Bomb Busters · Board game rules
Do you use the wooden component to mark the number of yellow and red?
Quick answer
No, you use colored markers (red and yellow) on the board to indicate red and yellow wire values, not a wooden component.
Details
During setup, after drawing the red and yellow wire tiles randomly, you place the appropriate red and/or yellow markers in spaces on the board with their blank side faceup (hiding the "?" symbol) [p.3 — Prepare the mission's Wire tiles]. These markers indicate which red and yellow values are in play for that mission.
The wooden component you may be thinking of is the dial installed on the board before the first game [p.1 — Game Components]. This dial is used to track the detonator's progress during gameplay—it advances one space each time a Dual Cut action fails on a blue or yellow wire [p.5 — Dual Cut Action]. If the dial reaches the skull space, the bomb explodes and the mission fails [p.2 — Aim of the Game].