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- 15:39, 28 February 2024 Gamehelpnimalia (hist | edit) [2,020 bytes] Mizutismask (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The game lasts 5 rounds, and each round comprises 3 phases: * Build Your Reserve * Calculate Your Points * Finish the Round == 1 BUILD YOUR RESERVE == At the beginning of each round, each player draws 3 Animal cards. Then, you simultaneously place one of these cards in front of you, to create and modify your reserve. Next, you pass the 2 remaining cards to your left neighbor (in rounds 1, 3, and 5) or your right neighbor (in rounds 2 and 4). Repeat this procedure with...")
- 16:43, 27 February 2024 Gamehelpdobro (hist | edit) [842 bytes] Hulb (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Overview=== Have the most points after 3 rounds ===Turn=== You can play a single card with a value equal or greater than the current played value You can play two cards of the same value with a value equal or greater than the current played value You can play a special card You can take all played cards and add them to your score pile At end of turn, draw back to 6, if you don't take the Forget card instead from the supply or whoever holds it ===Round End===...")
- 15:56, 27 February 2024 Tips diceathlon (hist | edit) [2,443 bytes] SquashEngineer (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Win Criteria A. Understand that each event has specific win criteria, and provides the basis for the Gold (5), Silver(3), and Bronze(1) scores. B. Game end occurs, when all players fault a dice roll - cannot place a die in any space. Event Priority Order of Completion 1. Complete the Climbing Wall first since the gold medal is given to the person completing it the fastest. Note the order of completion during the game, and remember for game end scoring. 2. Hurdles...")
- 15:54, 27 February 2024 Gamehelpcradletograve (hist | edit) [1,193 bytes] Hulb (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Overview=== Be the Youngest at game end ===Turn=== Play a card in a number of ways You can play a card on an opponent if the number is one higher than either number they have, e.g. if they are 37 you can either play a 4 or an 8 for 47 or 38 respectively You can play a special card (including 0) to trigger some effect If you can't do either of the above, you have to make yourself older but this increase can be by as much as you wish (it isn't limited by a single...")
- 04:21, 27 February 2024 Tips mlem (hist | edit) [394 bytes] Dezo (talk | contribs) (page creation, Usability tips)
- 02:50, 27 February 2024 Tips rolltothetopjourneys (hist | edit) [433 bytes] Turtlemaster955 (talk | contribs) (keep it low)
- 04:30, 26 February 2024 Gamehelpquato (hist | edit) [1,544 bytes] DogEgg258 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The player with the most after 3 rounds wins. In case of a tie, the first player who played all hands in the last round wins. == Gameplay == Before a round starts, everyone must determine using the green side or the blue side. The first player must play a "Set". Then, players take turns to choose to player a "Bigger Set" or pass. Once all other players choose to pass, the player who plays the card(s) wins the trick and must play a new "Set". When only one player...")
- 06:56, 23 February 2024 Gamehelpalpenglow (hist | edit) [0 bytes] Seanwittmeyer (talk | contribs) (Created blank page)
- 05:31, 23 February 2024 Gamehelphund (hist | edit) [2,633 bytes] DogEgg258 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "== Summary == You try to collect as many positibe points and as few negative points as possible with your tricks. However you don't know which suit will generate positive or negative points in each round. The game lasts for 5 rounds. Each round there will be a designated number. According to the corresponding number card is played, their suits gain trump, plus, hund, minus, lead effect according to their order. == Gameplay == Start from the start player, each playe...")
- 00:51, 22 February 2024 Gamehelpauntiemildred (hist | edit) [9,695 bytes] RicardoRix (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<h3>Overview</h3> <p> This is a competitive 1-versus-1, dice placement game for 2 players. <br /> The aim of the game is to score 3 Victory Dice before your opponent. <br /> Players take turns performing actions with their dice trying to score points and improve their position by gaining special abilities on the task cards.<br /> </p> <h3>Introduction</h3> <p>Your mad as a box of frogs Auntie Mildred has just passed away. This is devastating news as she made the best...")
