Radlands Solo Variant - (By Michael Kelley from the One Stop Co-Op Shop)
Set-Up
Set up your own board as normal. For the automa, give them these
specific bases, from left to right: Railgun, Garage, Arcade. Do not deal
the automa any cards. They do not have a hand of cards.
The PLAYER always takes the first turn.
Remove the “Truce” events from the deck.
Automa Turn
On each automa turn, follow these steps:
1. If the automa has 0 or 1 people, activate the Arcade (if it hasn’t
been destroyed).
2. Draw 2 cards from the deck.
3. Reveal the cards one at a time. Junk them UNLESS:
a. It’s a person the automa can afford AND
b. The automa has fewer than 3 non-punk, non-damaged
people in play
4. With remaining water, activate abilities for the automa.
a. Prioritize causing as much damage as possible as
efficiently as possible (using priorities below). The
player will have to make some judgment calls here
when combos are possible.
b. The automa will spend all of its water. If unable to, it
will spend 1 remaining water to get the water silo for its
next turn, or 2 water to draw a card and junk it.
Junk Abilities
When the automa junks a card, resolve its effect as normal, with the
following clarifications:
Injure - Damage the highest priority target possible (see next section).
Restore - Restore the highest priority card for the automa.
Draw - Draw a card. Junk it or play it as in step #3 above. ALL draw
effects from cards cause this to happen.
Gain Punk - Gain a punk, placing it as described below.
If a junk ability does nothing, treat it as a “Draw” effect instead.
Card Priority
The automa treats cards as higher priority as follows
1. Undamaged 3 and 4-cost people (highest priority)
2. Damaged base
3. Undamaged base
4. Undamaged 1 and 2-cost people
5. Damaged person
6. Punk
7. Destroyed base (lowest priority)
Break people ties by cost, then by effect
(damage>injure>raider>other), then by most expensive ability.
For bases, break ties by lower starting card value, then by effect
(same as for people), then most expensive ability, then by leftmost.
Automa Person Placement
When the automa places a person, they place lower priority cards in
front of the highest priority card they can protect (and higher priority
cards in a protected position when able). For a tie-breaker, place in
the leftmost tied space. If the automa places a person when they
already have six, they first discard their lowest priority person.
Automa Damage
When inflicting damage, the automa attacks the highest priority
targets it can. The player should attack as efficiently as possible for
the automa. For example, if the automa has an Executioner in play,
the player should damage several cards before activating it.
When attacking the player, a card directly in front of a higher
priority card is treated as a priority directly below that card’s
priority. For example, a punk guarding an undamaged 3-cost person
would be treated as just below 3-cost priority for attacking. This does
NOT apply to automa person placement.
When judging the priority of attacks, initially placing a raid counts
as a 1 damage attack on a base, while advancing the raid further
does NOT, and should be prioritized below dealing regular damage.
Specific Card Clarifications Damage Example
Cult Leader - The automa will use this ability to destroy the lowest Imagine the player has the following (by column):
priority person, but only priorities 5-6 (damaged person, punk). Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
3-cost person (damaged) 2-cost person Punk
Famine - The automa will choose to keep their highest priority person. Damaged base 1-cost person 4-cost person
Damaged base Undamaged base
Holdout - The automa will play this for 0-cost if able.
If the automa had 8 regular damage effects to resolve (how they
Mercenary Camp - The automa will always destroy their lowest would get so many, no one knows), they would attack:
priority card (they have no cards to discard). 1. The punk in column 3 (because they are guarding a 4-cost
person, and are treated as just below that person in priority)
Mutant - The automa will use this ability as soon as possible, 2. The 4-cost person in column 3 (damaging them)
choosing to damage or repair based on the higher priority card (for 3. The damaged person in column 1 (because they are
example, repairing their base over damaging a 1-cost person). protecting the damaged base, the highest priority).
4. The base in column 1, destroying it
The Octagon - The automa will destroy their lowest priority card. 5. The damaged 4-cost person in column 3 (guarding a base).
Scud Launcher - The automa will damage their lowest priority card. 6. The base in column 3.
7. Finishing off the base in column 3.
Rescue Team - The automa only uses the rescue team’s ability on a 8. ONLY now do they attack column 2. The base in column 2 has
damaged 1-cost person, paying to place them again immediately. This been ignored this whole time because it was doubly protected.
is a lower priority than attacking, though, but WILL be used before
paying for the water silo. Placement Example
Again, imagine these columns:
Scientist - The automa prioritizes the following junk effects out of the Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
3 cards (assuming they apply): injure > raid > draw > repair > water Damaged base 3-cost person Punk
Damaged base Undamaged base
Truce - As noted in set-up, remove this card before playing solo
If the automa drew a 2-cost person, they would place it in front of the
Zeto Khan - Treat the activated ability as “Draw and resolve 1 card” 3-cost person (protecting the highest priority card).
If they second drew a 4-cost person (not that they could afford them)
they would place them BEHIND the PUNK, because protecting that
4-cost person is more important to the automa than their base.
If the second person drawn was instead a 1-cost person, it would go
in front of the damaged base.
If the automa drew a third person, they would junk them, since they
already have 4+ people in their play area.
 Automa Priority Automa Turn
1. Undamaged 3 and 4-cost 1. Use Arcade if able
people (highest) 2. Resolve 2 cards
2. Damaged base 3. Play person if fewer than 3
3. Undamaged base non-punk and non-damaged
4. Undamaged 1 and 2-cost 4. Deal maximum damage
people (counting setting raid as 1
5. Damaged person damage), then other abilities
6. Punk 5. Use remaining water to draw
7. Destroyed base (lowest) and junk and/or water silo

Attack Priority - Automa counts

Tied People - Highest cost >
lower priority units protecting
Effect (Damage>Injure>Raid>other)
higher priority cards at a priority
Most expensive ability > Leftmost.
just below the protected card
Tied Bases - Fewer starting cards
> Effect (Damage>Injure>Raid>other) > Bases - Railgun, Garage, Arcade
Most expensive ability > Leftmost