Adding the Alien Invasion Mini-Expansion to Twisted Cryptids introduces a new adversary for the Cryptids to compete against, allowing you to play a semi-cooperative or solo variation of the game.
This Mini-Expansion includes 1 tarot-sized UFO Control Panel, an Alien Activity Deck (7 Cards), and a UFO Meeple. Each round, the UFO will move around The Wilderness and Abduct Humans before they have a chance to encounter any Cryptids.
The UFO meeple denotes the UFO’s current Site, which is the Site from which the UFO may Abduct Humans.
The UFO Control Panel holds all Humans abducted throughout the game. The UFO Control Panel is divided into 4 Pods, and each Pod can hold up to 5 Humans. Three of the Pods correspond to a specific Flavor of Human (and can only hold Humans of that Flavor), and the fourth Pod can hold any Flavor of Human.
Note: When playing solo or with 2 players, Humans cannot be placed in the fourth Pod; it must remain empty.
-Alien Activities operate the UFO to move it around The Wilderness and Abduct Humans! If an Alien Activity Abducts a Human, move that Human from the UFO’s current Site to a corresponding Pod on the UFO Control Panel. Some Alien Activities refer to the Energy of the UFO; this equals the number of players plus the number of filled Pods.