ZOOBOTZ | Rules

GAME_OVERVIEW

Players take turns playing and using Botz to gain RESEARCH and deal RISK!

2-6 Players
Learn in 10 minutes
Play in 15-30 minutes

Objectives

A Player wins the game when they have 20 or more RESEARCH
A Player loses the game when they have 20 or more RISK
A Player loses the game when they have no cards in their deck to draw

Deck Building

Decks must have exactly 64 cards
Decks may contain up to 4 copies of any combination of any official cards

GAME_SETUP

Requirements

A way to track the RESEARCH gained by each Player (0-20 counter)
A way to track the RISK dealt to each Player (0-20 counter)
A way to track the RISK dealt to each Bot (6-sided dice or RISK tokens)

Setup

Players shuffles their 64-card decks and offer deck cuts
Players draw an 8-card starting hand
Players may send chosen cards from their starting hand to the bottom of their deck in any order and draw cards until they have an 8-card hand
First Player is determined at random
The Player that goes first doesn’t draw at the start of their first turn

TURN_OVERVIEW

01: Before Turn

UNUSE all your Botz and invested cards
Draw a card from your deck

02: Start Turn (Things that happen at start of turn happen now)

03: Optional (once per turn, at any time during your turn)

Invest chosen card from your hand

03: Optional (any number of times, in any order)

Play chosen card from your hand
USE chosen Bot of yours to RESEARCH, HACK or SHIELD

04: End Turn (Things that happen at end of turn happen now)

COST

INVESTING CARDS (once per turn)

Anytime during your turn, you may reveal and send chosen card from your hand to your invested cards UNUSED facedown

Invested cards may be USED the turn played and are each worth 1 COST value

PLAYING CARDS (no limit to the number of cards played per turn)

Anytime during your turn, you may play chosen card from your hand by changing a number of UNUSED invested cards of yours to USED equal to its COST value

USING CARDS (no limit to the number of cards USED per turn)

Anytime during your turn, you may USE chosen UNUSED Bot of yours to RESEARCH, HACK or SHIELD

RESEARCH

USE TO RESEARCH (Botz can’t be USED the turn played)

Anytime during your turn, you may USE chosen Bot of yours to RESEARCH:

Gain RESEARCH equal to its RESEARCH value

A Player wins the game when they have 20 or more RESEARCH

SHIELD

SHIELD VALUE

Whenever this Bot has RISK equal to its SHIELD value, immediately send it to its discard from play

USED TO SHIELD (Botz can’t be USED the turn played)

During your turn, you may USE this Bot to SHIELD:

While a Bot of yours is being USED to SHIELD, opposing Botz can’t HACK you or USED Botz of yours while they could HACK your SHIELD instead

While you have multiple Botz being USED to SHIELD, opposing Players choose which of those Botz to HACK

HACK

USE TO HACK PLAYER (Botz can’t be USED the turn played)

During your turn, you may USE chosen Bot of yours to HACK chosen Player that does not have a SHIELD:

Deal RISK equal to its HACK value to that Player

A Player loses the game when they have 20 or more RISK

USE TO HACK BOT (Botz can’t be USED the turn played)

During your turn, you may USE chosen Robot of yours to HACK chosen opposing Bot being USED to SHIELD or to HACK chosen opposing USED Bot that does not have a SHIELD:

Your Bot deals RISK equal to its HACK value to the opposing Bot and that Bot simultaneously deals RISK equal to its HACK value to your Bot

FAQs

Can I play or USE cards during opposing players turns?

Do I have to invest a card every turn?

Do I have to a play a card every turn?

Is investing a card required each turn?

Can I look at my discard?

Can I look at other player's discards?

Can I look at my invested cards?

Can I look at other player's invested cards?

What if multiple things happen simultaneously?

The active player chooses the order