Squirreled Away
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Description
A fast, tactical card game where players collect cards from the Forest Floor and build stashes to specific values. Earn Acorn Tokens during play (especially for collecting NON-Green cards) and at the end of the game the player or team with the most Acorns wins. Each turn, you must play exactly one card, choosing one of three actions: Collect, Build a Stash, or play to the Forest Floor. Playing a green card allows you to collect cards from the Forest Floor. You may take all cards that match the green card’s number, any number of combinations that sum to that value, or a mix of both in a single play. All collected cards, along with the green card used, are placed into your Score Pile. If you cannot or choose not to collect, you may instead build a stash or discard to the Forest Floor. You may play any card to build a stash, which is a set of cards on the table totaling a declared value. You can create or add to a stash using cards from your hand, the Forest Floor, or both, as long as you either hold a card matching the stash’s value or that value has already been established by your partner. Stashes remain in play until collected with a green card of the same value, though their value may be changed when adding cards—unless the stash is “squirrelled away.” A stash becomes fixed and cannot change value once it contains either multiple cards of the same number or multiple valid combinations equaling its total. Before taking your main action, you may spend one Acorn token to refresh your hand by discarding any number of cards and drawing the same number, then proceeding with your turn. At the end of each hand, the dealer places one Acorn token on every card and stash left on the Forest Floor; these remain until collected and may accumulate across rounds. During play, collecting with a green card earns immediate Acorns based on the colors of non-green cards collected, with a bonus for clearing the Forest Floor. At the end of the final hand, the last player to collect also takes all remaining cards and stashes, gaining any Acorns on them. Afterward, the player or team with the most cards earns a bonus, and the winner is whoever finishes with the most Acorn tokens. —description from the designer