- 14:04, 20 February 2024 Tips gosux (hist | edit) [13,189 bytes] Nicotupe (talk | contribs) (Created page with "== Rulebook erratas == On page 8, in the example of the shift, one discarded card is missing, you need 3 instead of 2, as the shift cost of Sati is 3. On page 10, it indicates 5 instead of 6 as the value for the second line in the example. On page 12, in the glossary, under the "Capture" section, third point: It is stated that " A player may play a card on above a captured card". This can be confusing. It would be better to read: "It is always possible to play a card i...")
- 18:19, 19 February 2024 Gamehelpgreatsplit (hist | edit) [3,781 bytes] NatalieJade (talk | contribs) (Created the rules based off official rules PDF) Tag: Visual edit
- 08:41, 17 February 2024 Tips skyteam (hist | edit) [2,554 bytes] Romain672 (talk | contribs) (First few tips)
- 15:17, 16 February 2024 Gamehelpgoldncrash (hist | edit) [1,521 bytes] Hulb (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Overview=== Earn more Gold than your opponent OR destroy all their Zeppelins ===Turn=== On your turn, take 2 actions which can be the same or different The actions are: Draw, Play, Discard If you draw, take a card into your hand from your personal deck (there is no hand limit) If you play, play a card from your hand to one of your zeppelins as long as that zeppelin does NOT have more cards than any other, then use the effect If you discard, discard the most re...")
- 12:23, 15 February 2024 Tips federation (hist | edit) [3,606 bytes] LION-SPOCK (talk | contribs) (Created the page) Tag: Visual edit
- 06:19, 15 February 2024 Gamehelpsplendorduel (hist | edit) [4,357 bytes] MerryHo (talk | contribs) (Created page with "== PLAYER TURN == ;1. '''OPTIONAL ACTIONS''' (perform any, all, or none): :a. Spend 1 PRIVILEGE (Scroll) to take 1 Non-Gold Token from the board (any Jewel or Pearl Token). :* Can be done any number of times. :b. Replenish ALL empty token spaces on the board (starting in the middle like the setup) => OPPONENT gets 1 Scroll. :* Cannot be done if there are no tokens in the bag. ;2. '''MANDATORY ACTION''' (must perform only 1 of these): :a. Take up to 3 ADJACENT TOKENS (d...")
- 04:08, 14 February 2024 Gamehelpludo (hist | edit) [1,601 bytes] Ufm (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Each player places 4 tokens in their starting area. *• Quick start: Each player places a token in the waiting area at their starting space. ==Game play== At the start of each turn, a 6-sided die is rolled. Rolling a 6 grants an extra turn. The turn player may move a token already on the track according to the rolled die face. Tokens move clockwise following the track. If a 6 is rolled, the player may enter a token from the waiting area to the starting space instea...") Tag: Visual edit: Switched
- 19:56, 13 February 2024 Gamehelpmojo (hist | edit) [1,569 bytes] Hulb (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Overview=== Have the LOWEST score ===Turn=== Place a card from your hand onto the previous played card If your card is a lower value, end your turn If your card is a higher value, draw a new card then end your turn If your card is the same value, play again ===Round End=== When a player has three cards or fewer at their turn end, they trigger round end That player places their remaining cards facedown in front of them The remaining players continue to play...")
- 18:55, 13 February 2024 Gamehelptrailblazers (hist | edit) [2,470 bytes] Hulb (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Overview=== Gain the most points over 4 rounds ===Start of Round=== In the first three rounds only, after hand cards are dealt, each player picks one of their three camp cards to use this round ===Turn=== The round is made up of three turns Each turn, you choose two cards from your hand to play, then pass the rest of your hand on to the next player (Left 1/3, Right 2/4) After the three turns, you will have two cards left which will just be discarded ===Card...")
- 20:16, 11 February 2024 Tips barrage (hist | edit) [450 bytes] Ignus (talk | contribs) (Barrage is not a game about producing energy every round. Instead, it is a game to know when you need to produce energy to score the maximum points per round.)
- 14:54, 11 February 2024 Gamehelprivervalleyglassworks (hist | edit) [3,036 bytes] Hulb (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Overview=== X ===Turn=== On your turn, either Place in the River OR Draw from the Lake If you Place in River, place a glass from your Satchel that matches the shape of the River segment then collect all the glass from an adjacent segment (thus possibly collecting a different shape) and put those in your Glassworks. The segment collected from is moved to the start of the River and new Glass is added to it from the supply based on the number of stone icons on the a...")
