Gamehelpyokai

Objective

To work together as a team and gather the Yokai (Foxes, River Children, Long-neck Women and Demons) by families.

Setup

The cards are placed in a 4x4 grid. Randomly take some hint cards and place them in a pile.

Your Turn

You must do 3 actions in this order:

• Look at 2 cards, one by one. They don't have to be adjacent.
• Choose a card and move it. After the move, the groups must be united.
• Reveal a hint card or place a hint card facedown on a Yokai. A Yokai with a hint card is locked and cannot be looked or moved.

End of Game

The game is ended when:

• Instead of doing any actions, a player declares the Yokai are gathered by families.
• Or all the hint cards are used.

Once the game is over, flip over all Yokai. If the Yokai are grouped by families, the players win. Otherwise they lose.

Scoring

Victories are scored by hint card usage:

• 1 point per correctly placed hint card
• -1 point per incorrectly placed hint card
• 2 points per revealed but unused hint card
• 5 points per unrevealed hint card

Total Rankings

• 0-10 points is an Honourable victory
• 11-14 points is a Glorious victory
• 15+ points is a Legendary victory

Level of Difficulty

If you win a game at a given level of difficulty, you can try the same level for a higher score or move on to the next level.

• Level 1: Basic rules.
• Level 2: Add a random affinity card which is only visible to the first player. The shown families must be adjacent at the end of the game.
• Level 3: Stack hint cards when revealing them. You may only place the last revealed hint.
• Level 4: Don't reveal hints. Instead take the top card and put it down beside the deck facedown.
• Level 5: Add a random objective card, visible to all. The cards must be in the indicated shape at the end of the game.