Parks

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• Setup
  • • Place the board and the 2 token trays on either side.
    • Shuffle all the park cards and place them face down on the board and deal 3 face up parks to the top slots of the board.
    • Shuffle the gear cards and place them face down on the board and deal 3 face up gear cards to the top slots of the board.
    • Shuffle the canteen cards and place them face down on the board and deal 1 canteen face up to each player.
    • Shuffle the year deck and deal 2 cards to each player.
      • If playing with Nightfall, instead use the year deck from Nightfall and return the base game year cards to the box.
      • Each player chooses 1 of the 2 cards as their secret personal bonus. Discard the other card face down to the bottom of the deck..
      • If playing with Nightfall, place the deck on the campsite board.
      • If not playing with Nightfall, return any unused year cards to the box.
    • Shuffle the season deck, place it on the board.
    • Create the trail:
      • Place the trail head on the far left.
      • Take the 5 basic tiles (tent in the bottom right), and if playing with 4-5 players, add the "sun/water" site with a 4+ in the bottom right.
        • Shuffle the advanced tiles (* in the bottom right) and add 1 random tile to the 5 (or 6) other tiles.
        • Set the remaining advanced sites to the side, they will be used later.
        • Shuffle all the gathered tiles and lay them out one at a time to the right of the trail head.
      • Add the trail end to the end of the trail. Be sure it is not on the side showing the SOLO icon in the bottom right.
    • Give each player 2 hikers in a color and the matching campfire tile.
    • Each player places both their hikers on the trail head.
    • Give the first player token to the player who most recently took a hike or choose someone at random.
    • Give the camera tile to the player to the right of the first player.
    • If playing with the Nightfall expansion:
      • Shuffle the Nightfall parks cards into the existing parks deck.
      • Give each player 1 wildlife token to start.
      • Place the campsite board under the trail head on the correct side based on number of players.
      • If playing with 5 players, find the campsite tile with the "5+" in the bottom right and place it next to the campsite board. Otherwise return it to the box.
      • Shuffle the rest of the campsite tiles and add 3 to the campsite area. Make sure all campsites are flipped to their season 1 side. Return the rest to the box.
• Gameplay

  • The game is played over the course of 4 seasons. Each player has a limit of 12 tokens. If a player has more than 12 tokens at the end of their turn, they must discard down to 12.

  • Start of the Season
    • • Flip the top card of the season deck and place it on top of the deck.
      • Looking at the weather pattern (lower right), and starting with the 2nd trail site (not counting the trail head), place tokens on the cards matching the pattern, repeating until there are tokens on the remaining trail sites, but not the trail end.
      • If playing with Nightfall: Once the weather is setup, place the tents.
        • Starting with the site to left of the trail end and going to the left, place 3 of the tents, 1 on every other site.
          • If playing with less than 4 players, only 3 tents will be used and the last tent is returned to the box.
          • If playing with 4+ players, place the last tent in between the 2 tents closest to the trail head.
  • Taking Turns

    • Starting with the 1st player, each player takes a turn by moving 1 of their hikers to a site on the trail. Play continues clockwise.

      • Your hiker can be moved as far along the trail as the player would like, but you must be able to take the site action.
        • If there is another hiker (including your own) is on the site, you must flip your campfire tile to the extinguished side. If it's already on the extinguished side, you cannot move to a site with another hiker!
      • If playing with Nightfall and you land on a site with a tent, you may take the tent and place it on an available campsite to take that action instead of the normal site action.
        • You do not get the weather token if you take a campsite action.
        • See the actions reference for more info on individual campsite actions.
      • Once you've moved to the site, you take any tokens on the site, then perform the action on the site.
  • Action Details

    • In addition to the site action summaries, the following covers specifics for some actions.