- 17:36, 10 February 2024 Gamehelpsolstis (hist | edit) [2,327 bytes] Ez0ah (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Prouvez votre valeur et gagnez le plus d'étoiles possible en parcourant la montagne, rencontrant des esprits et en allumant des feux sur les sommets. == Tour de jeu == === Reconstituer le panorama === A votre tour, sélectionnez une tuile de votre main et vérifiez si une capture à lieu. - Si la valeur ou la couleur de cette tuile correspond à celle d'une des tuiles faces visibles de la file, cette carte de la file est capturée. Si plusieurs tuiles sont capturable...")
- 02:20, 10 February 2024 Tips sheepshead (hist | edit) [1,412 bytes] Pml0904 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Picking Tips A good rule of thumb for picking is to have 2 queens and an 1 additional trump or 5 trump cards, These hands should be able to win depending on the partners hand. The picker has the unique ability to bury cards. They should use this to void suits and bury points for the end of the hand. If the picker buries two aces, that's 22 "free" points for their team or a third of the way to winning. Its highly likely that the picker has the most trump for the han...")
- 00:48, 10 February 2024 Gamehelpsheepshead (hist | edit) [7,030 bytes] Pml0904 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Sheepshead is a trick based card game played with 5 players using a "Piquet" deck (32 cards: 7-A in 4 suits). The game is played for a predetermined number of rounds where each player has a chance to be the dealer for a hand. Each hand has a bidding phase and a play phase (similar to Spades or Bridge). 6 cards are dealt to each player with the 2 leftover cards being set aside in the blind. At the start of each hand, the players with determine the teams (picking vs oppos...")
- 19:01, 9 February 2024 Gamehelpparkswildlife (hist | edit) [0 bytes] Forensicpenguin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The player with the First Hiker Marker takes the first turn of the Season. On a turn, a player selects either one of their Hikers and moves the Hiker to a Site of their choice down Trail— anywhere to the right of that Hiker’s current location. When the Hiker lands on the new Site, the player performs the Site’s action. After taking the action, the next player clockwise takes a turn. Turns continue around the table until the Season ends. If another Hiker—even your...")
- 18:21, 9 February 2024 Gamehelpalakablast (hist | edit) [2,466 bytes] Hulb (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Overview=== Try to figure out your hand whilst battling your opponents to gain the most gems first! ===Core Concept=== Some of your hand cards are known only to you, and other hand cards are known only to everyone else ===Turn=== On your turn, you either ask for information or challenge someone If you ask for information, pick one of your cards you cannot see and first say whether you know anything about it, if you know nothing then you can be told either elem...")
- 15:14, 9 February 2024 Gamehelpcannonades (hist | edit) [3,687 bytes] Hulb (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Overview=== Be the last Captain standing ===Turn=== First draw cards equal to 5 minus active ships, so if you have three active ships you will draw 2 cards You then take 0-4 actions and can repeat the same action Afterwards, discard cards so your hand size is player count +1 (so in a three player game, hand size is 4) ===Actions=== The actions are: Add, Shoot, Draw, Board Add - add a ship facedown to your area so the colour and strength is secret, you cannot...")
- 23:33, 7 February 2024 Tips ginrummy (hist | edit) [882 bytes] Kappq (talk | contribs) (Created page with "== Discard high value cards == Discarding high value cards helps you lower your deadwood and might allow you to knock early. == Hold onto high pairs == For the reason above, you opponent might discard high value cards at the beginning of the game. If you manage to draw those, it can allow you to make meld early on. == Pay attention to what your opponent is drawing/discarding == This allows you to: - hold onto cards you think you opponent might need; - discard cards you...")
