Space Invaders

Setup

1. Game Board: Flip to the correct side based on player count (red = 2-player, black = 3-4 players). Place it roughly 4 inches from the table edge to leave room for the shooter.
2. Player Cards: Shuffle Level 1, 2, and 3 decks separately. Deal one of each level to every player.
3. Blast Tokens: Each player chooses a color and places three Level 1 tokens on their Level 1 card, and two tokens each on their Level 2 and 3 cards.
4. Active Tokens: Each player takes two Level 1 tokens and places them above their cards as Active Tokens. In a 2-player game, all three Level 1 tokens are active.
5. Invader Deck: Shuffle and deal an Invader deck based on player count and difficulty. Deal 10 cards face up into the top two rows of the board.
6. UFO: Assemble the UFO and place it above the center top edge of the board.
7. Trackers: Set Planet Health (white tracker) and UFO Health (red tracker) based on difficulty and player count.
8. Boards and Shooter: Place the Blast Wave Card, Score Board, and Armory Board to the side. Position the 3D Arcade Shooter below the bottom edge of the board.
9. Turn Token: Give the Turn Token to the starting player.

Begin Game

Objectives

WIN: Destroy all Space Invaders and the UFO.

LOSE:

• Planet Health reaches 0, OR
• You fail to destroy the UFO by the end of the Final Assault.

Difficulty Adjustments

• Increase UFO starting health for a harder game.
• Lower Planet starting health for a harder game.
• Remove the top row of Invader cards for a faster, harder game.
• Expert: Tokens landing in the planet area cannot be re-launched.