Unlock!: Star Wars – Eine unerwartete Verzögerung Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Game Material
• Goal of the Game
• Game Setup
  • Adventure start card (Eine unerwartete Verzögerung)
  • Tutorial start card
• Rules of Play
  • Tutorial: the cell
• Card Types
  • Objects (red or blue symbol)
  • Machines (green symbol)
  • Codes (yellow symbol)
  • Other Cards
• Combining Objects
• Discarding Cards
• Penalties
• Modifications
• Using Machines
• Entering Codes
• Hidden Objects
• Hints
• End of the Game
• The App
  • Adventure Selection
  • Settings
  • In Game
  • Hints / Machines / Codes
  • Rating
• Play Aid: Card Types

Game Material

• Tutorial (10 cards). The tutorial card set lies on top of the card set of the first adventure. After unpacking, this card set can be stowed away in compartment 0.
• 3 adventures (180 cards + environment card + solution booklet): Flucht von Hoth, Eine unerwartete Verzögerung, Geheime Mission auf Jedha. Each is rated with a difficulty (shown on the box).

IMPORTANT: Do not look at the cards of an adventure until you are playing it!

SOLUTION BOOKLET: Only read the solution to an adventure when you really cannot get any further.

Goal of the Game

Each card set represents a cooperative adventure. You have exactly 1 hour to complete your mission in a galaxy far, far away. In this time you must master a variety of tasks and challenges.

Game Setup

To get to know the game, we recommend playing the tutorial first. It explains the basic rules of UNLOCK! in a playful way. You may play the tutorial before you have read these rules completely.

Once you have decided on an adventure (or the tutorial), take the corresponding card set and carry out these steps:

• Lay the start card face up on the table so that the side with the text is visible.
• Lay the other cards ready as a deck, with the backs (with the numbers) facing up.
• Start the app (see page 6), choose the adventure (or the tutorial) and place the device within easy reach and clearly visible for everyone on the table.
• One of you reads the text of the start card aloud, starts the countdown in the app and turns the card over. Your adventure begins!

Note: You may take notes at any time.

IMPORTANT: Every card has a unique sorting number on its back. Use it before each adventure to check that the card set is complete.

Adventure start card (Eine unerwartete Verzögerung)

ADVANTAGE CARDS: Choose three of the six advantage cards without reading them. Put the remaining advantage cards back into the box. Now reveal the three chosen advantage cards and read them aloud. They may contain hints, clues, shortcuts or other advantages.

Now start the app, choose the scenario "Eine unerwartete Verzögerung" and press START. Then turn this card over and begin your mission.

Tutorial start card

Start the app STAR WARS UNLOCK!, choose the tutorial and press Start. You now have 10 minutes to escape. If you get stuck, you can request hints in the app by entering a card number. Now turn this card over.

"Welcome to STAR WARS UNLOCK! The cooperative escape game. With this game you can experience the live escape room experience at your home table. You will solve puzzles, decode codes, combine objects with one another and discover many secrets. In this first adventure you are spies of the Empire who have been captured by the Rebels. You are being held in a primitive cell of a secret Rebel base."

Rules of Play

The front of the start card shows the first location of the adventure. Various numbers and letters are distributed around this place. For every letter and every number there is a corresponding card in the deck, marked accordingly on its back. The basic principle is: whenever, in the course of an adventure, you see a number or a letter on the card of a location or on any other card, find the corresponding card in the deck, reveal it and lay it face up on the table.

The game is played in real time. (You use the cards and the app at the same time.) You are a team and must work together to complete the adventure before time runs out. Any of you may search for found cards in the deck. You can divide this up among yourselves as you like. Only one thing is not allowed: you may divide the deck into smaller piles, but you may not spread all the cards out individually on the table.

Tutorial: the cell

Example card text: "This is the cell in which you are being held. You see various things. Now find the five cards in the deck whose numbers you can see here and reveal them." (Inhaftierungszelle; cards 35, 69, 21, 11, 42.)

Card Types

There are different types of cards.

Objects (red or blue symbol)

Objects are usually items that you can combine with other objects (see Combining Objects – page 4).

Examples: Object 35 is a locked chest. Object 11 is a code cylinder.

Machines (green symbol)

You must enter the number of the machine in the app to use it (see Using Machines – page 5). Machine 69 is a console with 6 metal pins.

Codes (yellow symbol)

These cards require a code to be entered in the app so that the adventure can continue (see Entering Codes – page 5). Card 21 is a door with a code. You must enter the correct code in the app to open it.

Other Cards

These cards include:

• Locations, such as a room with the objects in it,
• Results of interactions with objects,
• Penalties you receive when you make mistakes,
• Modifications (see page 5).

Left: a room. Middle: the result of an interaction. Right: a penalty.

Combining Objects

Sometimes it is possible to combine objects with each other. To do this, you add the numbers of the two cards that are in a red and a blue circle respectively. The sum is the number of the card that you must look for in the deck. (It is of course not possible to add a letter to a number.)

GOLDEN RULE: Only one red number can ever be combined with one blue number. Other combinations (blue + blue, red + red, blue + grey, etc.) are NEVER possible.

Example: You decide to combine the code cylinder (11) with the locked chest (35). So you look for card 46 (11+35) in the deck and reveal it. It works: you open the chest and discover another object inside.

Discarding Cards

At the top edge of some cards you will find crossed-out numbers or letters. These tell you to discard the corresponding cards, because you will no longer need them.

