team share their powers.
• Use the "night" sides of Phobos and/or Deimos.

Harder:

• Play with only two ships.
• Ships are hit by junk, just like in competitive mode.
• Add 1 extra junk with each refill.
• Use the "day" sides of the Earth, Moon, and/or Mars boards.
• Let all ships share the power of just one flagship.