Last Defense! Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Objective
• Setup
• On Your Turn
• Threats on the Move
• Rescuing Scientists and Defeating Threats
• Winning the Game
• Contents

Objective

Find and rescue the Scientists. You need their help to defeat all the Threats in the city before time runs out!

Setup

1. Download the Last Defense App and keep your device nearby.
2. Set the board in the middle of the play area.
3. Each player chooses a Character Card and matching Figure. Place your Figure on the Plaza location.
4. Mix up the Rubble Tokens and the Scientist Tokens face-down and keep them near the board – the app will tell you to place these on the board throughout the game.
5. Place the five Threat Movers and face-down Threat Tiles near the board.
6. Shuffle the Tools Cards and place them in their designated spot on the board.
7. The player with the next birthday goes first. Give them the two dice.
8. Launch the app, start a new game, and follow the prompts.
   • Play the setup clip. Without looking, place one token stack (one face-down Rubble and one face-down Scientist) at the five announced locations.
   • When you are ready to begin the game, start the timer.

The game components are: Tools Cards, face-down Threat Tiles, Threat Movers, Scientist Tokens, Rubble Tokens, the Game Board, a Device stand, Figures, Character Cards, and dice. A token stack is a face-down Rubble Token placed on top of a face-down Scientist Token.

On Your Turn

Last Defense is a timed cooperative game. You will only have 20 minutes to win!

1. Roll the Dice. Roll the Tools die and the Move die. You may choose to reroll both dice once and keep the second result.
2. Draw Tools. Draw Tools equal to the number you rolled. If the deck runs out, flip the discard pile face-down to form a new deck.
3. Move. Move up to the number you rolled, one space at a time between connected locations.
   • If you end your move in a location with one or more face-down Rubble, you may flip those tokens over (leave the Scientist face-down). You will now see the Tools required to clear the Rubble and reveal the Scientist.
   • After you move, you may discard the shown Tools to remove Rubble at your location, and reveal the Scientist. Add that Scientist to your Character Card.
4. Trade One Tool (optional once per turn). If you end your move in a location with another player, you may give or take one Tool. You can only do this ONCE PER TURN.
5. Discard Down to 5 Tools. After you have finished your turn, discard down to five Tools.
6. End Your Turn. Pass the dice quickly to the next player on your left. It's now their turn.

You CANNOT move through or end your move in a location with a Threat unless you discard a Flare card or if the location is special to YOUR CHARACTER (for example, the Soccer Champ character's special location is the School).

If you flip a Scientist Token and reveal a Helicopter, add it to your Character Card. You can discard a Helicopter any time on your turn to move to ANY location.

Threats on the Move

When the app announces a Threat appearing at, or moving to, a location, stop your turn and immediately follow these steps:

• Place the Threat Mover at the announced location. Flip that Threat Tile face-up.
• Put a new token stack (a face-down Rubble on top of a face-down Scientist) at that location.
• Players at this location must take any Scientists on their Character Card and leave them on this location (this does not include a Helicopter), and move their Figure to the Rest Area. Players can end their turn in a location with Scientists to add them back to their Character Card.
• Then continue your turn as normal.

Rescuing Scientists and Defeating Threats

To win the game, you must defeat all the Threats indicated by the app. To defeat a Threat, bring the Scientists that are shown on the Threat Tile to the Plaza. When you end your move at the Plaza location, remove the Scientists from your Character Card and leave them at the Plaza. If all the Scientists needed to defeat a Threat are at the Plaza, place them on the Threat Tile. Then remove the Threat Mover from the board and use the app to remove the Threat from play.

Each Threat Tile shows the Scientist professions needed to defeat it, marked with a profession icon and name (for example, Astrophysicist and Engineer).

Winning the Game

Once you defeat all the Threats indicated by the app...YOU WIN IMMEDIATELY!

Contents

1 Game Board, 6 Figures, 6 Character Cards, 2 Dice, 32 Tools Cards, 13 Rubble Tokens, 13 Scientist Tokens, 5 Threat Movers, 5 Threat Tiles, Instructions.