Gamehelpmarram

For tips on how to play marram, see Tips_marram

How to play

Marram Classic

• Each turn, a player must do the following twice:
  • place a tile; or
  • flip a tile.

Place a tile

• When placing a tile, all the features of adjacent tiles must match: grass tufts, sand, orange snakes, blue snakes and worms.
• If there are any remaining in their supply, a player may optionally place a welly boot on a feature of the placed tile.
• If the tile placement completes a feature, that feature scores for the player with the most welly boots on it.
  • All welly boots from completed features are returned to their respective players.

Flip a tile

• A player may only flip a tile if they have at least one remaining shovel in their supply.
• Flipping a tile expends a shovel from the player's supply.
• The player selects a tile with a shovel symbol on it and turns it over in place.
• If there are any welly boots on the flipped tile itself, they are removed from the game.
• The tile is then realigned, if necessary, so that its features match with the adjacent tiles.
• If more than one rotation is possible, the player may choose.
• The player may then optionally place a welly boot on a feature on the tile.
• Any features completed as a result of the flipping are scored, including those from welly boots just placed.
• Welly boots from completed features are returned to their owners.

Marram Pitchfork

• Same as classic, except with using pitchforks for claiming the creatures.
• A completed creature will disappear from the board, making it much easier to complete grass tufts and sand mounds.
• Pitchforks will be returned to their owners for each completed creature.

Scoring

Marram Classic

Completed features

Type of feature	Conditions	Scoring
Orange snake	Must have two ends.	1 point for each end, plus 1 point for each middle segment.
Worm	Must have two ends and one saddle.	2 points for each end, 2 points for the saddle, plus 2 point for each middle segment.
Blue snake	Must have one head, one tail and at least one middle segment.	3 points for the head, 3 points for the tail, plus 3 points for each middle segment.
Freak beasts	Any worm or snake that fails to meet its species criteria	3 points.
Grass tufts	(Must be completely surrounded by sand)	5 points per bulge, plus 5 points for each gold coin and 3 points for each silver coin.
Sand mounds	(Must be completely surrounded by grass)	5 points per bulge, plus 4 points for each flower.

Marram Pitchfork

Completed features

Type of feature	Conditions	Scoring
Orange snake	Must have two ends.	1 point for each end, plus 1 point for each middle segment.
Worm	Must have two ends and one saddle.	2 points for each end, 2 points for the saddle, plus 2 point for each middle segment.
Blue snake	Must have one head, one tail and at least one middle segment.	3 points for the head, 3 points for the tail, plus 3 points for each middle segment.
Freak beasts	Any worm or snake that fails to meet its species criteria	3 points.
Grass tufts	(Must be completely surrounded by sand)	3 points per bulge, plus 4 points for each gold coin and 2 points for each silver coin.
Sand mounds	(Must be completely surrounded by grass)	3 points per bulge, plus 3 points for each flower.