- 21:06, 6 February 2024 Gamehelpopenseason (hist | edit) [3,173 bytes] Hulb (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Overview=== The game lasts 11 rounds ===Turn=== The turn comprises of 6 steps First, refill the inn to 5 cards Second, move all cards from Stock into Accolades Third, take two cards from the Inn display into your hand Fourth, place a single card following placement rules Fifth, place the other hand card into your Stock Sixth, potentially trigger actions ===Placement Rules=== X ===Action Triggering===")
- 18:28, 6 February 2024 Gamehelpmlem (hist | edit) [3,980 bytes] Hulb (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Overview=== X ===Takeoff Phase=== Each round starts with a Takeoff Phase During this phase, each player chooses an astronaut to send on the expedition Each astronaut grants the player a special effect, so choose wisely The lead astronaut (Starting Player) is the Commander ===Travel Phase=== Roll the dice and group them into matching sets e.g. all the 2s If a set isn't represented by your current location, it can't be used (offset to the rocket outline on th...")
- 17:52, 6 February 2024 Gamehelpgoblinhood (hist | edit) [663 bytes] Hulb (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Overview=== Have the most gold twice ===Turn=== You always have 2 cards to choose from Place a card onto one end of the trail by overlapping one half with a half already present The half played and the half overlapped must match in colour If you cannot play a card, you are out for the round The new half which overlapped the old half has its effect triggered, NOT the half that hangs off Draw back to 2 cards at turn end ===Round End=== The round ends when th...")
- 16:29, 6 February 2024 Tips valeofeternity (hist | edit) [831 bytes] AZISss (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Early Round (1~3) Try to summon Hourglass or Passive cards. Most of Instant effects seems useless in early round. BUT try to tame them rather than sell them, unless you need stones to summon Hourglass or Passive cards. Because if you sell cards, then your possible strategy shrinks. Middle Round (4~6) Balance between resource and victory points. If you have plenty of resource, try to tame or draw cards that gives you victory points. If you have nice winning combos,...")
- 13:32, 6 February 2024 Gamehelpeck (hist | edit) [1,397 bytes] Hulb (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Overview=== A solo Trick Taking game ===Turn=== ECK always leads the first trick of a round After which, whoever wins the trick takes the next turn If tied with matching shapes, put the tied cards aside and repeat until someone wins, the winner claims the current trick and all unclaimed tied tricks The follower must try to play a card of the same colour first, or anything if not possible To win a trick, the colour must match and the sides of the shape are coun...")
- 16:55, 5 February 2024 Gamehelpleroydesribauds (hist | edit) [2,948 bytes] SimplicatusGames (talk | contribs) (Transcribed from PDF rules from BGG)
- 18:14, 4 February 2024 Gamehelpminirogue (hist | edit) [1,990 bytes] Hulb (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Overview=== Find Og's Blood by reaching the final room and defeating the last boss (Solo or Co-op) ===Dungeon=== The Dungeon is divided up into 4 floors Each floor contains a certain number of Areas (2/2/3/3) Each Area contains 8 Rooms")
- 16:07, 4 February 2024 Gamehelpwonderfulkingdom (hist | edit) [5,592 bytes] Hulb (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Overview=== After 4 rounds have the most points Each game uses a specific module, so the rules which follow are just the basic rules, then refer to the module specific rules for adjustments ===Round Phases=== Each round is split into three phases: Choice Phase Planning Phase Production Phase ===Choice Phase=== In each turn, one player Offers and the other Selects, then roles are reversed Two random cards are displayed in the offer area to start things off...")
- 14:03, 3 February 2024 Tips tickettorideeurope (hist | edit) [753 bytes] TwoLambda (talk | contribs) (Created some tips for beginners.)
- 00:10, 3 February 2024 Gamehelpmate (hist | edit) [2,460 bytes] Fearinn (talk | contribs) (Created page with "== Basic info == Mate is a '''2 player game''' of '''perfect information''' played with 20 standard cards: the '''7''', '''10''', '''Q''', '''K''' and '''A''' of each suit. A match is made of '''2 rounds''', and each round is made of '''2 hands''' (total of 4 hands). === Card ranking === Mate is a trick-taking game, so cards and suits are ranked to determine the trick winner, as follows: * A > 10 > K > Q > 7 ('''A''' strongest, '''7''' weakest); * Clubs > spades > h...")