      • Canteens: When you draw a canteen card, place it face up with the showing.
        • To fill the canteen, place a gained water token on the card and perform the action.
        • Canteens cannot be filled with water that was not received during a turn.
        • You may have any number of canteens.
        • Once filled, the water remains on it until the end of the season and cannot be used until the water is removed.
      • Photos and the camera: When when choosing the action, spend any 2 tokens to take a photo tile.
        • If you already have the camera, spend only 1 token instead of 2.
        • After taking the photo, take the camera from whoever has it.
        • Photos are worth 1 point.
        • The player with the camera at the end of the season can spend 1 token to take an additional photo.
        • If you have a gear card that allows you to take photos, you do not gain the camera.
      • Trail end: There are 3 different action "locations" at the trail end you can go to.
        • Reserve a park: Choose 1 of the 3 available parks, or draw 1 off the top of the deck, and place it face up in front of you rotated 90° (until finished).
          • If a park was reserved from a board slot, flip a new card to replace it.
          • If you are the 1st player to take this action, also take the 1st player token. You will be 1st player in the next season.
          • Any number of players may reserve a park.
        • Buy gear: You may buy 1 gear card from one of the face up gear cards. Then, flip a replacement from the deck for the one taken.
          • If you're the 1st (or 2nd in a 4+ player game) to take this action, also take a sun token. This can be used for the purchase of the gear card.
          • Note that some gear have ⚡ instant effects that activate when you purchase it, in addition to the ongoing effect.
          • Any number of players may buy gear.
        • Visit a park: Choose 1 of the 3 available parks on the board, or one you have previously reserved, and spend tokens equal to the cost at the bottom of the card. Then, if a park was taken from the board, flip a new card to replace it.
          • Place the card vertically (to distinguish it from reserved parks) in front of you.
          • You can stack parks such that only the VP and tokens at the bottom of the card remain showing.
          • Any number of players may visit a park.
          • If playing with Nightfall, if the card has an ⚡ action, this can be taken after paying the card cost. The instant action is optional.
          • If a card shows a symbol, any tokens may be used to pay the cost as long as it's the correct number of tokens.
            • Gear that provides a discount when visiting parks only applies to the specific tokens shown on the park, not the symbol.
      • Campsites Actions (Nightfall): If you stop at a site with a tent token, you can optionally take the campsite action instead of the normal action. See site actions for more info.
        • Camera: If the player has the camera and visits a campsite or a park that allows them to take a photo, they may use any token to pay instead of the 1 depicted.
        • Campfires: When visiting a site with a tent, the player may choose either the campsite action or the normal site action + weather token (if still available).
        • Gear and camping: Gear cards that reference a specific trail site still activate when a player chooses to use them to camp at that site.
        • Wild love (variant): 1 wildlife token counts for 2 of the brown "any" tokens. You may also turn in 1 wildlife token instead of any 2 tokens to take a photo.
  • End of a Season
    • • When a player's 2 hikers reach the trail end, they are done taking turns until the season is complete.
      • When there is only 1 hiker left on the trail, they must move their hiker to the trail end on their next turn.
      • Once all hikers are on the trail end, the season is over and the following is done.
        1. The player with the camera may spend 1 token to take a picture.
        2. All water tokens are removed from canteens and placed in the supply.
        3. Return all hikers to the trail head.
        4. Pick up all the trail sites except for the trail head/end, add an additional advanced site from the face down stack, shuffle them all and place the new trail. The new trail will be 1 space longer.
        5. Remove the current season card.
        6. Return to the instructions for the start of a season, then begin the next season starting with the player who has the 1st player token.
      • If playing with Nightfall:
        • Remove all tent tokens from campsites and the trail.
        • Flip any campsites so the number on the bottom left corresponds to the next season.
        • Follow the instructions for tent setup for the start of a season.
      • If this was the end of the 4th season, proceed to game end
• Game End

  • After the photo opportunity (step 1) at the end of the 4th season, the game ends. Now score points:

    • Points on visited parks, reserved parks do not score.
    • Points on your year card (personal bonus).
    • 1 point for each photo.
    • 1 point for the player with the 1st player token.
    • If playing with Nightfall:
      • Each year card will score, but if a player has multiple copies of the same year card, it only scores once.
      • Note that for year goals, only the symbols to the left of the ⚡ on the parks count.

