Manhattan Project: Quantum Theory

In The Manhattan Project: Quantum Theory you are racing against other players to first research and then build nuclear bombs. The technology is new, however, and all players are simultaneously competing in its research! This creates a tense atmosphere where players have to watch out for someone else beating them to nuclear technology they are trying to research.

Quantum Theory is a medium-weight dice game set in the Manhattan Project universe for 1-4 players. Players familiar with The Manhattan Project will find familiar concepts: Players expand their city infrastructure by constructing buildings, and laborers, scientists, and engineers mine yellowcake to refine into enriched uranium and ultimately build nukes. In Quantum Theory, workers are represented by dice. At the heart of the game is a dice-based competition to research bomb plans. Once a player has researched a plan and obtained the necessary uranium they can assign dice to build and thereby score it!

Bomb cards depict between 2 and 4 pipped die faces. To research a bomb, a player must have scientist and/or engineer dice matching all of the faces shown on its card. Players roll their scientists and engineers each turn or might use special Research Lab buildings to expedite results. If a player does not complete research in a single turn they can assign dice to matching bomb plans, making future attempts easier. Spies can also steal other players' research.

Each bomb card also has a point value (bottom) and an enriched uranium cost (top). Once a player has researched a bomb they take it into their play area (other players with dice assigned lose out) and can now build that bomb by rolling a combined total equal or greater than its point value and paying the uranium cost.

The bomb names used in the game are taken from ships from Iain Banks's Culture Series novels, featuring such hilarity as:

• Attitude Adjuster
• Inappropriate Response
• Lapsed Pacifist
• Now We Try It My Way

and 20 others. The box also includes 6 blank bomb cards so you can create your own!

Welcome to The Manhattan Project: Quantum Theory!