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Chrisprime: Resolving a Leak: add the fourth answer (contain under a Waste Management card); parked worker

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Resolving a Leak: add the fourth answer (contain under a Waste Management card); parked worker

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	* '''Activate an action space.''' Place a worker '''of that card's color''' on it for free, or a worker of any other color for '''$2'''. Your HQ matches everything and charges nobody. A card's bot can run its space instead, and bots need no clinic room.		* '''Activate an action space.''' Place a worker '''of that card's color''' on it for free, or a worker of any other color for '''$2'''. Your HQ matches everything and charges nobody. A card's bot can run its space instead, and bots need no clinic room.
	* '''Claim a goal.''' Meet its printed requirement and spend an '''unassigned''' worker. '''Each player may claim a given goal once.''' Several players may claim the same goal in one round, but every goal claimed this round is discarded at the end of it - so the round a goal is first claimed is the last round anyone can claim it.		* '''Claim a goal.''' Meet its printed requirement and spend an '''unassigned''' worker. '''Each player may claim a given goal once.''' Several players may claim the same goal in one round, but every goal claimed this round is discarded at the end of it - so the round a goal is first claimed is the last round anyone can claim it.
	* '''Resolve a Leak.''' Pay $5, discard ~~an inactive~~ worker or a bot on its station~~, or~~ cover one of your most expensive uncovered '''action''' cards (never a Waste Management card). A covered card is out of play until the Leak is lifted - but an attachment on it keeps working and still scores.		* '''Resolve a Leak.''' There are four answers. Pay $5; discard a '''parked''' worker or a '''bot on its station'''; '''cover''' one of your most expensive uncovered '''action''' cards (never a Waste Management card); or '''contain''' it - tuck it under one of your Waste Management action cards that is not already holding one. A covered card is out of play until the Leak is lifted - but an attachment on it keeps working and still scores. '''Containing is not covering''': the container is not covered, it still activates and it still counts, and containing ignores the most expensive rule. If containing is the only answer you can give, you must give it. Covered or contained, the Leak is still yours and still counts for the cards and goals that ask for Leaks.

	'''Activation is all or nothing.''' You may only activate a space if you can carry out everything the card says.		'''Activation is all or nothing.''' You may only activate a space if you can carry out everything the card says.

Chrisprime: Setup: two starting Clinic cards, HQ four spaces and no printed rooms. Goals: each player may claim a given goal once. Tiebreak: workers still controlled.

2026-09-28T14:09:09Z

Setup: two starting Clinic cards, HQ four spaces and no printed rooms. Goals: each player may claim a given goal once. Tiebreak: workers still controlled.

Chrisprime: Rules summary for Half-Lifed

2026-09-09T19:45:59Z

Rules summary for Half-Lifed

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		Clean Power. Dirty People.

		You run a nuclear plant for a company that values its investors over its employees. Build the facility, staff it, and finish with the most money - whatever that costs your workers.

		'''Five of the six departments play each game''', so the cards and the worker colors change every time. You start with an HQ card and $5.

		== A round ==

		'''1. Draw and split.''' The 1st player draws cards and workers - plus any bots, investors or radiation Leaks that last round's cards added to the draft - and divides everything into one pile per player.

		The pieces are not comparable, so this is not an exercise in making the piles even. A great card with no worker to run it is a trap. The 1st player is steering everyone off what they need.

		'''2. Draft.''' Players choose in reverse turn order, and '''the 1st player takes whatever is left'''. You are never handed a pile: you take one, and leave the rest thinner for whoever picks next.

		'''3. Turns.''' Everyone plays at the same time. There is no hand, and '''everything you drafted this round must be played this round'''.

		'''4. End of round.''' Every worker needs a room. See below.

		== Your turn ==

		Begin by taking every worker out of your clinic and setting them in front of you. Those rooms are empty for the rest of the round.

