Overview

In Forest Shuffle you create a habitat for flora and fauna to thrive. Plant trees and synergize your cards to earn the most points before winter.

Turn Actions

Choose between one of two options:

1) Draw two cards from the clearing and/or deck and add them to your hand.

~ Your hand limit is 10 cards. You can't take the draw action if you already have 10 cards. If you have 9 cards, you may only draw 1 card.

2) Play one card from your hand: pay its cost by discarding cards from your hand, then place the chosen card in the forest and carry out its effect.

~ If your discard cause there to be 10 or more cards in the clearing, all cards in the clearing are removed at the end of the turn.

BONUS ACTION: Some cards give a special effect if ALL of the cards you pay with show the matching leaf symbol. The bonus action and required symbols will be on the bottom left of the card. On split cards, only one half of the card must bear the symbol.

Cards

There are 3 types of cards: Trees, Forest Dwellers, and Winter.

TREE CARDS depict a single Tree. To plant a tree in the forest, simply pay its cost. The cost amount shown in the brown rectangle at the top left of the card. To pay it, place a number of cards from your hand into the clearing equal to the cost.

~ Trees cards provide a slot on each side (top, bottom, left, right) for you to add forest dwellers. Only 1 forest dweller per slot, unless the card says otherwise.

~ Each time you play a tree, a card from the deck is added to the Clearing.

~ Note that ANY card in your hand may be placed face-down in the forest as a TREE SAPLING. These work exactly like a tree but do not belong to a tree species.

FOREST DWELLER CARDS are split. They depict two creatures on them, but only ONE of them may be played. These are the animals, plants, insects and mushrooms that you can add to the forest.

~ To play a forest dweller, select an empty slot on a tree for the desired half of the card, then discard cards from your hand into the clearing equal to the cost.

~ Once a forest dweller is slotted onto a tree, the other half of the card is now hidden. Only the effects of the visible forest dweller may trigger.

WINTER CARDS:

When you have drawn the top 2/3rds of the deck the first WINTER CARD will be revealed. The other two WINTER CARDS were previously shuffled into the remainder of the deck and serve as a random end timer. When the 3rd winter card is drawn, the game ends immediately! You may not finish your turn.

Game End

Total the points of all visible cards in your forests, plus one point per card you hid in your cave (if any). None of their effects trigger.

The player with the most points wins!