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Buy technology early enough to repay its extra Era cards; a powerful late upgrade often lengthens the timeline more than it accelerates the final turns.

Use clues and contradictions to deduce hidden information.

Treat squad positioning as a shared resource: set up support and loyalty abilities before committing Shepard to the objective that advances the mission clock.

Treat every worker as both currency and information: contest the module that completes your ship, but make rivals overpay for attractive pieces you can afford to lose.

Enter Tokyo with enough health to survive a full round; the extra points are tempting, but leaving at the right moment is often better than one more attack.

Draft from shared options to assemble a plan over successive turns.

Reserve cards that complete multiple links or AI objectives; a flexible connection is usually worth more than an isolated high-value effect.

Build a deck or pool that turns small actions into stronger combos.

Read the likely locations before choosing your action: surviving one priority tie is more valuable than setting up an elaborate later turn.

Upgrade cargo or mobility before committing to distant ore; an efficient return route is often worth more than one rare crystal.

Commit presence to key areas and fight for influence where it matters.

Move valuable cake away from the laboratory’s old edge before an opponent can activate and recycle its chamber.

Keep every flagship sector screened when possible; one open lane can invite several opponents to concentrate fire.

Move goods between locations while optimizing routes and timing.

Roll dice and choose how to use the results for tactical outcomes.

Mark choices on a sheet to build patterns and complete objectives.

Use the information token only when it changes the table’s plan; card order, hesitation, and earlier tricks already reveal much about every hand.

Tokyo is a scoring engine and a trap: enter when rivals cannot punish you immediately, and leave before one more attack turns ambition into elimination.

Commit presence to key areas and fight for influence where it matters.

Keep several capsule objectives live at once, then take an agency row when it advances more than one scoring plan.

Place workers to claim actions and turn resources into plans.

Coordinate with teammates to solve the game's shared challenge.

When splitting the pair, offer a droid whose value depends on resources your opponent lacks; the best choice is often the card that keeps both of your repair plans alive.

Collect matching sets while timing when to score or trade them.