		Then, in any order and as often as you can:

		* '''Play a card face-up.''' Pay the price on its tag and add it to your plant. An '''action card''' brings a new action space and a bot station; an '''upgrade''' starts working immediately; an '''event''' scores at the end of the game. A card played face-up activates once, immediately, for free.
		* '''Play a card face-down as a clinic room.''' Free. Tuck it above your HQ. Any facility card can be used this way, so a card you cannot afford is never dead.
		* '''Activate an action space.''' Place a worker '''of that card's color''' on it for free, or a worker of any other color for '''$2'''. Your HQ matches everything and charges nobody. A card's bot can run its space instead, and bots need no clinic room.
		* '''Claim a goal.''' Meet its printed requirement and spend an '''unassigned''' worker. Several players may claim the same goal in one round, but every goal claimed this round is discarded at the end of it - so the round a goal is first claimed is the last round anyone can claim it.
		* '''Resolve a Leak.''' Pay $5, discard an inactive worker or a bot on its station, or cover one of your most expensive uncovered '''action''' cards (never a Waste Management card). A covered card is out of play until the Leak is lifted - but an attachment on it keeps working and still scores.

		'''Activation is all or nothing.''' You may only activate a space if you can carry out everything the card says.

		== End of round ==

		# '''Investors.''' Every investor must be in a clinic room, '''or you are out of the game'''.
		# '''Goals.''' Discard every goal claimed this round, and the workers spent on them.
		# '''Bots.''' Each bot returns to its own card's station.
		# '''Clinic.''' Every remaining worker goes into a clinic room, one each. Rooms holding an investor are not available.
		# '''Casualties.''' Any worker without a room is '''discarded for good'''. The bag is never refilled.
		# Check for the end of the game, then pass the 1st player token clockwise.

		'''Investors take a room permanently, and ahead of your staff.''' They fund you when you are short, and then they never leave. Every loan you take is a room your workers do not get.

		== The game ends ==

		At the end of a round in which any of these is true:

		* a player has '''15 or more cards''' in their facility - clinic rooms and attachments count, Leaks and the cards they cover do not;
		* the deck or the bag cannot fill the next draw;
		* only one player is left in.

		Then, in order:

		# Every player resolves their event cards and collects the money.
		# Every player '''pays $10 for each investor''' they have.
		# '''Most money wins.''' Ties go to the most surviving workers.

		== Worth knowing ==

		* '''Color is a rule, not decoration.''' A card runs on a worker of its own color, or on anyone else's for $2 - which is usually more than the space earns.
		* '''Rooms are the scarce thing, not money.''' The investor who solves this round's cash problem takes a room off you for the rest of the game.
		* '''Turns are simultaneous''', so only the draft grows with the player count.
		* '''New to it?''' Use the "No Waste Management" table option for your first game. Leaks turn a card you have already paid for into a card you cannot use, and knowing when that is worth it takes a game or two.

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	~~# Half-Lifed — rules summary for the Board Game Arena game page~~

	~~2–5 players · 30–60 minutes · ages 10+ · most money wins~~

	~~---~~

	~~## The idea~~

	~~You run a nuclear plant for a company that cares more about its investors than~~
	~~its employees. Build the facility, staff it, and finish with the most money —~~
	~~whatever that costs your workers.~~

	~~Five of the six departments play each game, so no two games offer the same~~
	~~cards or the same workers.~~

	~~## Setup~~

	~~Each player takes an HQ card and $5. The HQ has two clinic rooms and~~
	~~four action spaces, and it belongs to no department, so any worker can use it.~~

	In the middle go the deck, the face-up Clinic supply, the Leak supply
	~~(only when Waste Management is one of the five departments), the worker bag,~~
	~~and one goal more than there are players — one from the $25 tier, one from~~
	~~the $20 tier, and a $15 goal for every player after the first.~~

	~~## A round, in four steps~~

	1 · Draw and split. The 1st player draws cards and workers from the deck and
	~~the bag — plus any bots, investors or radiation Leaks that last round's cards~~
	~~added to the draft — and divides everything into one pile per player.~~

	~~The pieces are not comparable, so this is not an exercise in making the piles~~
	~~even. A great card with no worker to run it is a trap. The 1st player is~~
	~~steering everyone off what they need.~~

	2 · Draft. Players choose in reverse turn order: starting with the player to
	~~the 1st player's right and continuing counterclockwise, each takes one pile of~~
	~~their choice. The 1st player takes whatever is left. You are never handed a~~
	~~pile; you take one, and leave the rest thinner for whoever picks next.~~

	3 · Turns. Everyone plays at the same time. There is no hand and no holding
	back: everything you drafted this round must be played this round.

