Clank! In! Space!: Apocalypse! – Planetary Destruction

Description

**Category 3 Scheme (Gen Con 2018 Promo)** is a high-threat scheme in Clank! In! Space! featuring Lord Eradikus' planet-destroying Doomsday Cannon, with escalating phases that reveal secrets, amplify noise, and eliminate all players. Key mechanics include: - *Divert Power ability* Players spend 3 Skill to claim a black cube; gain 1 Credit if located in the Doomsday Cannon module. - *Phase 1: Issue Ultimatum* Flips all major secrets on the board face up, exposing hidden elements. - *Phase 2: Acquire Target* Inflicts +3 Clank! on every player, heightening detection risk. - *Phase 3: Commence Primary Ignition* Knocks out all players immediately, ending their participation catastrophically. The Category 3 Scheme, distributed at Renegade Games' Gen Con 2018 booth, embodies Lord Eradikus' relentless planetary destruction weapon—the Doomsday Cannon—with flavor emphasizing iterative escalation if initial attempts fail. Players can mitigate via the "Divert Power" ability, expending 3 Skill for a black cube and conditionally earning 1 Credit in the Cannon module, introducing tactical positioning and resource trade-offs. The scheme progresses destructively: Phase 1 ("Issue Ultimatum") reveals all major secrets face up, stripping concealment; Phase 2 ("Acquire Target") burdens all players with +3 Clank!, accelerating collective peril; culminating in Phase 3 ("Commence Primary Ignition"), which knocks out every player outright, enforcing game-ending urgency and cooperative desperation amid competitive theft.