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=== Once Upon a Forest ===
[[Category:Card games]]
== Once Upon a Forest ==


The aim of the game is to develop your forest to make it the largest, the most balanced and the least degraded.
* The aim of the game is to develop your forest to make it the largest, the most balanced and the least degraded.


=== The game ===
== Game play ==


Each player begins by drawing cards from among 5 piles until they have 3 cards in their hand. Once this initial step is completed, players will be able to start developing their forest. Each in turn, the players will:
* Each player begins by drawing cards from among 5 piles until they have 3 cards in their hand.
* Once this initial step is completed, players will be able to start developing their forest.
* Each in turn, the players will:
*# Play a card on their forest
*# Give a card to another player
*# Draw cards


# Play a card on their forest
=== Play a card on forest ===
# Give a card to another player
{|class="wikitable" style="width:auto; float:left; margin-right:2rem;"
# Draw cards
! Position !! Level
|-
|Top
|Canopy
|-
|2
|2nd
|-
|1
|1st
|-
|Bottom
|Ground
|}
* When a player places one card on his/her forest, she/he must respect the floor to which the card belongs.
* All the cards are divided into 4 levels.
* A second rule to respect when playing a card from your hand on your forest is that you can only start a new tree (a new column of 4 cards) if the preceding column is complete.
* So you will have to complete a first tree before you can start a second, and so on.
* However, there is no obligation to build a tree from the bottom to the top, you can place elements of a tree in any order you want.
* It is allowed to cover an already constructed cell, in order to replace its content.


=== 1 Play a card on forest ===


When a player places one card on his/her forest, she/he must respect the floor to which the card belongs. All the cards are divided into 4 levels:
=== Give a card to another player ===


# Ground card: Can only be played on the bottom line.
* The second step of a game turn is to give one of your remaining cards to another player.
# 1st level card: Must be played on the second row.
* The player you have designated receives your card and must immediately place it on his/her board, respecting the rules mentioned above for card placement.
# 2nd level card: Must be played on the third row.
# Canopy card : Must be played on the fourth row, i.e. the highest row.


A second rule to respect when playing a card from your hand on your forest is that you can only start a new tree (a new column of 4 cards) if the preceding column is complete. So you will have to complete a first tree before you can start a second, and so on.
=== Draw cards ===


However, there is no obligation to build a tree from the bottom to the top, you can place elements of a tree in any order you want.
* At the end of your turn, you must draw two cards in order to complete your hand (3 cards in hand).
* There are 5 piles of cards, face down. But, the face down of the cards indicates the floor to which the card belongs.


It is allowed to cover an already constructed cell, in order to replace its content.
== Game End & Scoring ==


=== 2 Give a card to another player ===
* A game ends when all the cards have been drawn and placed on the player boards.
* We then proceed to count the points:
** +3 points per completed tree in a forest
** -1 point per tree started but not completed
** -1 point per chainsaw (degraded forest)
** +1 point per species of animal if the number of them is equal to the number of completed trees.
* Animals on your cards can earn you points only if they are in balance. That is, if the population of a species equals the number of trees completed in your forest.
* An incomplete tree at the end of the game does not count towards the chainsaw and animal species count. It only makes you lose 1 point.


The second step of a game turn is to give one of your remaining cards to another player. The player you have designated receives your card and must immediately place it on his/her board, respecting the rules mentioned above for card placement.
== Game variants ==


=== 3 Draw cards ===
* There are two variations for this game:
 
*# Semi-cooperative
At the end of your turn, you must draw two cards in order to complete your hand (3 cards in hand). There are 5 piles of cards, face down. But, the face down of the cards indicates the floor to which the card belongs.
*# Single-player
 
* These variants have not yet been implemented at this stage.
=== End of the game and score count ===
 
A game ends when all the cards have been drawn and placed on the player boards. We then proceed to count the points:
 
* 3 points per completed tree in a forest
* -1 point per tree started but not completed
* -1 point per chainsaw (degraded forest)
* +1 point per species of animal if the number of them is equal to the number of completed trees.
 
Animals on your cards can earn you points only if they are in balance. That is, if the population of a species equals the number of trees completed in your forest.
 
An incomplete tree at the end of the game does not count towards the chainsaw and animal species count. It only makes you lose 1 point.
 
=== Game variants ===
 
There are two variations for this game: semi-cooperative and single-player. These variants have not yet been implemented at this stage.

Revision as of 20:51, 26 December 2021

Once Upon a Forest

  • The aim of the game is to develop your forest to make it the largest, the most balanced and the least degraded.

Game play

  • Each player begins by drawing cards from among 5 piles until they have 3 cards in their hand.
  • Once this initial step is completed, players will be able to start developing their forest.
  • Each in turn, the players will:
    1. Play a card on their forest
    2. Give a card to another player
    3. Draw cards

Play a card on forest

Position Level
Top Canopy
2 2nd
1 1st
Bottom Ground
  • When a player places one card on his/her forest, she/he must respect the floor to which the card belongs.
  • All the cards are divided into 4 levels.
  • A second rule to respect when playing a card from your hand on your forest is that you can only start a new tree (a new column of 4 cards) if the preceding column is complete.
  • So you will have to complete a first tree before you can start a second, and so on.
  • However, there is no obligation to build a tree from the bottom to the top, you can place elements of a tree in any order you want.
  • It is allowed to cover an already constructed cell, in order to replace its content.


Give a card to another player

  • The second step of a game turn is to give one of your remaining cards to another player.
  • The player you have designated receives your card and must immediately place it on his/her board, respecting the rules mentioned above for card placement.

Draw cards

  • At the end of your turn, you must draw two cards in order to complete your hand (3 cards in hand).
  • There are 5 piles of cards, face down. But, the face down of the cards indicates the floor to which the card belongs.

Game End & Scoring

  • A game ends when all the cards have been drawn and placed on the player boards.
  • We then proceed to count the points:
    • +3 points per completed tree in a forest
    • -1 point per tree started but not completed
    • -1 point per chainsaw (degraded forest)
    • +1 point per species of animal if the number of them is equal to the number of completed trees.
  • Animals on your cards can earn you points only if they are in balance. That is, if the population of a species equals the number of trees completed in your forest.
  • An incomplete tree at the end of the game does not count towards the chainsaw and animal species count. It only makes you lose 1 point.

Game variants

  • There are two variations for this game:
    1. Semi-cooperative
    2. Single-player
  • These variants have not yet been implemented at this stage.