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🎯 Goal

Score the most stars ⭐ by efficiently operating attractions in your theme park.

Guests are dice: you move, modify, and exhaust them to run attractions and score points.


🔄 Round Overview

The game is played over 4 rounds (or 5 in the full game).

Each round has 6 phases:

1️⃣ Plan (simultaneous)

  • Play 2 staff cards.
  • These determine:
    • Turn order (lower dice total = earlier)
    • Income (money icons)
    • Staff abilities you can use this round

2️⃣ Welcome (turn order)

  • Choose a monorail.
  • Take its 3 guest dice and place them at your Park Entrance.
  • Some staff can boost arriving dice.

3️⃣ Expand (turn order, optional)

You may:

  • Build 1 attraction (pay cost, place adjacent)
  • Recruit 1 mascot (£5)
    • Full game: also gain a skill card

Matching amenities across your park can give instant bonuses.


4️⃣ Improve (simultaneous, optional)

You may:

  • Buy 1 map (£3)
  • Install up to 2 upgrades:
    • 💰 Merch kiosk → +£2 per operation
    • ⭐ Special effect → +2⭐ per operation
    • ⚙ Generator → operate attraction twice per round

5️⃣ Operate (simultaneous – main phase)

Run your park in any order.

To operate an attraction, always do these steps:

  1. Place an operate cube
  2. Assemble a party of dice that meet the attraction’s requirement
  3. Pip down all used dice (–1 each; dice at 1 are discarded)
  4. Move one used die to an adjacent attraction

Helpful tools:

  • Maps move dice between attractions
  • Mascots adjust die value or colour (or use skills)
  • Generators allow extra operations

👉 You don’t score immediately — everything is counted later.


6️⃣ Upkeep (simultaneous)

  • Score stars and money from operated attractions
  • Apply upgrade bonuses
  • Check the round objective (mid/late game)
  • Discard all value-1 dice
  • Reset staff, maps, mascots, and refill monorails

🏁 End of Game

  • Gain 1⭐ per £3 remaining
  • Highest ⭐ wins

Ties:

1️⃣ Most guest dice remaining

2️⃣ Most money

3️⃣ Shared victory


🧠 Key Things to Remember

  • Dice wear out as you use them
  • Moving dice is mandatory when operating
  • Efficient chaining of attractions is the key to high scores
  • Staff planning matters as much as park layout

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