Noah

Product Description

In Noah the flood is at hand & to save as many species as possible Noah will need your help with only the most deserving of players being saved from the waters! Each round players start with eight animal cards in hand; five ferries are laid out in a circle with one animal placed on board from the top of the deck Noah himself stands on one ferry On a turn a player plays one card from hand onto the ferry where Noah is located following two rules (1) the total weight of all animals on board cannot exceed 21 & (2) animals on a ferry must be placed either in alternating gender order or must be all of the same gender After placing an animal the player moves Noah to a different ferry; if he played a female animal Noah goes to either adjacent ferry while if he played a male Noah goes to either ferry on the other side of the circle If a player can&t legally play an animal he must first take in hand all the animals on the ferry where Noah is located then play an animal In addition to moving Noah to a nearly full ferry players have two other ways to benefit themselves or mess with other players If a player plays an animal identical to the one last played on that ferry he moves Noah then takes another turn If a player brings the weight of a ferry to exactly 21 that ferry launches from shore to meet the ark located in distant waters a new ferry becomes available for loading & the player distributes 1-4 cards from the deck among his opponents finally some cards have special animals such as the giraffe that lets you peek at an opponent&s hand & the woodpecker which stupidly pokes holes in the ferry & reduces its maximum weight to 13 Bad woodpecker bad! The round ends when a player runs out of cards in hand or a fourth ferry launches Players receive penalty points for cards still in hand scored according to the number of tears on each card those tears representing Noah&s sadness at the animal