Indian Summer

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• Setup
  • 1. Shuffle the 6 forest floor boards and give each player a board and a backpack.
    2. Turn the 2 game boards to the multiplayer side and place them next to each other in the middle of the table.
    3. Place the animal tiles on their designated spaces on the game board. Place the corresponding treasures on the 3 specially marked animal tiles.
    4. Create a common supply of treasures and squirrels.
    5. Shuffle the leaf tiles and each player starts with 5 random tiles (below). Put the tiles in order from front (left) to back (right) in the order shown below, starting at their backpack, which should be the furthest left item. This is known as the Player Path.
       1. 2 green
       2. 2 orange
       3. 1 red
    6. Randomly place leaf tiles in a circle around the game board. Leave an opening of ~1 hand width anywhere in the circle. This is known as the Common Path.
    7. Put the berry bush in the empty space of the common path.
    8. Set aside the remaining leaf tiles for now.
    9. Give each player 1 berry, 1 nut, and 1 mushroom.
    10. The last person to have taken a stroll in a forest is 1st player.
• Gameplay

  • Players take turns in clockwise order. A turn consists of 1 main action plus any number of special actions that can be taken before or after the main action.

    The game end is triggered when 1 player has covered their entire forest floor. The round is played until all players have had equal turns, and then proceed to end of game.

    Main Action

    You may perform 1 of the 2 main actions following tile placement rules. You are not allowed to pass.

    1. Take 1 leaf tile from your player path and place it on your forest floor.
    2. Take 1 squirrel from the supply and place it on your forest floor. Squirrels are never placed into your supply.

    The Common Path

    When the common path contains less than 7 tiles, refill it with the tiles that were set aside during setup. These are added to the end of the current path. During the game, repeat this as necessary until all tiles have been added to the common path.

  • Tile Placement Rules

    • With the leaf tiles you may:

      • place them on empty squares.
      • place them on spaces with printed treasures.
      • flip them over and rotate them any way.
      • only place them on your own forest floor.
      • place them with the hole over empty forest floor.
      • place them with the hole over printed treasures.
      • place them on a line between 2 or more areas.
      • place leaf tiles or squirrels so they are not adjacent with other tiles (you can place them anywhere)
      • only place them in your main action.
      • not place them on animal tiles.
      • not place them on squirrels.
      • not place them overlapping or onto tiles.
      • not place them where the stick out over an edge of your forest floor.
      • never move them again when your main action is complete

      With animal tiles, you may:

      • only put them on free holes in the leaf tiles whose outline corresponds to the shape of the animal

      All other restraints apply for animal tiles as leaf tiles.

  • Treasure Management
    • • If you cover a printed treasure with the hole on your leaf tile, take the same treasure from the supply and cover that hole.
      • Nothing happens if you completely cover up a treasure with a leaf tile or squirrel.
      • When you have completed a 3x4 area of your board by covering all of the spaces in it (including holes), you immediately take all of the treasures in that area on your leaf tiles and add them to your supply.
  • Player Path

    • Refill your player path immediately when you take the last leaf tile from your player path. To do this:

      1. take the first 5 leaf tiles next to the berry bush and place them next to your backpack, preserving the order (first leaf tile is next to your backpack).
      2. Then, move the berry bush to fill the gap.

      You may also pay 1 berry to take new leaf tiles, even when you still have leaf tiles. See treasures for more information.

  • Animal Tiles
    • • At any time during your turn, you may take a place an animal tile over free holes on your board.
        • The shape of the animal tile must correspond to the shape of the holes.
      • Any printed treasures covered up are taken from the supply and added to your personal supply.
      • Note: The holes must be empty when placing the animal tile. They cannot have treasures over them.
      • If you've taken an animal tile with a treasure on it, also take that treasure.
• Treasures

  • You can play use as many treasures as you would like before or after your main action. Instead of a normal main action, you may execute 1 alternative main action. These will involve a mushroom or feather.

    You may have as many treasures as you like in your personal supply.

    • Berry: Spending a berry allows you to refill your player path to 5 tiles. If you already have 5 tiles, you may take a 6th tile. You can never have more than 6 tiles in your player path.
    • Nut: Spend a nut to place a squirrel tile from the supply onto your forest floor. The same rules apply if you fill an area as described under treasure management.
    • Mushroom: Take the first leaf tile from 2 other players (next to their backpack) and place them on your forest floor. If there is no more space on your forest floor, you can then place only 1 of the tiles, otherwise you must place both.
      • 2 player game: You take an opponents leaf tile and the 1st tile in the common path.
      • If you take the last leaf tile from an opponent, they refill their path immediately as described in the player path section. If this happened to both players, they refill in turn order.
      • This is done instead of your main action.
    • Feather: Place 2 leaf tiles from your player path onto your forest floor.
      • You must have 2 leaf tiles on your player path to perform this action!
      • This is done instead of your main action.

    Exchanging Treasures

    As depicted on the game board, you may exchange treasures in the following manner:

    • Exchange 1 treasure for a treasure of lower value.
    • Exchange 2 berries for 1 nut.
    • Exchange 2 nuts for 1 mushroom.
    • Exchange 2 mushrooms for 1 feather.
• End of the Game

  • The game ends when 1 person has completely filled their forest floor and the round completes such that everyone has had the same number of turns.

    • The player who has completed their forest floor wins.
    • If there is a tie, the tied players should convert all their remaining treasures to nuts and the player with the most nuts wins.
    • If there is still a tie, the player with a remaining berry wins.
    • If there is still a tie, the players share the victory.

    For the ordering of players that did not complete their forest floor, the player with the least number of empty spaces ranks higher.

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