    Whoever has the most points wins. If tied:

    1. The player with the most visited parks wins.
    2. If still tied, the players share the victory.
• Site Actions

  • Symbol	Description
    	Basic sites
    	Gain a forest token
    	Gain a mountain token
    	Gain 2 sun tokens
    	Gain 2 water tokens
    	Draw a canteen OR photo turn in 2 tokens to take a photo and gain the camera
    	Gain 1 sun and 1 water token
    	Advanced sites
    	Turn in any token to gain a wildlife token
    	Exchange 1 token for another token. This can be done 2 times.
    	Reserve or visit a park OR gear buy a gear card
    	Spend 1 water to copy the action from another site occupied by a hiker. This does not include the trail head/end.
    	(Nightfall) Turn in 3 sun tokens to draw 2 year cards from the deck. Discard 1 year card from your hand to the bottom of the deck.
    	(Nightfall) Turn in a mountain to gain 5 sun
    	(Nightfall) Turn in a forest to gain 5 water
    	(Nightfall) Turn in a forest to take a photo
    	(Nightfall) Turn in a mountain to take a photo
    	(Nightfall) Turn in a water to gain a wildlife token
    	(Nightfall) Turn in a sun to gain a wildlife token
    	(Nightfall) Gain a canteen and a water
    	(Nightfall) Move all water from you filled canteens back to your supply (these cannot be used to refill canteens), then gain a water
    	(Nightfall) Discard 1 of your gear or year cards to the bottom of its deck. Then, you can take the top card of either the year or gear deck, or any available gear card (the type obtained can be different than the type discarded)
    	(Nightfall) Spend 2 sun to discard the 3 available gear cards to the bottom of the deck, then draw 3 new gear cards. After that, the player may take 1 available gear card, or the top card of the gear deck, for free
    	(Nightfall) Gain a water, reserve a park, and relight your campfire
    	(Nightfall) Gain a sun, reserve a park, and relight your campfire (only in 5 player games)

• Nightfall Year Cards

  • Note that for year goals, only the symbols to the left of the ⚡ on the park cards count toward these goals.

    • Canoer (1): 1 point for every 3 water across your visited parks.
    • Climber (1): 1 point for every 2 mountains across your visited parks.
    • Collector (2): 2 points for every set of 2, 3, and 4 point parks you visited.
    • Conserver (1): 1 point for every 2 forests across your visited parks.
    • Forester (2): 2 points for every 3 parks you have visited with a forest.
    • Gatherer (2): 2 points for every 3 tokens in your supply at the end of the game.
    • Kayaker (2): 2 points for every 3 visited parks with a water.
    • Mountaineer (2): 2 points for every 3 visited parks with a mountain.
    • Photographer (2): 1 point for every 4 photos you have taken.
    • Planner (2): 1 point for every 2 suns across your gear card costs.
    • Preserver (2): 1 point for each wildlife in your supply at the end of the game.
    • Stargazer (1): 1 point for every 3 suns across your visited parks.
    • Traveler (2): 1 point for each set of a forest, mountain, sun, and water across your visited parks.
    • Trekker (2): 2 points for every 3 visited parks with a sun.
    • Voyager (2): 1 point for each of your visited parks with an instant action.
• FAQ
  • • Can I visit a site without taking its action?: No, you must be able to take the site action to visit a site.
    • Can I use a token provided by the weather towards a trail site's action?: Yes. These are collected before taking the site action.
    • What happens if we run out of tokens?: Tokens are limited. If a site would grant/make use of a token that is not available, the site cannot be visited.
    • When can I fill a canteen?: They can only be filled by a water acquired on a turn. You cannot use previously collected water for a canteen. If you can a canteen and a water on the same turn, the water can be used to activate that canteen.
    • Does the effect count toward season effects?: Yes. If you trade a token for another token that has a season effect, it activates it. Note that you can only use the season effect once per turn.
    • Do actions on canteens count toward season effects?: Yes.
    • Can visiting the activate gear that specifies a site?: No. You may copy the effect of another site, but it doesn't count as visiting the copied site. However, tokens gained this way can be used for season effects.
    • Can multiple gear cards like maps, compasses, and journals be used together?: Yes. The effects on these cards are cumulative. However, you can never reduce a cost below zero.
    • How do sunscreen or rain gear work?: These allow you to visit a park using a different type of token in place of another. This ability applies to the token symbols on the park card (and not to the discounts from other gear).
    • How does filling a canteen for free work with the water bottle?: You may take a water from the supply for free and place it on the canteen to activate it.
    • How does season of rain and splendor work?: One water or sun, depending on the season, is added on top of each of the 3 available parks at the start of the season. If a player visits or reserves that park, they get the token. The token gained can be used to pay the cost of the park. Do not add tokens to parks that come out later in that season.
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