Example: after opening the chest (46), you discard the code cylinder (11) and the locked chest (35).

Penalties

Some actions do not get you anywhere and are a waste of time. When you draw a penalty card, follow the instructions on the card.

Modifications

On some cards you will find so-called modifications. These are always red or blue numbers with a preceding "+". These numbers never refer to other cards in the deck. You must always combine them with the other colour. (Remember the Golden Rule!)

Example: You have restored the power (card 25) and thereby received a modification (+6). You can add it to a red number – but not to the card number (25).

Using Machines

To use a machine (cards with a green symbol), you must enter its card number in the app. For a card with a letter, the number is printed under the letter. The app then displays the machine, which you can then use step by step. If you use it correctly and find the solution, the app tells you how to proceed.

Example: Later in the adventure you find out how machine 69 is to be used: you must connect the two middle pins with the wire cable. To do so, press the Machine button in the app and enter card number 69. Then select the two pins and confirm your selection. For this correct solution you receive +9 in the app. This red modification can now be combined with the wire (16), which leads you to card 25 (16+9).

IMPORTANT: You can lose time if you operate a machine incorrectly. Usually you must first work out how it functions.

Entering Codes

Sometimes in an adventure you will come across things that require a code (cards with a yellow symbol): for example number locks or input fields. To get further with such cards, you must first press the Code button in the app (see The App – page 7). Then you enter the code; you do not need to enter the card number.

A code always consists of 4 digits. If the entered code is correct, the app will tell you how to continue. If you enter a wrong code, it is quite possible that a few minutes will be deducted from your time.

Hidden Objects

You will not always discover all objects at first glance. So you must look at the cards very carefully, because sometimes you can find hidden numbers or letters. These refer to cards that you search out of the deck and reveal as usual.

Note: If you are stuck at some point, you can press the "Hidden Object" button in the app, which gives you a hint about the next hidden object. In addition, you can activate the automatic help function for hidden objects at the beginning of an adventure. The app then helps you automatically at the right time.

Example: Do you see the hidden number (16) inside the chest?

Hints

If you are stuck, you can request hints. To do so, press the Hint button in the app and enter the card number you are stuck on (for example 27).

If there are hints for a card with a letter, their card number is printed small under the letter (for example 125 under the letter B).

Note: For some cards you can request a further hint in the app (which is sometimes the solution), in case the first hint does not give you enough information. Also do not forget the enclosed solution booklet.

End of the Game

The adventure ends when you solve the last puzzle and the timer stops. You can then look at your rating and see how well you did. The rating ranges from 0 to 5 green lights.

The App

You will find the STAR WARS UNLOCK! app for free download in the App Store (iOS) and on Google Play (Android). You need it as a timer and for penalties, codes, machines and hints. IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO PLAY UNLOCK! WITHOUT THE APP. After the download, no internet connection is needed to play. Start the app and select your language. You then arrive at the adventure selection.

Adventure Selection

• A. Settings: Here you can adjust music, timer and more.
• B. Adventure: Start your desired adventure by selecting it. As a reminder: we recommend starting with the tutorial if you do not yet know Unlock!

Settings

• A. Music: Here you can switch the background music on or off.
• B. Timer: Here you can activate or deactivate the timer.
• C. Notifications: Here you can activate or deactivate notifications.
• D. Hidden Objects: Here you can activate the automatic help function for hidden objects.
• E. Language: Here you can select your language.

In Game

• A. Remaining or elapsed time (depending on the adventure).
• B. Start/Pause: You can pause and restart the game (and with it the timer).
• C. Hint: Request a hint by entering the card number you need a tip for. Sometimes the solution is also shown, in case the tips are not sufficient.
• D. Penalty: Some penalty cards tell you that you must press this button. You then lose a few minutes of time.
• E. Code: Here you can enter a code for a puzzle.
• F. Machine: Here you can enter the card number of a machine to use it.
• G. Log: Here you can look at hints and on-screen texts again.
• H. Hidden Object: If you are stuck, you can request tips about hidden objects.

Hints / Machines / Codes

When you press the Hint, Code or Machine button, a number pad is displayed with which you can enter a card number (for hint/machine) or the digits of a code.

• A. Number pad: Entry of a number or digit sequence. Delete your previous entry with the delete key.
• B. Confirm: Confirm your entry by pressing "OK".
• C. Close: Closes the number pad without entering a number or digit sequence.

Rating

As soon as you have finished the adventure, you automatically reach this view. Sometimes the outcome of your adventure is shown there.

• A. Statistics: These numbers give you a summary of your adventure. In the first line you see the time you needed and the number of hints requested. The second line shows the time you lost through penalties (and the number of penalties received in brackets). In the third line you find the time lost through wrong codes and machines (and the number of wrong codes entered in brackets).
• B. Rating: The number of green lights awarded (0 to 5) depends on how you did, and on the time needed and the number of hints requested.
• C. Share: You can share your rating with your friends (internet connection required).

Play Aid: Card Types

• Object (door, key, ...): Add 1 red number with 1 blue number.
• Modification: Add a blue number that modifies a red card, or a red number that modifies a blue card (+?).
• Machine: Enter the card number in the app. Solve the displayed puzzle.
• Code (number lock, safe, ...): Always consists of 4 digits. Is entered in the app.
• Other: All other cards such as locations, interactions and penalties.