# Pulsar 2849

Pulsar 2849 is a board game for 2–4 players. It plays in 60–90 minutes and is meant for ages 14 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 4. It is rated 8 out of 10 by 54 Ludoya reviewers. The cheapest copy in stock is $59.99 (United States).

- **Players:** 2–4 (best with 4)
- **Playing time:** 60–90 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 14+
- **Complexity:** 3.3 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2017
- **Categories:** Dice, Space Exploration, Science Fiction
- **Mechanics:** Worker Placement with Dice Workers, Point to Point Movement, Open Drafting, Dice Rolling
- **Ludoya rating:** 8 out of 10, from 54 reviews
- **Owned by:** 117 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 210
- **Unique players:** 316

**Designers:** Vladimír Suchý

**Artists:** Sören Meding

**Publishers:** Czech Games Edition

## Where to buy in United States

| Shop | Price | Link |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Miniature Market | 59.99 $ | https://www.miniaturemarket.com/cge00042.html |
| Board Game Bliss | 59.95 $ | https://www.boardgamebliss.com/products/pulsar-2849 |
| eFantasy | 48.99 € | https://www.efantasy.gr/en/products/board-games/110286-board-game-pulsar-2849 |
| World of Board Games | 449 kr | https://www.worldofboardgames.com/pulsar-2849 |
| Svet deskovych her | 990 Kč | https://www.svet-deskovych-her.cz/produkty/5587/pulsar-2849-cz |
| Mono de Juegos | 43.95 € | https://www.monodejuegos.shop/juego-de-mesa/pulsar-2849/ |
| Zatu Games | 38.35 £ | https://zatu.com/products/pulsar-2849 |
| Snafu Store | 44.95 € | https://snafustore.com/product/pulsar-2849/ |
| Alphaspel | 549 kr | https://alphaspel.se/491-bradspel/80589-pulsar-2849-en |
| Spelexperten | 549 kr | https://www.spelexperten.com/sallskapsspel/strategispel/pulsar-2849.html |
| Fantasiapelit | 60 € | https://www.fantasiapelit.com/index.php?main=ai&kat=single&mista=indeksi&etsittava=_181255 |
| Spielezar | 57.9 Fr. | https://www.spielezar.ch/brettspiele/pulsar-2849-en |

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## Rules questions

### How do I determine the median after rolling the dice, and what does it do when we take dice?

Line the rolled silver dice in order; the median is the middle die and you place the median marker on it (if more dice sit to one side, move the marker one space toward that side so it sits between spaces). When you take a die you move either your initiative or engineering counter left or right relative to the median marker by the number of die spaces between the marker and the die you took, which affects play order and cube income later (p.7-8).

### When I fly my survey ship, do I have to move the exact number of segments and can I retrace segments?

A flight must use exactly the number of segments equal to the die you pay (possibly modified) and you may not use any flight segment more than once during that single flight; flights of distance zero are not allowed and isolated pulsars with no connecting segments cannot be flown to (p.10).

### If I only pass through a planetary system, can I still take the blue-planet exploration bonus?

No — if you only pass through a system you must place your token on a lifeless planet if one is available and you get no exploration bonus; you receive an exploration bonus only when your flight ends at the system and you establish a station on a blue planet (p.11).

### How do gyrodyne tiles get placed, completed, and when do they score points?

You must first claim a pulsar, then take a gyrodyne tile (taking costs: 1 for small, 2 for medium, 4 for large), place it on your claimed pulsar to start construction, and later spend the tile's completion die (3 for small, 5 for medium, 6 for large) to flip it so it is spinning; spinning gyrodynes produce points each Production Phase equal to the gyrodyne's face plus the value of the current technology row (p.12, p.16).

### How do transmitter links work and when do I get the red bonus die from them?

When you take transmitter tiles you decide immediately whether to link them end-to-end into an array (links are permanent) and you must pay each printed die cost to flip a transmitter online (one cost is covered when you take it); if you have two linked transmitters that are flipped online you gain the red bonus die formed by their link, which you may use as your bonus die that turn (p.13, p.15).

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/pulsar-2849)
- [Pulsar 2849 in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/pulsar-2849)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/228341)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-19. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._