	4 · End of round. Every worker needs a room — see below.

	~~## Your turn~~

	~~Begin by taking every worker out of your clinic and setting them in front of~~
	~~you. Those rooms are empty for the rest of the round.~~

	~~Then, in any order and as often as you can:~~

	~~- Play a card face-up. Pay the price on its tag and add it to your plant. An~~
	~~action card brings a new action space and a bot station. An upgrade~~
	~~starts working immediately; an event scores at the end of the game. A card~~
	~~played face-up activates once, immediately, for free.~~
	~~- Play a card face-down as a clinic room. Free. Tuck it above your HQ with~~
	~~the clinic mark showing. Any facility card can be used this way, so a card you~~
	~~cannot afford is never dead.~~
	~~- Activate an action space. Place a worker of that card's color on it for~~
	~~free, or a worker of any other color for $2. Your HQ charges nobody. A~~
	~~card's bot can run its space instead, and bots need no clinic room.~~
	~~- Claim a goal. Meet its printed requirement, spend any worker, take the~~
	~~money. Each player may claim a given goal once, and several players can claim~~
	~~the same goal in the same round — but every goal claimed this round is~~
	~~discarded at the end of it, along with the workers spent on it. So the round a~~
	~~goal is first claimed is the last round anyone can claim it.~~
	~~- Resolve a Leak. Pay, discard a worker or a bot, or cover one of your own~~
	~~action cards with it. A covered card is out of play until the Leak is lifted —~~
	~~but an attachment on it keeps working and still scores.~~

	~~Declare when you are finished. You are never required to place all your workers.~~

	~~## End of round~~

	~~Workers head to the clinic, and every worker needs a room. Your HQ's two~~
	~~printed rooms count.~~

	Investors take a room too — permanently, and ahead of your staff. They fund
	~~you when you are short of cash, and then they never leave. Every loan you take~~
	~~is a room your workers do not get.~~

	~~Anyone left without a room is discarded, and a discarded worker is out of the~~
	~~game for good. The bag is never refilled.~~

	~~An investor with no room is worse than a casualty: it loses you the game.~~
	~~That is avoidable, and planning for it is the point.~~

	~~Then the 1st player token passes clockwise and the next round begins.~~

	~~## The game ends~~

	~~At the end of any round in which a player has 15 or more cards in their~~
	~~facility — clinic rooms and attachments count, Leaks and the cards they cover do~~
	~~not — or the deck or the bag cannot fill the next draw.~~

	~~Then, in order:~~

	~~1. Every player resolves their event cards and collects the money.~~
	~~2. Every player pays $10 for each investor they have.~~
	~~3. Most money wins. Ties go to the most surviving workers.~~

	~~## What to know before your first game~~

	~~- Color is a rule, not decoration. A card runs on a worker of its own color,~~
	~~or on anyone else's for $2 — which is usually more than the space earns.~~
	~~- The squeeze is the game. Rooms are the scarce thing, not money, and the~~
	~~investor who solves this round's cash problem takes a room off you for the~~
	~~rest of the game.~~
	~~- Waste Management is the advanced department. If you are learning, use the~~
	~~"No Waste Management" table option — Leaks turn a card you have already paid~~
	~~for into a card you cannot use, and knowing when that is worth it takes a game~~
	~~or two.~~

Chrisprime at 18:58, 9 September 2026

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		# Half-Lifed — rules summary for the Board Game Arena game page

		2–5 players · 30–60 minutes · ages 10+ · most money wins

		---

		## The idea

		You run a nuclear plant for a company that cares more about its investors than
		its employees. Build the facility, staff it, and finish with the most money —
		whatever that costs your workers.

