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Object of the Game

Score the most points by matching your Find Me tiles to the most Keep Me cards.

Setup

• Shuffle the 60 Keep Me cards and deal 9 face up to form a 3 x 3 grid in the middle of the play area. Stack the remaining cards face down within reach of play.

• Shuffle the 40 Find Me tiles and deal them face down and evenly between all the players. For 2 players deal 20 to each player; for 3 players deal 13 per player; for 4 players, deal 10. Place any remaining tiles out of play. …

The solo adventure puts you on the Trail alongside Park Rangers who move alongside you as they take care of the Trail.

Enjoy your hike, but don't take too long as Events are triggered when Rangers collect enough tokens from the Weather. The goal remains the same-score as many points as possible through your Parks, Year, Photos, and .

Setup

Setup to Solo Mode remains the same with these changes below:

• After shuffling the GEAR deck, place it onto its slot on the board and do not reveal any Gear cards. …

Components

• 1 game board
• 80 wooden houses
• 4 principal firm cards
• 20 carriage cards
• 66 city cards for building routes
• 30 bonus tiles
• 4 summary cards
• 1 game rules

Setup

• Place the game board in the middle of the table.

• Place the bonus tiles face up on the game board on the spaces designated for them. In each stack, place the tiles in ascending order, lowest on the bottom and highest on the top.

• Shuffle the city cards face-down, place 6 cards face-up on the city card spaces on the board, and place the remaining cards face-down as a supply next to the board. …

2 Player Variant

For the 2 player version of the game, players will use the Man in Black deck, which is comprised of 10 action cards and 1 rules/setup card.

Game play remains the same, with players fighting to obtain the most LP. However, the Man in Black is also trying to win the game!

Detailed rules for the Man in Black can be found on the Man in Black rules/setup card.

Goal Card Variant

Goal cards provide players with additional challenges and rewards in the form of legendary tokens. When playing with this variant, add the following steps to set up: …

Partners Game

The basic rules of "Trap the Cap" are followed, except that when there are 4 players they split into two teams. Each player still throws for himself and may only move his own caps.

However, each pair of players only traps caps belonging to the opposing team. Each player may free not only his own caps but also those of his partner. The winner will not be a single-player, but a team of 2.

Total Partners Game

This variation is played just like the "Partners Game", except that when a player throws the dice he may move any cap belonging to his team. For example, if blue and yellow are playing together, the blue player can also move yellow caps if this will help his team. …

Components

• 112 cards as follows:
• 19 Blue cards - 0 to 9
• 19 Green cards - 0 to 9
• 19 Red cards - 0 to 9
• 19 Yellow cards - 0 to 9
• 8 Skip cards - 2 each in Blue, Green, Red and Yellow
• 8 Reverse cards - 2 each in Blue, Green, Red and Yellow
• 8 Draw 2 cards - 2 each in Blue, Green, Red and Yellow
• 4 Wild cards
• 4 Wild Draw 4 cards
• 4 Blank Cards
• Instructions

Object of the Game

The first player to play all of the cards in their hand in each round scores points for the cards their opponents are left holding. The first player to score 500 points wins the game. …

Fluxx is an easy game to learn because it starts out simple-Draw 1, Play 1-and becomes more complicated little by little. Many folks find that the best way to learn is by jumping right into a game, but that usually works best if at least one player in the group has played a Fluxx game before.

So, if this is the first time for everyone, someone in the group needs to read these rules. But don't worry, after you've played the game a few times, everyone will understand! …

Bohnanza is all about planting, trading, and harvesting beans. Trade beans with the other players and plant them in your fields. That is great fun! And the more beans you have in your field, the more gold coins you get when you harvest them. If you have the most gold coins at the end of the game, you win!

The following rules describe the original Base-Game for 3-5 players, with the original bean kinds.

The three additional bean kinds - Cocoa Bean, Wax Bean and Coffee Bean - are only used in the variant for up to 7 players. …

Survey the galaxy to expand your Empire! Will you colonize nearby planets or take them by force? Produce resources for trade and research new technologies to build the best empire and win the game!

Eminent Domain is an empire building game in which your empire's abilities are based on a deck of Role cards. At the beginning of the game each player has the same deck of cards.

Every turn you must choose a role to execute and in doing so you will add one of those Role cards to your deck. When executing a role, you may Boost its effect by playing cards out of your hand matching the role you have chosen. …

This will be a guide for understanding the deeper strategies of the game which may be familiar to long time players and eye opening for players who have just picked it up and want to learn more.

I'm going to give you strategies and card engines using only the base set of cards as examples; this is a good thing as the base set cards will cover the gamut of most of the card types available not only in Dominion expansions but but most any deckbuilding games as well. …