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* * ** * *Theme of the Game

A long time ago, Planet Earth becameuninhabitable. Scientists workedfeverishly to reduce Earth’s precious lifeforms to their basic DA for transport ongiant starships called "bioships" insearch of a new home.

!n the Earth year 2212, the bioships leftEarth.

Several centuries into their "ourney,Earth’s convoy discovered a parallel#niverse $%osmos& also, in pursuit of anew home. 'oth worlds (uickly became

pitted against each other in a race for%o)mica.

*ere’s your chance to test your skills as+leet %ommander. ill you be the one to

coloni)e the planet %o)mica in a distantgala-y. 

ote/ bioships may also referred to as,#nits, Ships, or Pieces.

INSTRUCTIONS

1.Objective:Establish DA colonies. A colony is one ofeach DA type.0ne Plant, one Animal and one 1icrobe.*ere2s how/1. 'y moving your bioships across theboard to the last row and e-iting them off the board.2. 'y t rapping and capturing opposingbioships.4. hen you have collected 1 of each

DA type $animal, plant, microbe& bycapturing or e-iting, or both, you haveestablished a colony.

 

2.Boar ! bioships:%o)mica is a  -  line grid board with #1intersections 3points, positions4.

5here are $% bioships.1# black ships and 1# white ships. 5hereare $ DA types, A!1A6, P6A5 AD

1!%70'E.Each bioship carries 1 of $ DA types/marked with a graphic symbol showing,Animal, Plant, or 1icrobe. $See below&

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  *(ima' )

+icrobe )

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7ows Are *ori)ontal.%olumns Are 8ertical.

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'lack and hite set their bioships onintersections of the lines 05 !S!DE 5*ES;#A7ES. 3See illustration above4

Place bioships left to right on the 1st and2nd rows in this order<1icrobe< Animal<Plant until all bioships are on the board.5he 0ther player sets up the way on theother side of the board.

As you become familiar with the game,players may choose their own set upse(uence of pieces, staying within the =st two rows on their side.

E-ample/ Animal > Plant ? 1icrobe , etc.!nstead of/ 1icrobe > Animal > Plant.5hey do not have to be the same on eachside of the board.

4.To Be-i( &'a./ Decide who willcommand the black or white ships. 'lackmoves first. 'oth players move followingthe rules below.

4a.bioship +oveme(t:

bioships move 1 or 2 positions in astraight line vertically, hori)ontally, ordiagonally from point to point on the intersections, moving only one direction

per turn.!llustration shows moves going outwardfrom center with # possible choices ofdirection, 1% potential landing positions.

9ou can intercept opponent bioships bylegally moving your appropriate bioshipto the @targets2 position and replacing itwith your own. 9ou can o('. i(tercept and eliminate opponent ships, /I*GON*00 2 positions away fromyour ships2 position. 3See diagram4.9ou cannot intercept opponent bioships onthe 1st position, immediately ad"acent tothe starting position of the move. $1arked&

A bioship with Animal DA can onlyintercept an opposition Plant DA.bioship.

A Plant DA bioship can only intercept anopposition 1icrobe DA bioship.

A 1icrobe DA bioship can only interceptan opposition Animal DA bioship.

!t helps to remember that< *(ima's 3 eat ) &'a(ts &'a(ts 3 absorb ) +icrobes

 +icrobes ) i(fect - *(ima's3SEE/ 70%B, PAPE7, S%!SS07S.4

The o('. times bioship /N* t.pematters is 5he( i(tercepti(- orformi(- co'o(ies*(. combi(atio( of t.pes ca( trap orcapt,reAll intercepted bioships are immediatelyremoved from the board.

A bioship can "ump over their ownbioships but, cannot "ump over theopposition ships. 9ou may block youropponent2s movement by using this rule.

'elow, black cannot move to the positionsmarked C’ because of the white bioshipsblocking the way.

 6.Combat Tactics

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6a INT7RC7&T/ 5o land on anopposition DA bioship and remove itfrom the board. 35he !5E7%EP5ED shipis now terminated from the game.4

6b. TR*&/ 5o sandwich the oppositionbioship at opposite sides, hori)ontally orvertically, thereby free)ing $disabling& itat that position.