		Five of the six departments play each game, so no two games offer the same
		cards or the same workers.

		## Setup

		Each player takes an HQ card and $5. The HQ has two clinic rooms and
		four action spaces, and it belongs to no department, so any worker can use it.

		In the middle go the deck, the face-up Clinic supply, the Leak supply
		(only when Waste Management is one of the five departments), the worker bag,
		and one goal more than there are players — one from the $25 tier, one from
		the $20 tier, and a $15 goal for every player after the first.

		## A round, in four steps

		1 · Draw and split. The 1st player draws cards and workers from the deck and
		the bag — plus any bots, investors or radiation Leaks that last round's cards
		added to the draft — and divides everything into one pile per player.

		The pieces are not comparable, so this is not an exercise in making the piles
		even. A great card with no worker to run it is a trap. The 1st player is
		steering everyone off what they need.

		2 · Draft. Players choose in reverse turn order: starting with the player to
		the 1st player's right and continuing counterclockwise, each takes one pile of
		their choice. The 1st player takes whatever is left. You are never handed a
		pile; you take one, and leave the rest thinner for whoever picks next.

		3 · Turns. Everyone plays at the same time. There is no hand and no holding
		back: everything you drafted this round must be played this round.

		4 · End of round. Every worker needs a room — see below.

		## Your turn

		Begin by taking every worker out of your clinic and setting them in front of
		you. Those rooms are empty for the rest of the round.

		Then, in any order and as often as you can:

		- Play a card face-up. Pay the price on its tag and add it to your plant. An
		action card brings a new action space and a bot station. An upgrade
		starts working immediately; an event scores at the end of the game. A card
		played face-up activates once, immediately, for free.
		- Play a card face-down as a clinic room. Free. Tuck it above your HQ with
		the clinic mark showing. Any facility card can be used this way, so a card you
		cannot afford is never dead.
		- Activate an action space. Place a worker of that card's color on it for
		free, or a worker of any other color for $2. Your HQ charges nobody. A
		card's bot can run its space instead, and bots need no clinic room.
		- Claim a goal. Meet its printed requirement, spend any worker, take the
		money. Each player may claim a given goal once, and several players can claim
		the same goal in the same round — but every goal claimed this round is
		discarded at the end of it, along with the workers spent on it. So the round a
		goal is first claimed is the last round anyone can claim it.
		- Resolve a Leak. Pay, discard a worker or a bot, or cover one of your own
		action cards with it. A covered card is out of play until the Leak is lifted —
		but an attachment on it keeps working and still scores.

		Declare when you are finished. You are never required to place all your workers.

		## End of round

		Workers head to the clinic, and every worker needs a room. Your HQ's two
		printed rooms count.

		Investors take a room too — permanently, and ahead of your staff. They fund
		you when you are short of cash, and then they never leave. Every loan you take
		is a room your workers do not get.

		Anyone left without a room is discarded, and a discarded worker is out of the
		game for good. The bag is never refilled.

		An investor with no room is worse than a casualty: it loses you the game.
		That is avoidable, and planning for it is the point.

		Then the 1st player token passes clockwise and the next round begins.

		## The game ends

		At the end of any round in which a player has 15 or more cards in their
		facility — clinic rooms and attachments count, Leaks and the cards they cover do
		not — or the deck or the bag cannot fill the next draw.

		Then, in order:

		1. Every player resolves their event cards and collects the money.
		2. Every player pays $10 for each investor they have.
		3. Most money wins. Ties go to the most surviving workers.

		## What to know before your first game

		- Color is a rule, not decoration. A card runs on a worker of its own color,
		or on anyone else's for $2 — which is usually more than the space earns.
		- The squeeze is the game. Rooms are the scarce thing, not money, and the
		investor who solves this round's cash problem takes a room off you for the
		rest of the game.
		- Waste Management is the advanced department. If you are learning, use the
		"No Waste Management" table option — Leaks turn a card you have already paid
		for into a card you cannot use, and knowing when that is worth it takes a game
		or two.

