Space Lab

Space Lab – Build the Space Laboratory of the Future

In Space Lab, you take command of a modular space station expanding across the stars. Your mission: recruit the best specialists from the four major world agencies to propel your interstellar projects forward. Every decision matters, as only careful management and keen foresight will lead you to scientific glory. Easy to learn yet full of meaningful choices, Space Lab blends hand management, placement optimization, and hidden objectives in a thrilling race among the stars.

How to Play Space Lab

In Space Lab, your goal is to earn the most victory points by building and upgrading your space station. On your turn, you may:

• Reveal three Lab cards and keep all those from one agency, sending the others to the Recruitment Center.
• Recruit from the Center, taking all cards from a single agency already present there.
• Place your Lab cards around your capsules by paying their cost — an action that becomes mandatory if you hold five or more cards.

Each Lab card provides a specialty — Doctor, Pilot, Researcher, or Technician — and can trigger immediate bonuses or contribute to completing objectives. Once an objective is fulfilled, take the corresponding tile to score points and gain additional effects. The game ends as soon as a player has placed ten Lab cards or validated three objectives. The player with the highest total score becomes the master of the space laboratory.

Why Play Space Lab?

• For an accessible yet strategic experience combining management, planning, and tension.
• Because every turn offers a crucial choice between recruitment, placement, and validation.
• For the variety of objectives and strong replayability offered by different agency and project combinations.
• Perfect for fans of development and optimization games.
• Features a clear, modular, and elegant design, ideal for solo play or up to 4 players.

Content:

• 12 Capsule tiles
• 12 Objective tiles
• 12 Validation tiles
• 60 Lab cards
• 24 Project cards
• 1 score pad
• 1 rulebook.