6c. SURROUN/8C*&TUR7:  5o occupyall vertical and hori)ontal ad"acent

positions of escape and remove thebioship from the board. 5his capturedship, can now become part of a colony.

6d. CROSSING *N/ 79ITING:  5o moveyour bioships across the board to the lastrow on the opponent2s side and finally e-itthe board. 39ou must leave your ship onthe board at least one turn before e-itingthe board. 39ou may leave your ship thereas long as you like4

6e. B0OCING/ 5o prevent opponentsmove in a certain direction.

ote/ bioships cannot cross over oroccupy the same position more than $ times in succession.

%.Trappi(- ! S,rro,(i(- bioships/5wo bioships of A9 DA type moved toad"acent positions on opposite sides[sandwich] of the 0pposition bioship willtrap and disable the target bioship, untilcompletely surrounded andcaptured or rescued.

O(ce a bioship is TR*&&7/ it isTURN7/ O;7R ote/ bioship markingsare not visible when turned over.hen all surrounding hori)ontal andvertical ad"acent positions are occupiedby any type DA opponent bioships, the

surrounded bioship is captured andremoved from theboard.

5he above white units are captured andwill be removed from the board.

5he sides of the board only re(uire FAd"acent Positions to capture and removea single unit.

Si(ce the cor(er ca((ot have sandwiching oppositio( ships thecor(er is considered trapped 5he(oppositio( ships are ajace(t bothvertica''. a( hori<o(ta''. a( iscapt,re 5he( a thir ship 'a(s atthe cor(er i(tersectio( bet5ee(them =See i'',stratio( above>

NOTE: 2 or more adjacent units CAN

BE TRAPPED and CAPTURED as longas each target unit is sandwiched byopposition units (a, b, c, and d ). Then units and 2 can be capturedby e and f (!ee illustration abo"e) 

57APPED bioships can be+7EEDG7ES%#ED by a friendlybioship intercepting and removingone of the bioships that are confining

the trapped bioship

5he now free bioship is once again turnedupright to show its DA type is back inaction.

+igure 1 shows that ship A is trapped.

  +igure 2 shows white trapping$disabling& ' thereby freeing ship A

9ou can be trapped if you land and  stopon a vacant position that is sandwichedon 2 opposing sides or more by theopposition.

A bioship cannot be intercepted andterminated while trapped.

?.The Game Is Over @he(:

A player ac(uires a %0609.

$A colony is/0ne of each DA type 3Animal, Plant, and1icrobe4.Of the same co'or 5he firstplayer to accomplish this, !S.

Or *'ter(ate +ethos:

=. 0ne of each DA type of mi-ed colors3black and white4.

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H. hichever player establishes the 10S5colonies, !S.

F. !f no one can establish more than onecolony, then, the 1st. colony established,!S.

I. hen a player resigns, the other player!S.

J. 5he game is over<

hen it is mutually agreed that, neitherplayer can gain anything by continuing.

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Scori(-/Each bioship that crosses and e-its theother side of the board is able to becomepart of a colony.

Each bioship of the opposition that yousurround and capture can also becomepart of your colonies.

Beep captured and e-ited bioships,separated from terminated bioships to

avoid mi-ing them together.7emember, intercepted bioships areterminated and are out of the game.

.Some /ecisio(s o,'' Be +ai(-: 

hat are the best opening moves

hat is priority, get my bioships across orstop my opponent from doing sohen is it better to focus on capturingopponent bioships or crossing my own

bioships.

Should ! focus on capturing all of oneDA type to weaken the opposition

TI&S/%onsider all F type bioships crossingtogether for self?defense.

Surrounding opposition bioships insteadof crossing and e-iting the board, willkeep more of your bioships in action onthe board. 

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05E/ 5he actual playing board is deepspace black with gold grid lines.

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5he illustrations shown in theseinstructions are for clarity in printing andonline viewing.See ikipedia for the description of abioship.Cop.ri-ht: /e((is C OS,''iva(

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