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This is an example of a modular build station (through the exploration action) with different rooms interconnecting through doors creating a uniqye groundplan.

Ok, so I may not have infected anyone, but at least I left them without gas cans.

Panic Station (2011)

Players

4–6

Best: 6

Playing time

40–40 min

Age

10+

5.98

Average rating

3,081

Ratings

2.34/5

Weight

#5757

BGG rank

Outside top 5,000

Alternate names:Stanice Paranoia

Designer:David Ausloos

Artist:Hans-Georg Schneider, David Ausloos

Publisher:Pegasus Spiele +3 more

Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).

Game DNA

Strategy7.0

Luck6.0

Interaction10.0

Complexity4.7

Theme9.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

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Overview

Panic Station is a paranoia-driven partly cooperative game in which you control two characters in the Extermination Corps sent out by the government to investigate the presence of fiendish alien life forms.

Players need to move both their Androids and Troopers through the base, exploring and gathering equipment that will help them to complete their mission: to find and destroy the Parasite Hive hidden somewhere in the inner depths of this hell. When a player manages to get his Trooper into the Hive location and play three gas can cards to fuel his Flamethrower, he wins the game for the humans.

However, one of the players is a Host. He must keep this identity secret, infecting as many team members as possible to gain allies and prevent the humans from completing their mission. Only players who carefully watch the behavior of team members and find a good balance between cooperation and paranoia will stand a chance against the infected players and roaming parasites.

The game uses a unique exponential traitor-system and combines tactical play with a compelling psychological mindgame amongst players.

Panic Station is a game of growing paranoia in which no one can truly trust anyone. Can you maintain your sanity and destroy the source of this evil?