SOLO AUTOMA – COMPONENTS AND RULES OVERVIEW
Automa Design by Dukefanblue2005 (BGG). Marvel Splendor re-theme by Shamus (BGG).
COMPONENTS
-12 Automata Cards
- 1 Token Placement Board
SETUP
1. Setup the game as per the normal two player rules. Place
the tokens on the token placement board.
2. Search the automa deck for the four cards with the gold
stars on the bottom right of the card. Shuffle those four cards
and add two to the rest of the automa cards. Place the other
two star cards into the box. Shuffle the newly created deck of
ten automa cards and place them near the game area.
3. You are now ready to begin playing.
GAMEPLAY CHANGES
1. You have a MAXIMUM of 30 turns to reach 16 Infinity points
and assemble the Infinity Gauntlet.
2. The Automa (Thanos) goes first each turn and begins by
flipping over an automa card. After the Automa has taken its
turn, the player takes their turn. At the end of a turn when
both the Automa and player have gone, check to see if either
have 16 Infinity points and six different Infinity Stone cards. If
so, apply the normal game winning conditions. The Automa
wins if there is a draw (Thanos is victorious!).
If not, continue to the next turn.
3. The Automa will not claim Location tiles but will claim the
Avenger Assemble tile.
4. At the start of the 31st turn, the player loses.
HARD VARIANT
Play as Thanos and attempt to assemble the Infinity Gauntlet
before the heroes (the Automa) can. In this variant, you do not
claim Location tiles (Thanos has no need) but the Automa will
claim Location tiles as soon as it has the required Infinity
Stones. Other aspects of the solo automa play the same.
1 2 3 4
A ACTION
B
C (Take card from C4. Discard 3
AUTOMA CARD BREAKDOWN
1. Each automa card has three sections. Each section
represents the 1st, 2nd or 3rd phase of the game. For the first 10
turns, only look at the top section (noted in green with a “1” on
the left) of the automa card and perform that action when a
card is flipped. Once you have gone through 10 turns, shuffle
the automa deck and go through it again. This time look at the
middle section (yellow with the “2”) of the card. The 3rd, and
final, phase is similar but looking at the action on the bottom of
the card (red with the “3”).
2. There are two possible actions when flipping over an automa
card – taking tokens or gaining cards.
3. Taking Tokens ‐ When this action is revealed look at the
numbers to the right of the token on the card. Take those
tokens from their respective stacks on the token placement
board and stack them up in the automa play area. Each time
the Automa takes tokens it will stack them on top of any
previously claimed tokens in the order noted on the card. In
the event that the automa card says to take tokens from a pile
that has run out just ignore that number and take the
remaining numbers on the automa card. It is legal for the
Automa to have more than 10 tokens.
4. Gaining Cards ‐ When this action is revealed the default
action is that the Automa takes the corresponding card from
the play area and discards a number of tokens as specified on
the card. However, if the Automa already has a card with the
same Infinity Stone colour as the initial card choice, it will take
a different card with a stone colour it doesn’t have from that
row (looking from left to right). If the row has no suitable
alternative card, the Automa will default to the originally drawn
card.
Always discard tokens from the bottom of the automa token
stack. The Automa will claim a card even if it can't discard the
total number of tokens specified on the card. For example, the
Automa will still claim a card even if it has no tokens to discard.
Once claimed, if the card claimed has Infinity points or an
Avenger Assemble symbol on it, place it in the automa play
area. If it doesn't, you can place the card back into the box or
to the side. You only need to keep track of the cards in the
automa play area.
TAKING
TOKENS
(Add tokens 2, 5, 1 to the
automa token stack)
GAINING
CARDS
ACTION
tokens from the bottom of the
automa token stack)
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3 3
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