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	~~Most money wins!~~

	~~## The idea~~

	~~You run a nuclear plant for a company that cares more about its investors than~~
	~~its employees. Build the facility, staff it, and finish with the most money —~~
	~~whatever that costs your workers.~~

	~~Five of the six departments play each game, so no two games offer the same~~
	~~cards or the same workers.~~

	~~## Setup~~

	~~Each player takes an HQ card and $5. The HQ has two clinic rooms and~~
	~~four action spaces, and it belongs to no department, so any worker can use it.~~

	In the middle go the deck, the face-up Clinic supply, the Leak supply
	~~(only when Waste Management is one of the five departments), the worker bag,~~
	~~and one goal more than there are players — one from the $25 tier, one from~~
	~~the $20 tier, and a $15 goal for every player after the first.~~

	~~## A round, in four steps~~

	1 · Draw and split. The 1st player draws cards and workers from the deck and
	~~the bag — plus any bots, investors or radiation Leaks that last round's cards~~
	~~added to the draft — and divides everything into one pile per player.~~

	~~The pieces are not comparable, so this is not an exercise in making the piles~~
	~~even. A great card with no worker to run it is a trap. The 1st player is~~
	~~steering everyone off what they need.~~

	2 · Draft. Players choose in reverse turn order: starting with the player to
	~~the 1st player's right and continuing counterclockwise, each takes one pile of~~
	~~their choice. The 1st player takes whatever is left. You are never handed a~~
	~~pile; you take one, and leave the rest thinner for whoever picks next.~~

	3 · Turns. Everyone plays at the same time. There is no hand and no holding
	back: everything you drafted this round must be played this round.

	4 · End of round. Every worker needs a room — see below.

	~~## Your turn~~

	~~Begin by taking every worker out of your clinic and setting them in front of~~
	~~you. Those rooms are empty for the rest of the round.~~

	~~Then, in any order and as often as you can:~~

	~~- Play a card face-up. Pay the price on its tag and add it to your plant. An~~
	~~action card brings a new action space and a bot station. An upgrade~~
	~~starts working immediately; an event scores at the end of the game. A card~~
	~~played face-up activates once, immediately, for free.~~
	~~- Play a card face-down as a clinic room. Free. Tuck it above your HQ with~~
	~~the clinic mark showing. Any facility card can be used this way, so a card you~~
	~~cannot afford is never dead.~~
	~~- Activate an action space. Place a worker of that card's color on it for~~
	~~free, or a worker of any other color for $2. Your HQ charges nobody. A~~
	~~card's bot can run its space instead, and bots need no clinic room.~~
	~~- Claim a goal. Meet its printed requirement, spend any worker, take the~~
	~~money. Each player may claim a given goal once, and several players can claim~~
	~~the same goal in the same round — but every goal claimed this round is~~
	~~discarded at the end of it, along with the workers spent on it. So the round a~~
	~~goal is first claimed is the last round anyone can claim it.~~
	~~- Resolve a Leak. Pay, discard a worker or a bot, or cover one of your own~~
	~~action cards with it. A covered card is out of play until the Leak is lifted —~~
	~~but an attachment on it keeps working and still scores.~~

	~~Declare when you are finished. You are never required to place all your workers.~~

	~~## End of round~~

	~~Workers head to the clinic, and every worker needs a room. Your HQ's two~~
	~~printed rooms count.~~

	Investors take a room too — permanently, and ahead of your staff. They fund
	~~you when you are short of cash, and then they never leave. Every loan you take~~
	~~is a room your workers do not get.~~

	~~Anyone left without a room is discarded, and a discarded worker is out of the~~
	~~game for good. The bag is never refilled.~~

	~~An investor with no room is worse than a casualty: it loses you the game.~~
	~~That is avoidable, and planning for it is the point.~~

