Star Realms: Frontiers

To set up Star Realms: Frontiers for a solo game against the Blob Assault, each player begins with a personal deck consisting of 8 Scout cards and 2 Viper cards. Players also start with 50 Authority (health) points. The Boss, representing the Blob Assault, starts with 40 Authority points per player. A specific Blob deck is created by arranging certain Blob cards in a predefined order (Stinger, Spike Cluster, Burrower, Crusher, Nesting Ground, Pulverizer, Blob Alpha, Swarm Cluster, Infested Moon, Hive Queen) from top to bottom, with all other Blob cards set aside. The Boss does not have a hand or discard pile.

The primary objective of Star Realms: Frontiers in solo play against the Blob Assault is to strategically manage your deck and resources to reduce the Boss's Authority (health) to zero. You must achieve this before the Boss depletes your own Authority, which would result in your defeat.

A player's turn involves several phases: first, play cards from your hand to generate combat (damage) and trade (recruit points). Use card abilities to gain advantages, such as drawing more cards, scrapping cards from your deck, or destroying opponent bases. After playing cards and making purchases from the trade row, discard your remaining hand and any cards played this turn, then draw five new cards for your next turn. The Boss's turn follows a specific order of play, where it reveals cards from its deck, uses available primary and ally abilities, and then attacks you, with its recruit points converting directly into damage against your Authority.

Scoring in Star Realms: Frontiers is straightforward: damage dealt to the Boss directly reduces its Authority points. Conversely, any recruit points generated by the Boss's cards are converted into damage against your Authority. The game is a race to deplete the opponent's Authority first.

The game concludes immediately when either the player's Authority or the Boss's Authority drops to zero or below. If the player's Authority reaches zero first, the player loses. If the Boss's Authority reaches zero first, the player wins.