Decay & Growth

You Are Decay, You Are Growth.

Two players - from age 12.

Materials

• Forest Board Cards (level 1-2 and level 3-4)
• Rune Cards
• Blank Rune Cards - Make your own rules!
• (Not supplied) Animal tokens
• (Not supplied) Time tokens

Goal

Growth wants to make the forest flourish and be thick.

Decay wants the forest to die and stay low.

Préparation

1. Place between seven and nine Forest cards on the table, level 1 upwards.
2. The oldest person starts.
3. In turn, place an additional Forest card on the board - level 2 upwards for Decay, level 3 upwards for Growth.

Le jeu

The oldest person starts.

Each player takes turns.

Each turn, you :

1. Draw one Rune cards.
2. Play one or multiple Rune cards.
3. Make Time pass.
4. Change Animal population.
5. Evolve Forest if applicable.

Rune Cards

Rune Cards have effects on the board, which can affect both parties. For each effect, you either collect tokens (Time or Animal) or apply the effects directly to the board.

Time passes, Animal population changes

Each time Time tokens are gained, they can be played.

Using a Time token causes the death of an Animal - an Animal token must be removed somewhere. If there are no Animal tokens left, the Time token can still be played.

You can then place the Animal tokens in the places of your choice.

The Time tokens must be played before the Animal tokens.

Forest evolves

The forest evolves, either upwards (gaining levels) or downwards (losing levels).

The forest can move up to the next level under the following conditions:

• There are enough Time tokens corresponding to the level (1 for 1, 2 for 2, etc.).
• There are between 3 and 5 Animal tokens on the level.

If there are not enough Animal tokens, the forest cannot evolve, even if there are enough Time tokens.

If there are too many Animal tokens, the forest is eaten, and moves down to the next level when there are enough Time tokens.

If there are enough Time and Animal tokens, the Time tokens are removed and the forest level is increased - leaving the Animal tokens on the board

End of game

The game ends after 10 rounds, i.e., 20 player turns.

If the Forest average is greater than or equal to 3 (= more level 3 and 4 cards upwards), then Growth wins.

If the forest average is less than 3 (= more level 1 and 2 cards), then Decay wins.

In case of a tie, count the topmost tokens - more Animal tokens, Growth wins; more Time tokens, Decay wins.