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WADDLE
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"Place your penguins together to make 'waddles' and compete
for the best fishing spots!"

Players: 2-5 | Age: 8+ | Time: ~15 minutes

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COMPONENTS
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1 Turn Track
1 Turn Track Marker
5 Marbles
1 Scoreboard
1 Dry Erase Marker
1 Active Hex Marker
20 Map Tiles
90 Single Penguin Tokens (18 per player)
10 Double Penguin Tokens (2 per player)
5 Player Aids

Note: Nests and orcas are used in expansions. They have
no effect in the base game.

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GOAL
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Cleverly place your penguins to make the biggest waddles
and compete for the best fishing pools. Score the most
victory points to win!

* A WADDLE is a group of adjacent penguins of the same
color. At the end of the game, you score each waddle of
your color based on the number of penguins it has.

* A FISHING POOL is any area of 1 or more adjacent water
hexes on the map. At the end of the game, players score
the fish in each pool based on who has the most penguins
surrounding it.

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SETUP
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1. Find any tiles marked on the back with a HIGHER PLAYER
COUNT than you have and return them to the box.

2. Randomly arrange all other tiles FACEUP in a roughly
hexagonal area with no gaps. Place the active hex
marker on the water hex marked with a (1).

3. Each player picks a color and takes their marble,
20 penguin tokens, and player aid.

4. Assemble the turn track and slot the marker under the
LEFT track. Randomly arrange the player marbles on the
left track.

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TURN ORDER
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The turn track marker indicates which of the 2 turn tracks
is ACTIVE for the current round. When a player's marble
reaches the BOTTOM of the active track, it is their turn
to play.

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GAME ROUNDS
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Each round, players take turns placing penguins on ice
hexes next to the hex with the ACTIVE HEX MARKER. When no
more penguins can be placed around the active hex, the
round ends, and the marker moves to the next water hex in
NUMBERED ORDER.

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PLAYER TURNS
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On your turn, you must do ONE of the following:

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A. PLACE
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If you choose to place a penguin, take one of your unused
single or double penguin tokens and place it on any empty
ICE HEX next to the active hex.

Next, move your marble from the bottom of the ACTIVE turn
track to the top of the SAME track (at the end of the
current turn order).

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B. SCOUT AHEAD
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Instead of placing, you may move your marble from the
active turn track to the top of the OPPOSITE track. You
can't place any more penguins this round.

Last Player Placing:
If yours is the ONLY marble remaining on the active
turn track, and there are still empty ice hexes around
the active hex, you may NOT scout ahead. Instead, you
MUST continue placing until all ice hexes around the
active hex are filled.

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ROUND END
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Once all ice hexes around the active hex have penguins in
them, follow these steps to end the round:

* NEW ACTIVE HEX:
Move the active hex marker to the lowest-numbered
water hex with at least 1 empty ice hex next to it.
(If there is no such hex, the game ends.)

* NEW TURN ORDER:
If at least 1 player scouted ahead this round, move
all marbles on the active track to the top of the
opposite track, keeping them in order. Move the turn
marker below the track with the marbles to show it is
now the active track.

* NEW ROUND:
The player at the bottom of the active track takes the
first turn of the round.

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GAME END & SCORING
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The game ends when EVERY ice hex on the map has a penguin.
Each player adds up their final VICTORY POINTS (VP), and
whoever has the most wins. In a tie, victory is shared.

(For scoring changes with 2 players, see the 2 PLAYER
SCORING section below.)

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WADDLES
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Score each of your waddles using the scoring table on your
player aid. Waddles of 8 OR MORE penguins score the max
value of 36 VP.

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FISHING POOLS
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Score each fishing pool one at a time. To score a pool,
RANK players based on the number of penguins they have
directly adjacent to the pool, from most to fewest. Then,
going in RANK ORDER, each player scores 1 FISH in the
pool, until there are none left to score. You must have at
least 1 penguin next to the pool to score a fish.

Example:
Purple scores 5 VP for most penguins around the pool.
Yellow scores 1 VP.
Red scores 0 VP.

Friendly Ties:
When players tie for a fish, each of them scores the
fish's FULL VP. The next-ranked player scores the
next-best fish, if there is one.

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2 PLAYER SCORING
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With 2 players, waddles score maximum VP at 10 PENGUINS
instead of 8 (see player aids).

Additionally, the player with the MOST penguins around a
fishing pool scores ALL fish inside it, while their
opponent scores NONE. (In a tie, both players score all
fish in the pool.)

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CLARIFICATIONS & TIPS
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* Penguins can only be placed on ICE HEXES, never on water
or off the map.

* If NO ONE scouts ahead during a round, do NOT move the
turn track marker (player order does not change).

* Double penguin tokens count as 2 PENGUINS for all
scoring.

* Each player can only place 2 DOUBLES per game, but
singles are unlimited. If a player runs out, they may
use a substitute.

* All penguins in a contiguous group must be scored as a
SINGLE WADDLE (even if it exceeds the maximum VP value).

* In 3+ player games, if there are any fish left in a pool
after each player has scored 1, the remaining fish are
NOT scored.

* Don't be afraid to SCOUT! Snagging a spot at the next
hex can be key to securing a pool or connecting a big
waddle.

* For a greater challenge, use a more creative MAP LAYOUT.
Try adding peninsulas, gaps, or separate islands!

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CREDITS
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Design ............ Corne van Moorsel
Illustration ...... Anca Gavril, Daniel Profiri
Graphic Design .... Anca Gavril & Co.
Development ....... Velgus
Consulting ........ John Brieger, Michael Dunsmore
Rules Editing ..... Eric Slauson, Jeff Fraser
3D Artist ......... Filip Gavril

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