LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT: Mars Base Command

Adding Novice and Expert Rules

As an alternative to the standard mission challenge rules, some novice rules have been created to make the challenge a little easier to successfully complete. These novice rules are as follows:

• The challenge time limit is doubled to 6 minutes.
• The penalties for damaging/disturbing the three primary models is removed; there is no loss of points for this type of action.

As an alternative to the standard mission challenge rules, the following expert rules have been created that will make the challenge a bit more difficult to successfully complete:

• The challenge time limit is cut to 2 minutes.
• Any damage to a model stops the challenge (the doctor calls a halt to the surgical procedure), and points are awarded ...