Description

Welcome to Starbase, Texas. Workers are crafting the behemoth known as Starship. You and your friends can now join this historic moment by cooperatively building the largest, most powerful rocket system to ever exist. Only your teammates can see your rocket components - will you risk an accident in the production yard? Then try to launch and steer clear of a Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly!

The game starts with the Build Phase. Each player is dealt a starting hand of Rocket Cards facing AWAY from them. Players take turns playing one unseen card from their hand onto the field, trying to match it with the Starship's blueprints. Alternatively, a player can choose to give a hint to a teammate since players can see their teammate's hands. Players must used memory tactics to manage their turn's action with overall team strategy. Successful plays of Rocket Cards reward players with Development Cards which can be used to increase the rocket's chance of a successful launch.

If the players successfully build the Starship in time, they move to the Launch Phase. The launch consists of different stages that must be successfully passed. To pass each launch stage players take turns randomly drawing from a special hand of cards that is determined by the Development Cards acquired during the Build Phase.

The game is won if players successfully launch and land their rockets during the Launch Phase. The game is lost if the rocket explodes during launch, or if too many construction accidents happen during the Build Phase.

—description from the publisher