	~~Then the 1st player token passes clockwise and the next round begins.~~

	~~## The game ends~~

	~~At the end of any round in which a player has 15 or more cards in their~~
	~~facility — clinic rooms and attachments count, Leaks and the cards they cover do~~
	~~not — or the deck or the bag cannot fill the next draw.~~

	~~Then, in order:~~

	~~1. Every player resolves their event cards and collects the money.~~
	~~2. Every player pays $10 for each investor they have.~~
	~~3. Most money wins. Ties go to the most surviving workers.~~

	~~## What to know before your first game~~

	~~- Color is a rule, not decoration. A card runs on a worker of its own color,~~
	~~or on anyone else's for $2 — which is usually more than the space earns.~~
	~~- The squeeze is the game. Rooms are the scarce thing, not money, and the~~
	~~investor who solves this round's cash problem takes a room off you for the~~
	~~rest of the game.~~
	~~- Waste Management is the advanced department. If you are learning, use the~~
	~~"No Waste Management" table option — Leaks turn a card you have already paid~~
	~~for into a card you cannot use, and knowing when that is worth it takes a game~~
	~~or two.~~

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Most money wins!

## The idea

You run a nuclear plant for a company that cares more about its investors than
its employees. Build the facility, staff it, and finish with the most money —
whatever that costs your workers.

Five of the six departments play each game, so no two games offer the same
cards or the same workers.

## Setup

Each player takes an **HQ card** and **$5**. The HQ has two clinic rooms and
four action spaces, and it belongs to no department, so any worker can use it.

In the middle go the **deck**, the face-up **Clinic supply**, the **Leak supply**
(only when Waste Management is one of the five departments), the **worker bag**,
and **one goal more than there are players** — one from the $25 tier, one from
the $20 tier, and a $15 goal for every player after the first.

## A round, in four steps

**1 · Draw and split.** The 1st player draws cards and workers from the deck and
the bag — plus any bots, investors or radiation Leaks that last round's cards
added to the draft — and divides everything into one pile per player.

The pieces are not comparable, so this is not an exercise in making the piles
even. A great card with no worker to run it is a trap. The 1st player is
steering everyone off what they need.

**2 · Draft.** Players choose in reverse turn order: starting with the player to
the 1st player's right and continuing counterclockwise, each takes one pile of
their choice. **The 1st player takes whatever is left.** You are never handed a
pile; you take one, and leave the rest thinner for whoever picks next.

**3 · Turns.** Everyone plays at the same time. There is no hand and no holding
back: **everything you drafted this round must be played this round.**

**4 · End of round.** Every worker needs a room — see below.

## Your turn

Begin by taking every worker out of your clinic and setting them in front of
you. Those rooms are empty for the rest of the round.

Then, in any order and as often as you can:

- **Play a card face-up.** Pay the price on its tag and add it to your plant. An
**action card** brings a new action space and a bot station. An **upgrade**
starts working immediately; an **event** scores at the end of the game. A card
played face-up **activates once, immediately, for free**.
- **Play a card face-down as a clinic room.** Free. Tuck it above your HQ with
the clinic mark showing. Any facility card can be used this way, so a card you
cannot afford is never dead.
- **Activate an action space.** Place a worker **of that card's color** on it for
free, or a worker of any other color for **$2**. Your HQ charges nobody. A
card's bot can run its space instead, and bots need no clinic room.
- **Claim a goal.** Meet its printed requirement, spend any worker, take the
money. Each player may claim a given goal once, and several players can claim
the same goal in the same round — but every goal claimed this round is
discarded at the end of it, along with the workers spent on it. So the round a
goal is first claimed is the last round anyone can claim it.
- **Resolve a Leak.** Pay, discard a worker or a bot, or cover one of your own
action cards with it. A covered card is out of play until the Leak is lifted —
but an attachment on it keeps working and still scores.

Declare when you are finished. You are never required to place all your workers.

## End of round

Workers head to the clinic, and **every worker needs a room**. Your HQ's two
printed rooms count.

**Investors take a room too — permanently, and ahead of your staff.** They fund
you when you are short of cash, and then they never leave. Every loan you take
is a room your workers do not get.

