Galaxy Trucker (Second Edition) FAQ
38 questions players ask · Updated Nov 12, 2026 · Full rulebook
Building and Launch
- How does the building timer work, and can you flip it early?
- Must a life support module be joined to a cabin when placed, or only by the end of ship building?
- Are there golden starting tiles in the base game?
- Can the first edition's 5-player expansion be added to the second edition?
- Are the tutorial (learning) Level I cards included in the deck for full games?
- How are the adventure card piles shuffled together at setup?
- Where is the Level III flight board?
The Flight
- Does a small meteor break off components that hit a smooth side, such as an engine's back or a cannon's front?
- Can a cannon shoot down a small meteor aimed at an exposed connector?
- If a meteor or cannon roll lands off the grid, is it a miss?
- Do you roll once for two meteors on the same row or column?
- In open space, does a ship get another move if the leader changes mid-round?
- How do you track the leader, and what happens if a player is lapped?
- Do cannons on Level I flights only hit in the same row?
- What happens when there are not enough goods blocks for the cargo on a flight?
- After a meteor destroys batteries or cargo, can you move them to other spaces on your ship?
- When damage splits your ship, which part do you keep?
Adventure Cards
- After a planet adventure card is resolved, where does your landing rocket go?
- Does Epidemic spread to cabins that are next to each other but not connected?
- If a card makes you lose goods and you have none, do you pay batteries instead?
- Must you spend batteries to count double engines or cannons in a strength check?
- In a strength comparison, in what order are batteries committed, and who wins a tie?
Journey's End, Winning and Giving Up
- If you lose components costing more than the current flight's earnings, do you pay the rest from earlier flights?
- Is there an insurance cap on what you pay for lost ship tiles?
- If you are forced to give up, do you keep your flight credits and sell goods at half price?
- If every player drops out of a flight, how is the end of the flight scored?
- How is a tie for first place resolved?
- How many credits is the Best-Looking Ship award worth?
The Transgalactic Trek
- Can the Master Engineer defend the title after taking a penalty, and does a tie count as defending?
- How is the Xenoquartermaster title scored?
- For the Corridorist title, do connector types matter, and what does falling off mean?
- After a flight, are the used adventure cards shuffled back into their decks?
Galaxy Trucker: Do What?!Expansion
- Can a Diplomat be used to ignore a penalty from an Enemy Fleet?
- Is Galaxy Trucker: Do What?! compatible with the original first edition of Galaxy Trucker?
- If you give up a flight, do the VIPs still on your ship give their final rewards?
- What does a joined cabin mean for the Xenodoctor reward?
- In Mission 10, when do you select supercard piles, and are the piles reshuffled?
- Does the Meteoric Inversion rough roads card also affect Meteor Shower supercards?