A Tall Order For Humanity

A new planet was discovered inside the habitable zone of a nearby solar system. The vertical rings on the planet are so large, it has been nicknamed the "Tall Planet". The world's foremost experts have gathered for an ambitious goal: to send a human crew to the planet before the launch window closes.

Each player will assume the role of Doctor, Botanist, or Engineer to solve problems essential for launch. Do you have what it takes to move civilization forward? Collaboration and communication will be essential!

About: This game is an escape-room-style or Keep-Talking-And-Nobody-Explodes-style co-op game where each player possesses some private expertise of the role of Doctor, Botanist, or Engineer. Players search their roles sheet for relevant information and share it with the group to complete tasks. Roles collaborate to complete tasks, e.g. the Engineer and Botanist collaborate to synthesize rocket fuel.

Number of players: Ideally 3, but fewer or more players are fine too.

Playtime: 30 minutes

Instructions:
1. Each player chooses a character card (just for fun!)
2. Do not read the role sheets until the game starts!
3. Assign Doctor, Botanist, and Engineer role sheets to each player, depending on who wants what role. If you have fewer than 3 people, assign more than 1 role to a person. If you have more than 3 people, some people can share a role.
4. Put all the Task cards face up in the center of the table.
5. Start a timer for 30 minutes and begin!
6. During the game, you are not allowed to show other people your role sheet, because it's specialized expertise. You *are* allowed to read out loud from it if you want.
7. Task cards are allowed to be seen by everyone.
8. Each task you solve gets you 1 rocket piece.
9. After the timer is up, the game is over and your rocket launches. The more rocket pieces you accumulated, the better chance humanity has on the Tall Planet!

Made in 11 hours for Tilted Game Jam #33 with the randomly generated theme "Tall Planet" on 2024-03-30 by:
Patrick Traynor - Design
Bre Indigo - Design, Art
Michael Wilson - Design