Board Game Posts

Players may rearrange their hand cards and change their orientation to help themselves remember the information they received. Players may not ever look at the front of their own cards until the play them.

The discard pile may always be searched for information.

Hanabi based on communication and non-communication between the Players. If one interprets the rules strictly then players may not, except for the announcements of the current player, talk to each other.

Ultimately, each group should decide by its own measure what communication is permitted communication. Play so that you have fun! …

If, during the excitement of the game, a player makes a mistake, he, or any of the other players who notices the error will call out ''Dutch!"

When a player shouts this, everyone must stop play immediately, and not disturb any of the cards which have been played. The misplaced cards will then be returned to their original positions and the game resumes. The scorekeeper will act as a referee if necessary.

Rules to be observed

General: A player cannot pick up more than one card at a time during play from any of his card piles. Players may not use both hands to play their cards. Throwing cards onto the Dutch Piles instead of placing them is forbidden. …

Game Components

• 50 fireworks cards in five colors (red, yellow, green, blue, white)
• 10 cards per color with the values 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5
• 10 colorful fireworks cards with values of 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5
• 8 Note tokens (+ 1 spare)
• 3 Storm tokens

Object of the Game

Hanabi is a cooperative game, meaning all players play together as a team. The players have to play the fireworks cards sorted by colors and numbers.

However, they see their own hand cards not, and so everyone needs the advice of his fellow players. The more cards the players play correctly, the more points they receive when the game ends. …

Q: Can I visit a site without taking its action?

No. To visit a Site, you must be able to take its action. For example, if you don't have two tokens to exchange, then you cannot visit the Lodge.

Q: Can I use weather towards a trail site's action?

Yes. Weather tokens on a Site are collected immediately, so they can be used towards the Trail Site's action, such as the River or Lodge.

Q: What happens if we run out of tokens?

If there is no longer a type of token in the supply, then the Site the token is linked to cannot be visited as its action cannot be taken. Once those tokens are re- turned to the supply, the Site becomes available again. …

Each of the Clans in Rising Sun possesses a unique special ability that sets them apart from all the others.

Koi Clan

Eddies in the Stream - Ever adaptable and unpredictable, the Koi Clan is able to use Coins as if they were Ronin. At the start of the War Phase, the Koi player must discard all Ronin tokens they have and take the same number of Coins from the common pile.

When resolving the Hire Ronin step of a Battle, all Coins the Koi player has in their reserve count as Ronin tokens, adding their Force to the figures in the Province if the Koi player won the Hire Ronin War Advantage. …

Game Components

• 1 Gameboard
• 1 Rulebook
• 4 Counter sheets
• 8 Player wooden discs
• 66 Cards
• 30 Black coal cubes
• 25 Orange iron cubes
• 1 Black marker
• 100 Plastic coins
• 7 Plastic storage bags
• 12 Distant Market tiles
• Each player should have:
  • 12 Cotton Mill counters
  • 8 Port counters
  • 7 Coal Mine counters
  • 6 Shipyards counters
  • 4 Iron Foundry counters
  • 14 Canal/Rail counters
  • 2 Victory Point counters
  • 2 Wooden discs

Setup

Each player should select a set of counters and wooden discs. Each player should place one of their wooden discs on the £0 space of the Income/VP track.

You should keep your Victory Point (VP) counters to one side as they will not be needed until the end of the first period. …

Experienced players looking to diversify their decks right at the start of the game should introduce the "Sector 0" pregame draft cards during set-up. Here is how they work:

1. At the end of the set-up process on page 8, each player permanently removes one "Galactic Grunts" and one "Snub Fighter" from his Starting Deck. Place these cards back in the box.

2. Shuffle the 12 cards marked with a Sector Number of "0" and deal a set number of them face up in the Central Zone within view of all the players. The number to deal out is indicated below: …

Welcome to Sushi Go Party! You are dining à la carte at a deluxe sushi feast.

Before you eat, you must first create your own menu from a wide variety of delectable options. Then try to score the most points over three rounds by grabbing the best combination of cards before they whiz by!

Components

• 181 Cards + 22 Menu Tiles + 8 Pawns + 1 Game Board
• nigiri
• sushi rolls
• appetizers
• specials
• desserts

Setup

1. Place the game board in the center of the playing area.

2. Each player chooses a player color and places their corresponding pawn on or near the 0 space of the game board. …

Game Components

• 216 Goods cards
• 110 Gold coins in four denominations
• 1 Sheriff marker
• 5 Merchant Stands
• 5 Merchant Bags
• These Rules

Setup

Each player takes a Merchant Stand along with the matching Merchant Bag, and places those items in front of them.

Choose one player to act as the "banker". The banker gives each player (including himself) 50 Gold. The banker keeps the rest of the Gold close at hand so he can make change during the game. The banker must not mix his own money with the bank's funds. …

Variant 1

If you want to play the game with fewer surprise effects and proceed more strategically, you can change the rules as follows:

A player may only place a Kahuna bridge on a free connecting line between two islands if none of these two islands is under the opponent's control (none of them is marked with one of his or her Kahuna tokens).

If a player can remove a Kahuna bridge by playing two suitable island cards, he or she may place one of his or her own Kahuna bridges on the connecting line that has thereby become available, without playing an additional card. Here, too, he or she may only place the bridge if none of the two islands is under the opponent's control. …