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'''On Your Turn''': 2 Actions (Draw or Play)
'''On Your Turn''': 2 Mandatory Actions (Draw or Summon)


'''Draw:''' from the Market (replace cards immediately) or from the Deck (max 7 hand size, discard excess at end of turn)
'''1) Draw:'''


'''Play''':
Draw 1 card from the eight face-up cards (replacing cards immediately) or from the top of the deck. (Discard down to 7 cards at the end of your turn.)


* Cost: Card Level - (Adjacent Element Discount) - (Level Up Difference)
'''2) Summon''':
* Discard cards matching Element OR Animal type
* Placement rules (empty space or over lower level version of the same animal)
* Gain Animal Token (take from another player if needed)
** Gain Years(points):
*** When gaining Animal Token: 1 year per Animal Token you control.
*** When leveling up your animal: 1 year per Element Token you own.
* Element Token gain: From covered card OR from game board space (take from player if needed).


'''End of Game''' conditions & Final Scoring
* The cost to summon animals is equal to the card rank, reduced by each adjacent Shared Element and the difference in rank when Ascending the same animal.
* The cost is paid by discarding cards or tokens matching the Element OR Animal icon of the card played.
* When placing cards, you must place them into an empty space or on top of a lower-rank version of the same animal.
* After summoning the animal, gain the matching Animal Token (take from another player if needed).


When the deck is empty or a player reaches 60 years, it triggers the last round.
'''Element Tokens:'''


Each remaining element token counts as 1 year and each card in your hand matching an animal token you control counts as 1 year.
You acquire Element Tokens by playing Animals on top of lower-rank matching Animals (Ascending) OR by covering an existing token on the game board space. If an Element Token is not available, take one from another player.
 
'''Scoring Years (Points) ~''' Two ways to score during the game:
 
# When gaining an Animal Token, you gain 1 year per Animal Token you control.
# When Ascending an animal you already control, you gain 1 year per Element Token you control.
 
'''End of Game''' ~ Most Years Wins
 
When the deck is empty or a player reaches 60 years, it triggers the last round. Each remaining Element Token you control counts as 1 year, and each card in your hand matching an Animal Token you control counts as 1 year.
 
Ties are broken by the player controlling the current years animal, which for 2025 is the Snake.
 
'''Co-op and Solo''':
 
Goal is the fully Ascend all animals to rank 5 before the cards run out.
* You only score at the end of the game for each animal that has reached rank 5, scoring 1 year for each card of that animal on the board.
* You may now move an animal 1 space when playing a new animal in order to optimize the adjacent element discount
* When a rank 5 animal is played, the matching Animal Token is placed onto the card to show it has been completed. That animal may no longer be moved and becomes a barrier.
* BONUS: When successfully Ascending all 12 animals to rank 5, you also count all remaining face up cards and cards remaining in the deck.
 
'''Score Rankings''':
1-11: Beginner, 12-20: Apprentice, 21-28: Average, 29-37: Good, 38-45: Strong, 46-54: Expert, 55-59: Master!

Latest revision as of 09:21, 30 June 2025

On Your Turn: 2 Mandatory Actions (Draw or Summon)

1) Draw:

Draw 1 card from the eight face-up cards (replacing cards immediately) or from the top of the deck. (Discard down to 7 cards at the end of your turn.)

2) Summon:

  • The cost to summon animals is equal to the card rank, reduced by each adjacent Shared Element and the difference in rank when Ascending the same animal.
  • The cost is paid by discarding cards or tokens matching the Element OR Animal icon of the card played.
  • When placing cards, you must place them into an empty space or on top of a lower-rank version of the same animal.
  • After summoning the animal, gain the matching Animal Token (take from another player if needed).

Element Tokens:

You acquire Element Tokens by playing Animals on top of lower-rank matching Animals (Ascending) OR by covering an existing token on the game board space. If an Element Token is not available, take one from another player.

Scoring Years (Points) ~ Two ways to score during the game:

  1. When gaining an Animal Token, you gain 1 year per Animal Token you control.
  2. When Ascending an animal you already control, you gain 1 year per Element Token you control.

End of Game ~ Most Years Wins

When the deck is empty or a player reaches 60 years, it triggers the last round. Each remaining Element Token you control counts as 1 year, and each card in your hand matching an Animal Token you control counts as 1 year.

Ties are broken by the player controlling the current years animal, which for 2025 is the Snake.

Co-op and Solo:

Goal is the fully Ascend all animals to rank 5 before the cards run out.

  • You only score at the end of the game for each animal that has reached rank 5, scoring 1 year for each card of that animal on the board.
  • You may now move an animal 1 space when playing a new animal in order to optimize the adjacent element discount
  • When a rank 5 animal is played, the matching Animal Token is placed onto the card to show it has been completed. That animal may no longer be moved and becomes a barrier.
  • BONUS: When successfully Ascending all 12 animals to rank 5, you also count all remaining face up cards and cards remaining in the deck.

Score Rankings: 1-11: Beginner, 12-20: Apprentice, 21-28: Average, 29-37: Good, 38-45: Strong, 46-54: Expert, 55-59: Master!

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