- 21:29, 1 February 2024 Tips altered (hist | edit) [261 bytes] LEKO1835 (talk | contribs) (Basic tips for beginners.) Tag: Visual edit
- 07:30, 31 January 2024 Gamehelppixies (hist | edit) [1,428 bytes] RobertNiver (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Pixies is played over 3 rounds. At the end of the third round, players scores are totaled for all three rounds and the highest total is the winner. The 70 card deck is shuffled and placed facedown. First player is chosen randomly. Each round is divided into several turns, which follow these three steps: 1. The first player reveals as many cards as there are players. 2. In turn order going clockwise, each player must take 1 of the revealed cards and place it in their...")
- 03:12, 31 January 2024 Gamehelpbattlespiritssaga (hist | edit) [2,552 bytes] SuperKento (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Games of Battle Spirits Saga are won in one of two ways. The first is by reducing your opponent’s life total to zero through attacking them with your Spirits. By hitting your opponent with Spirits, you reduce their life cores by the total number of symbols in your attacking creatures’ bottom right corner – for instance, if you hit with two creatures with one symbol each, your opponent will lose two life cores. The second way will be one familiar to most TCG playe...")
- 22:37, 29 January 2024 Gamehelpcheeztricks (hist | edit) [1,524 bytes] Torselli (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Cheez-Tricks is a trick-taking game where you should avoid some missions (or try to get them all for more points). # Deck composition: 2 players: 1-7 3 players: 1-9 4 and 5 players: 1-10 All the cards are dealt, except in 2 players where 20 cards are dealt and 8 are removed from the game. # Playing the game: Regular rules for trick-taking game: must follow, trump (random on the first round, chose by the player who has the least score on all the others). Highest card o...") Tag: Visual edit
- 01:41, 29 January 2024 Gamehelpeightyeight (hist | edit) [20,575 bytes] Konnok3 (talk | contribs) (Created page with " <h2>Hachi-hachi rule</h2> <br /> The Hachi-hachi rules are written for linking from the Board Game Arena game page.<br /> <br /> <h3>Basic Rules</h3> Hachi-hachi is a game of Hanafuda played for a year in 12 months (12 deals).<br /> A month (1 deal) consists of a bidding phase and a play phase.<br /> <ul> <li>One set of Hanafuda (12 suits, 4 cards each) is used.</li> <li>The units of scoring are kan and mon, with one kan being...")
- 21:23, 27 January 2024 Tips quattuorreges (hist | edit) [2,561 bytes] Xiongmao1298 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "== Setup == It's best to avoid placing Aces on the front rank of your territory, as they risk being immediately captured by a 8 crossing the neutral territory in a single movement. Putting pieces of only one suit in a single area will make it harder to mount a successful defense in case of an attack, as only one piece in this area would be able to react each turn. == General Considerations == Queens, Kings and Aces are the most important pieces, as they alone can be...")
- 16:53, 26 January 2024 Gamehelpquattuorreges (hist | edit) [5,079 bytes] Xiongmao1298 (talk | contribs) (Initial rules)
- 22:46, 25 January 2024 Tips knarr (hist | edit) [459 bytes] Tiger58 (talk | contribs) (Generate Reputation and Recruits early and Recruits, Bracelets, and VP late.)
- 11:11, 25 January 2024 Gamehelpgrund (hist | edit) [5,711 bytes] Brunnyer (talk | contribs) (Created page with "== Title == This is the rule")
- 05:18, 24 January 2024 Tips sagani (hist | edit) [30 bytes] Bosuonparedo (talk | contribs) (Created page with "If you don't lose, you'll win.")
- 17:37, 21 January 2024 Tips ancientknowledge (hist | edit) [407 bytes] TestBot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The designer has noted that this game is been meant to be played as a race. Try to place a monument for every action, not placing a monument must be a strategic choice for every action. Focusing too much on technology cards and artifacts will slow you down from the end game objective, which is racing to the 14 monuments as quickly and efficiently as possible. Don't give your opponents time to develop.")
- 09:52, 21 January 2024 Tips spacestationphoenix (hist | edit) [1,310 bytes] Biwebof (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Many new players try to get their steel from expedition. The primary use of expedition is to get food and water; dismantle is a much better way to get steel! An idle ship earns only 1 GEM per income phase, and scores ZERO points at the end of the game. (Unless you're playing a certain advanced hub.) A big burst of steel now is much better!")