FAQ
55 answered questions12 official
Rules questions from the BoardGameGeek forum. Answers marked Official were confirmed by Eagle-Gryphon Games or the designers.
Common mistakes
- Using a newly placed Charger ability immediately — it becomes available on your next turn. Ruling · Rule
- Claiming a car, closing the gap and then claiming another from the new positions; claim them all first, then close gaps once. Ruling · Rule
- Spending Administration shifts in several other departments; you choose only one. Ruling · Rule
- Scoring PP from the Upgrade Value track on a single upgrade; only a double-upgrade scores at once. Ruling · Rule
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When the end is triggered at a meeting, do we play one more day?
No. Once one marker is at least on its 2nd space and the other at least on its 3rd, finish the current day — including any End-of-Week Scoring and Meeting — and go straight to Final Scoring.
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The Week marker is on 3 and would advance again, but the Production Cycle marker is still on 1. What happens?
Nothing: the Week marker stays on 3 and the game goes on until the other marker reaches its 2nd space.
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Can my Production Points go below 0? Official
No, you never go below 0 PP.
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Must I do something in the department I chose? Official
Yes, take at least one action there, but you don't have to use every shift.
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Can I split my shifts between different tasks in the same department?
Yes — for example issue a Kanban Order and collect car parts — as long as you have the shifts, up to 4 a day.
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Can I keep shifts I didn't use?
No. Banked shifts only come from the rewards that give them.
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From Administration, can I spend each shift in a different department?
No. You choose one other department and split your shifts and books between Administration and that department.
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Does working another department from Administration cost an extra shift?
No. Each shift you spend there works as if you were in that department, at the normal cost.
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Can I train in the other department I chose from Administration?
Yes: train in Administration, in the chosen department, or in both.
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Can I choose a workstation where another player's worker still lies from the last round?
No. A workstation must be empty to move there; a lying-down worker still occupies it.
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In Logistics, must I take every part from a warehouse?
No. You may take any of the parts.
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Are car parts limited? Official
Yes. Every component in the game is limited.
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How many parts do I give in Assembly to move a car?
One part per action moves one car one space, pushing the cars ahead of it. Repeat with more shifts, up to that car line's slots.
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What happens when no car of a colour is left to place on the assembly line? Official
Skip placing the new car and keep pushing the belt. Cars pushed off the test track by the 4-car limit fill empty places on the assembly line.
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Can I swap a Parts Voucher for a part just to keep on my board?
No. A voucher is used only at the moment you need the part, to provide it in Assembly or upgrade a design in R&D. It can't be used during a meeting.
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Does Sandra count Parts Vouchers as car parts in Logistics?
No, only the real car parts on your board.
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With 5 advanced designs for a car but 3 assembly boxes, which can I place?
Any advanced design that isn't already on that car's assembly line.
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Can I claim a car, close the gap, move the pace car and then claim another?
No. Claim all your cars from where they stand at the start of the action; close the gaps and move the pace car once, at the end.
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Can I claim cars with my garages full?
No. You need an empty garage space for each car you take.
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Can upgraded designs pay for claiming cars?
No. Only non-upgraded designs from the desk area at the bottom of your board can be returned to claim cars.
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Where do returned designs go if every office stack is empty?
Onto the central stack, until someone's Design action moves designs to the offices.
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Can I upgrade the same part of the same car twice?
No — and neither can the solo colleagues. Each design tile is unique.
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What use is a design with an ✗ in its corner?
It can't be upgraded, but it counts for Sandra's design checks and can be returned to claim a car.
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Is a tested design also an upgraded design? Official
Yes. A tested design is an upgraded design with a matching car in your garages, so it counts wherever upgraded designs count, such as on Performance Goals.
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Does it matter where above my board I put tested designs?
No. The columns there are only for tidiness.
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What does the light-bulb icon on the model upgrade spaces give?
Nothing. It only reminds you where the part goes.
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Do garage bonuses such as taking or upgrading a design cost a shift?
No. They are free bonuses when you place a car in that garage.
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Does a single upgrade give PP from the Upgrade Value track?
No. That track scores at the end; only a double-upgrade gives PP at once, equal to the new value.
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What does the R&D (light bulb) icon in a model's upgrade spaces give me? Official
Nothing: it is only the symbol of the department.
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Do I get my starting certification bonus at once?
Yes, during setup, when your marker lands on a space with a benefit.
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At the top of a training track, can I keep training to move up the stack?
No. Once you reach the end of a track you can't train further there.
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Can Sandra's evaluation in Administration be blocked if every workstation is taken?
No. Sandra has her own desk in Administration, acts last there, and always evaluates.
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If everyone is an Expert in the department Sandra checks, who is evaluated?
Everyone.
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With 2 players, can Sandra move to a department where a worker is?
Yes. Players can't move where Sandra is, but she can move where a player is.
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If I have no speech tokens at a meeting, do I still play a card?
Yes. You can't place tokens to score, but you still put a Performance Goal card in the meeting room.
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Must I place a speech token on the card I just played?
Only if you place one that turn: then it goes on the card you just played. You don't have to place one every turn.
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Can I count Books I collected this day at that day's meeting?
Yes. Your turn has ended before the meeting starts.
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What if my board's speech-token spaces are full when I gain a generic token?
Keep it beside your board; exchange generic tokens for your own colour after each meeting.
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Can I score Final Goal achievements without speech tokens? Official
No. Spend one speech token, your colour or generic, for each achievement you score.
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Can I claim the same Factory Goal again later?
No. Each player takes a speech token from each Factory Goal once.
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How are ties on a training track broken at the end?
By the stack: the marker on top — the most recent training — wins.
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Can I recycle during Department Selection or a meeting? Official
No. Recycling is only for the Work Phase.
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How many times does a certified Mr. Lacerda advance when he works in Administration?
Once on Administration's track for working there, then twice on the track of Sandra's department as his action.
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In solo, which colour order is used to cycle cars on the assembly line?
The order on the assembly line itself, as on the solo reference card — not the car values on the player board.
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How do the colleagues place and score speech tokens at meetings?
Like players, one token per card, skipping full cards and cards they're already on. Mr. Lacerda goes left to right and scores at the highest multiplier on the card; Mr. Turczi goes right to left and always scores at 1×.
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What does a colleague do in R&D with no design to upgrade?
Nothing, just as it claims no car when none is available.
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What if a colleague's department is occupied?
It moves on to the next free department and does that department's actions, whatever its plan card says.
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Where do colleagues get car parts?
From the general supply, not the warehouses.
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In solo, when are the first-certification and end-of-track bonuses scored?
The 2 PP for certifying first at once; the 3 PP for the last space at the end of the game.
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Does a colleague who reaches the end of a training track first score twice? Official
Yes. Since colleagues don't use speech tokens, they take 1 PP instead of the token when they get there, and the usual 3 PP at final scoring.
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Can Mr. Lacerda and Mr. Turczi score the same meeting goal, and are their white tokens interchangeable? Official
Each scores a meeting goal only once, like a player, and their tokens are kept apart — for example, lay one colleague's tokens sideways.
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In solo, can Sandra move to the department where I am? Official
Yes. You can't move to Sandra's department, but she can move to yours.
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Can I use a Speedcharger ability on the same turn I place a Charger token? Official
No. You can use that ability beginning on your next turn.
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Must I work in a department to use its Speedcharger ability?
No. You get it whether you work there or direct that department from Administration.
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Does the garage tile that trains in two departments still cost Books?
Unresolved: players disagree, and the rules don't say whether the training is free or still costs Books.
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