Gameplay Brink’s got a lot going on. At its core, it’s a worker placement game. Then add trading, exploration, political intrigue, hidden voting, resource management, and a smidge of engine building. Deploy your Fleet Each turn you’ll place one of your ships on the map, giving you faction power, influence cubes, and actions. You only have 3 ships per round, so make them count! Explore the system Whenever you place a ship next to or on an empty hex, you’ll reveal a new corner of the Moonrakers solar system. Gain Action Cards Tip the balance in your favor by gaining additional actions, more power and influence, and much more. Attach RIDERS Modify the end of round vote with a well placed rider that will tip the scales in your favor. COMPLETE Faction Objectives Each faction in the Moonrakers universe has a core objective. When accomplished, it completely changes the game. Who will you help? Hire Ambassadors Use your power and influence to hire Ambassadors. Each Ambassador has a unique ability. They also earn prestige at the end of the game based on how many unique factions you can acquire. Upgrade your ships Add extra cargo space to gain more resources, or add a rail gun to wield more power in each region. They have thrown off the oppressive yoke of the Utopian Alliance, but they are in a constant struggle to stay independent and find their identity. Alliances are formed and factions arise as the Moonrakers agree to turn their focus outward instead of squabbling over what little they have. Captains push out into unknown corners of the system in attempt to gain resources, influence, and power. The tenuous alliances will only last so long and soon someone must emerge to lead or they will fall.Brink is a worker placement, trading, and hidden voting game that brings the world of Moonrakers to a new genre. It combines the strategy and planning of a worker placement game with the negotiation and “above the table” play found in Moonrakers and Fractured Sky.Each turn, players will place one of three different sized ships (workers) onto a grid of hexes. Each hex will gain the player resources and actions, but even more importantly, it will give them power within a faction based on the color of the hex. At the end of each round, players will vote on which faction will score points, which is then multiplied by the amount of power each player has in that factions color on the board.Players will upgrade their ships, hire ambassadors, explore new systems, and spend influence to complete faction objectives, granting them new abilities. Each game, the map will reveal in a totally new way as regions are explored, presenting new strategies as well as strengths and weaknesses to existing strategies. The player with the most prestige points at the end of 3 rounds wins! Players: 2 - 5 players Time: 60 - 150 minutes Ages: 14+
