2010 · Matt Worden Games
Explore far-away planets. Discover what resources and surprises they hold. Be the first to set foot on a new planet and claim it as your own. Collect resources to gain fortune and fame. All of this comes courtesy of: the Jump Gate.
Players are spaceship captains that are competing to be the best at claiming new planets and collecting the resources found at those planets. Points are scored at the end of the game based on the number of planets they scanned and claimed, and their combination of resources collected. Each type of resource has a different method for being scored -- so, collecting sets of the same resource is encouraged ... and disrupting other players’ collection plans is good strategy.
Gameplay Summary (1st & 2nd Editions)
Eight planets are set in a circle around the Jump Gate and Black Hole Boards. Resource cards are distributed: 1 face-up to each player, 1 face-up to each planet, and the rest are distributed face-down amongst the planets.
Players are each given 5 NavComp cards and the rest of the NavComp cards are set as a draw deck in the middle of the table. Each NavComp card contains 2 codes (used to take some of the standard actions) and possibly a special action.
Players take turns around the table. On a player's turn, he/she takes 2 actions in any order, and may select from the following actions: Research (refill hand), Fly (move to neighboring planet), Jump (use the Jump Gate to move to another Planet), Scan (reveal a resource at a planet), Land & Claim (claim a planet and reveal all resources there), Harvest (collect a resource), and Special Action. Special actions include being able to scan a far-away planet, harvest extra resources, swap locations with another player, etc.
