The Nutty Squirrel Rules 2-5 players. Ages 8+.

What you get is a deck of 134 round cards with a box, 1 20-sided die, and a list of rules! 

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Nutty Squirrel: The Battle for Acorn/Nut Glory
Goal: Be the first to collect 40, 50 or 100 Acorns/Nuts by outwitting your opponents with tricks, battles, and wild forest events. be sure to establish acorn/nut total before dealing out the cards.

Card Types:

• Squirrel Cards: Different squirrel characters with special abilities (e.g., Rockie Squirrel can steal nuts or acorns, Cindy Squirrel allows you to replenish your acorns/nuts).

• Acorn/Nuts: The treasure! Collect these to win the game. You must collect 40, 50 or 100 of either acorns or nuts.

• Action Cards: Play sneaky moves like Car (Pick player they lose their acorns/nuts, Car 2: (You gain acorns/nuts). Steal Acorn, Steal Nut, Discard cards, Pinecone grenade to disrupt others.

• Event Cards: Cause random effects like, Draw Cards, Glide, Pick Player to roll D20 die or Pinecone Barrage (all squirrels lose one acorn or nut card to the discard pile), Skip (pick target player and they skip their turn for 2 rounds), Forest Storm (all squirrels lose one nut). Reverse the flow of the draw card.

• Action and Event cards are mixed in with one draw card pile.

How to Play (Basic):

One player deals out 4 cards to each player. 

1. Each player then draws 1 card per turn. The cards are played on the Forest Floor (table).

2. On your turn, draw a card, then choose to play a squirrel, if you draw a squirrel card, action card, or event card.

3. Use your squirrels’ special abilities to battle opponents for their acorns/nuts or protect your stash. You can protect your stash if you have a block card or if your squirrel can block/dodge.

4. Battle rounds are quick—roll D20 to decide who wins. Whoever has the highest number wins and gains that many Acorns/Nuts. The one with the lowest amount on the dice loses that many acorns/nuts.

5. The first player to collect 40, 50 or 100 acorns/nut wins the game!

6. You can set aside the 23 squirrels and randomly draw to begin the game with a squirrel!

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Your specialty squirrel stays on the table when you draw one along with either the summer or hallow trees.