Outpost Player Aid (Expert Game)
Starting Colony Characteristics
Population Maximum | 5 | Production Card Hand Capacity | 10 |
Factory Technologies | Ore and Water | Starting Factories | 2 Ore, 1 Water |
Starting Operators | 3 Population | Discard down to hand capacity before bidding phase. |
Colony Upgrade Cards
# |
Name |
Victory Points |
Base Cost |
Special Effects |
1 |
Data Library |
1 |
15 |
10 point discount toward Scientists and Laboratories |
2 |
Warehouse |
1 |
25 |
Hand capacity is increased by 5 |
3 |
Heavy Equipment |
1 |
30 |
5 point discount toward Warehouses and Nodules. 15 point discount toward Outposts. Enables purchase of Titanium factories |
4 |
Nodule |
2 |
25 |
Increases population maximum by 3 |
5 |
Scientists |
2 |
40 |
Acts as a Research factory. Does not need to be manned. |
6 |
Orbital Lab |
3 |
50 |
Produces Microbiotics resource cards. Does not need to be manned. |
7 |
Robots |
3 |
50 |
Allows purchase of Robots for 10 points each. First card allows as many robots to be build as current population. Second card allows unlimited robots. |
8 |
Laboratory |
5 |
80 |
Provides one free Research factory. Enables production of additional Research factories. |
9 |
Ecoplants |
5 |
30 |
10 point discount towards Outposts. Reduces cost of population from 10 to 5. |
10 |
Outpost |
5 |
100 |
Increases hand capacity by 5 and population maximum by 5. Provides free Titanium factory. |
11 |
Space Station |
10 |
120 |
Produces Orbital Medicine resource cards. Must be manned but does not count against population maximum. |
12 |
Planetary Cruiser |
15 |
160 |
Produces Ring Ore resource cards. Must be manned but does not count against population maximum. |
13 |
Moon Base |
20 |
200 |
Produces Moon Ore resource cards. Must be manned but does not count against population maximum. |
Factory/Product Summary
Factory/Product |
Cost |
Average Production Value |
Victory Points (if manned) |
Notes |
Ore |
10 |
3 |
1 |
|
Water |
20 |
7 |
1 |
Mega value = 30 |
Titanium |
30 |
10 |
2 |
Heavy Equipment required to build. Mega value = 44 |
Research |
30 |
13 |
2 |
Laboratory or Scientists required. Scientists do not allow building of additional factories. Research cards do not count against hand capacity. |
Microbiotics |
See note |
17 |
3 |
Orbital Labs are the only source of Microbiotics cards. Each Orbital Lab acts as a factory that does not need to be manned. Additional factories cannot be built. Does not count against hand capacity. |
New Chemicals |
60 |
20 |
3 |
Included in the purchase price of each New Chemicals factory must be at least one Research card. Mega value = 88 |
Orbital Medicine |
See note |
30 |
10 |
Space Stations are the only source of Orbital Medicine cards. Each Space Station acts as a factory. Additional factories cannot be built. |
Ring Ore |
See note |
40 |
15 |
Space Shuttles are the only source of Ring Ore cards. Each Space Shuttle acts as a factory. Additional factories cannot be built. |
Moon Ore |
See note |
50 |
20 |
Moon Bases are the only source of Moon Ore cards. Each Moon Base acts as a factory. Additional factories cannot be built. |
Differences from the standard game are in bold type.