Anyone left without a room is discarded, and a discarded worker is out of the
game for good. The bag is never refilled.

**An investor with no room is worse than a casualty: it loses you the game.**
That is avoidable, and planning for it is the point.

Then the 1st player token passes clockwise and the next round begins.

## The game ends

At the end of any round in which a player has **15 or more cards** in their
facility — clinic rooms and attachments count, Leaks and the cards they cover do
not — or the deck or the bag cannot fill the next draw.

Then, in order:

1. Every player resolves their event cards and collects the money.
2. Every player **pays $10 for each investor** they have.
3. **Most money wins.** Ties go to the most surviving workers.

## What to know before your first game

- **Color is a rule, not decoration.** A card runs on a worker of its own color,
or on anyone else's for $2 — which is usually more than the space earns.
- **The squeeze is the game.** Rooms are the scarce thing, not money, and the
investor who solves this round's cash problem takes a room off you for the
rest of the game.
- **Waste Management is the advanced department.** If you are learning, use the
"No Waste Management" table option — Leaks turn a card you have already paid
for into a card you cannot use, and knowing when that is worth it takes a game
or two.

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	You run a nuclear plant for a company that values its investors over its employees. Build the facility, staff it, and finish with the most money - whatever that costs your workers.		You run a nuclear plant for a company that values its investors over its employees. Build the facility, staff it, and finish with the most money - whatever that costs your workers.

	'''Five of the six departments play each game''', so the cards and the worker colors change every time. You start with an HQ card ~~and~~ $5.		'''Five of the six departments play each game''', so the cards and the worker colors change every time. You start with an '''HQ card''', '''$5''', and '''two Clinic cards tucked above your HQ''' as your first two rooms. The HQ itself has '''four action spaces and no printed rooms''' - every room in the game is a card.

	== A round ==		== A round ==
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	* '''Play a card face-down as a clinic room.''' Free. Tuck it above your HQ. Any facility card can be used this way, so a card you cannot afford is never dead.		* '''Play a card face-down as a clinic room.''' Free. Tuck it above your HQ. Any facility card can be used this way, so a card you cannot afford is never dead.
	* '''Activate an action space.''' Place a worker '''of that card's color''' on it for free, or a worker of any other color for '''$2'''. Your HQ matches everything and charges nobody. A card's bot can run its space instead, and bots need no clinic room.		* '''Activate an action space.''' Place a worker '''of that card's color''' on it for free, or a worker of any other color for '''$2'''. Your HQ matches everything and charges nobody. A card's bot can run its space instead, and bots need no clinic room.
	* '''Claim a goal.''' Meet its printed requirement and spend an '''unassigned''' worker. Several players may claim the same goal in one round, but every goal claimed this round is discarded at the end of it - so the round a goal is first claimed is the last round anyone can claim it.		* '''Claim a goal.''' Meet its printed requirement and spend an '''unassigned''' worker. '''Each player may claim a given goal once.''' Several players may claim the same goal in one round, but every goal claimed this round is discarded at the end of it - so the round a goal is first claimed is the last round anyone can claim it.
	* '''Resolve a Leak.''' Pay $5, discard an inactive worker or a bot on its station, or cover one of your most expensive uncovered '''action''' cards (never a Waste Management card). A covered card is out of play until the Leak is lifted - but an attachment on it keeps working and still scores.		* '''Resolve a Leak.''' Pay $5, discard an inactive worker or a bot on its station, or cover one of your most expensive uncovered '''action''' cards (never a Waste Management card). A covered card is out of play until the Leak is lifted - but an attachment on it keeps working and still scores.

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	# Every player resolves their event cards and collects the money.		# Every player resolves their event cards and collects the money.
	# Every player '''pays $10 for each investor''' they have.		# Every player '''pays $10 for each investor''' they have.
	# '''Most money wins.''' Ties go to the most ~~surviving~~ workers.		# '''Most money wins.''' Ties go to the most workers you still control - a worker locked under a Leak does not count.

	== Worth knowing ==		== Worth knowing ==