Paper Prototype Rules and Pictures

Setup

1. Five yellow Citizens, 4 Blue Citizens.

2. Middle and End Points.

3. Player starts with 1000 Ratings Points to build with.

Equipment Costs

1. Yellow Satellites cost 175 Ratings Points.

2. Blue Satellites cost 250 Ratings Points.

3. All Televisions cost 150 Ratings Points.

4. Rotating a Satellite degrees cost 50 Ratings Points.

Every television in range cost 10 Ratings Points to move along in the same relative position.

5. Rotating or moving a Television within Broadcasting Range cost 20 points.

6. Moving a Satellite 1 place in any direction cost 75 Ratings Points.

Scoring

1. Blue Citizen viewing Blue Television Programming are worth 150 Ratings Points.

2. Blue Citizens viewing Yellow Television Programming are worth 50 Ratings Points.

3. Yellow Citizens viewing Yellow Programming are worth 100 Ratings Points.

4. Yellow Citizens viewing Blue Programming are worth 25 Ratings Points.

Citizen Behavior

1. Citizens move in a straight line over 3 adjacent spaces toward either Middle Points or End Points each round.

2. Yellow Citizens move closer together (at least one adjacent edge.) Yellow Citizens will move one or two extra spaces to stay adjacent.

3. Blue Citizens move spaced out (no adjacent edges.) Blue Citizens will stop short one or two spaces to maintain distance.

End Condition and Final Score

1. Game ends and Ratings Points are added up when all Citizens reach End Points. Equipment still on the board is worth half of what is cost to put it down.