Gamehelpforestshuffle

Overview

Score the most points at the end of the Third Winter

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Turn

On your turn you have two options

You can draw two cards, each either from the clearing or the deck

Alternatively, you can play a card, pay its cost, carry out its effect, then check the clearing for need of clearing

You have a hand limit of 10 cards, so you can't take the draw action if you have 10, but may take it if you have 9 -- you will only draw 1 card

Winter

There are 3 Winter cards in the deck in the final third

When you draw a Winter card, put it aside and draw a proper card

When there are 3 Winter cards out, the game ends

The third Winter interrupts the turn where it was drawn, i.e. you don't get to finish your turn

Cards

There are two types of cards, Trees and Creatures

Trees have a single Tree on them and are played in just one way

Creatures have two creatures on them and are played as ONE of the two creatures

Regardless of which, to play a card you must discard other hand cards equal to the cost in the top left (some cards give bonuses if you use certain cards to pay for them)

You must have an empty tree in order to play creature cards as creature cards are slotted around available trees e.g. a left orientated animal will go to the left of a tree, no vacant left tree space then cannot play the animal

Once a creature is slotted, the other creature on that card is now hidden, and is no longer part of game.

Each time you play a tree, a card from the deck is revealed into the Clearing

If you're struggling for trees, any card can be played face down to make a Sapling, which has no effects but does give you the four direction spaces for creature cards

Effects vs Bonuses

Effects happen immediately and are guaranteed. Some are one-off benefits and some are ongoing, especially found on Mushrooms.

Bonuses are NOT guaranteed. To trigger a bonus, you must pay for the card by using cards which ALL match the required type (as shown in the ribbon on the top right).

End of Turn

If you chose to play a card this turn AND the clearing contains 10 cards or more, ALL cards in the clearing are cleared

Game End

The game ends when the third Winter card is drawn

All players score their visible cards as they describe

In addition, score a point for each hidden card under your cave regardless of its normal scoring properties

The player with the most points wins!