The board game where you build real circuits

The board game where you build real circuits

Motors, lights, sensors and switches that actually work. Ages 10+, 1–4 players, 60+ minutes of genuine engineering disguised as a race to save the city of Electra.

//meet reactor rescue

The Award-Winning Game Where Circuits Are Real

Reactor Rescue is a competitive family strategy game where you build real, working circuits to repair your damaged spacecraft and save the futuristic city of Electra. Collect resources, outsmart your opponents, and solve hands-on circuit challenges to earn the repair tokens that get you back in the sky.

The Award-Winning Game Where Circuits Are Real
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//launch offer

Batch 2 is open — and it is the last one at $79

Reactor Rescue ships in production batches. Batch 1 went to our 2,200 Kickstarter backers and is gone. Batch 2 is in production now — from Batch 3 the price steps up to full retail.

BATCH 1
Sold out
2,200 backers · shipped
BATCH 2
Available now
Save 20% · ships October 2026
BATCH 3
Price increase
Full retail $99
RESERVE YOURS — $79Shipping and applicable taxes are calculated at checkout.

//what makes it real

Not a toy with a circuit theme. A game with actual working circuits.

Real components
Real components Motors, LEDs, sensors, switches and dimmers — the same parts an engineer would reach for.
Circuits that light up
Circuits that light up
1–4 players
1–4 players
Learn in 5 min
Learn in 5 min Endless strategy, endless replayability
Engine-building strategy
Engine-building strategy
A full game, start to finish

//watch it played

A full game, start to finish

Watch four engineers race to repair their spacecraft — wiring real motors and lights on the table as they go. Every build works, or it does not light up.

  • No prior electronics knowledge needed
  • Kids play unsupervised after one round
  • Solo mode included

//the range

Two games, with circuits

Start with the game, then grow into the Circuit Explorer kits as your engineer gets more ambitious.

PRE-ORDER
Reactor Rescue - Race to Repair your spaceship by building real circuits
AGES 10+ · 1–4 PLAYERS
Reactor Rescue - Race to Repair your spaceship by building real circuits

The competitive circuit-building board game. Available in English and German

€79,99€99,00Pre-order
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AGES 8+ · BEGINNER
Buzz Trace - Find hidden sabotage connectors using real circuits

Inspired by the legendary battleship but with a twist!

€44,99€55,95Pre-order

Get the launch price before it steps up

Batch 2 is in production and selling now. Reserve a copy at $79 and pay nothing extra at checkout.

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30-day returns2,200 backers shippedAward-winning

//on kitchen tables everywhere

From our engineers' families

Recognised, backed, and built to last

Gee Award winner
Gee Award winner
Hape manufacturing partner
Hape manufacturing partner
2,200
backers funded the first print run
30+
countries with Labbox kits on the shelf

//what reviewers say

Watch the reviews

“I think it's super high quality. The satisfaction of seeing it actually function correctly and seeing the pieces actually work... It'll definitely be making it to our next community game night.””
Will Meadows - @TantrumHouse
““Reactor Rescue is a bit different from most board games you're used to, because in this game you'll be building actual circuits.””
Proffesor Meg - @BoardGameCo

“An ambitious STEM game.”

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We were the kids who took the radio apart

//about Us

We were the kids who took the radio apart

Labbox started because the electronics sets we grew up with had disappeared, replaced by apps and plastic. So we built the thing we wanted: real components, real circuits, and a reason to care about them.

Reactor Rescue is that idea at its most fun — a game where the only way to win is to make something actually work.

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