Solarias Mission - Solo Variant v.
2 Solarias supplementary action
Arne Kjell Vikhagen (tilde72)
In this solo variant your are going up against So-
laria. She will give you a hard time on the board,
and she will take those sweet action dice you
want so much!
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The game is setup and played as a two-player
game except for the rules described below.
You are the start player.
Prepare Solarias player space
Take four tech dice, one of each color.
Take the following components from a player
color that is different from yours:
- four octagons for building space stations
- twelve mission discs
- six space station cubes
- the outpost bonus tiles
- an engine of value 1
General rules
Any time Solaria takes something, it is put on
her player space.
Solaria will put player pieces in space just like
any player would.
All references to tiles refer to outer space
tiles only - Solaria does nothing on the home
tile.
Solarias turn action die selection
1. Roll Solarias tech dice - skip dice with
colors that are not represented on the ac-
tion wheel. If all dice on the action wheel
have the same color, jump to item 4 instead
of rolling. The highest result is the side with
the 4 trophy, the next highest is the one with
the 2 trophy, and then the descending number
of pips from there.
2. If two or more dice get the highest result,
reroll these until one is the highest. Skip
dice with lower results before each reroll.
3. Take the action die from the wheel with the
same color as the die with the highest re-
sult.
4. If there are more than one die with that
color on the action wheel, take the one
with the highest value (stars trumps pips),
furthest from the arm if tied.
5. Refill the action wheel as usual at the end
of Solarias turn.
The result of the action die that Solaria took
from the wheel decides if she takes an action or
not. She takes an action if the die result is:
hard: 2 pips or higher
normal: 3 pips or higher
easy: results with stars
Stars are higher results than pips.
The color of the action die decides which action
she takes:
Turquoise: If she can build an outpost, take
the closest planet on the closest tile with-
out any of her outpost tokens. If not, take
the unexplored planet that is closest to
your ship, by number of hexes. The planet
is immediately colonised. Place a colony disc.
Yellow: if she can build an outpost, complete
a mission on the tile closest to you where
she doesnt have an outpost token. If not,
complete a mission at the hub closest to
your ship. Draw two progress cards from the
deck and complete the mission with the lowest
(normal) or the highest (hard) reward. Put her
mission cube on the free hex closest to you.
Discard the other card.
Brown: If she can build an outpost, build a
space station on the tile closest to you that
does not already have one of her outpost
tokens. If not, build a station on the tile
your ship is. In both cases, choose the empty
hex closest to you.If all space stations are built
then perform Turquoise instead of this action.
Black: Upgrade Solaria's engines by 1. Flip an
engine token from 1 to 2, or take an engine
from the supply and set it to 1. If her engine
level is 5 then perform Yellow instead of this
action.
If there are any ties on the choice of tiles and
hexes, you get to choose. Solaria does not get
any bonuses from outposts and missions, etc.
End scoring
You score as per the rules, except for the mainte-
nance scoring.
Solaria scores her planets, space stations,
missions and hub figures.
Maintenance scoring
If her engine level is less than 5, calculate her
maintenance score as if she was a normal player.
If it has reached engine level 5, she scores all her
player pieces - everything is one, big cluster for
Solaria. The winner gets 6 points, the other
player gets nothing.