Funkel Munkel
Funkel Munkel Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Idea and Object of the Game
Get gems out of the dwarf mine and add them to your jewel display!
To this end, move the mine carts underground. Observe where they are going and what they are loaded with in the shafts. Try to steer your carts into the light of day, since their load will be yours! But also get those carts out of the tunnel that are not owned by anybody, so you can gain their precious load as well.
The first player to fill 6 different gems or 5 of the same kind into her or his jewel display wins the game!
Game Materials
- 1 gameboard (with rails on it)
- 1 cover (with a mountain on it)
- 8 shaft rings
- 22 mine carts (4 x 4 player carts + 6 x common carts)
- 56 gems: 12 x gray – 11 x blue – 10 x purple – 9 x green – 8 x pink – 6 x yellow
- 4 jewel displays
Set-up of the Game
Put the gameboard in the middle of the table.
- Place 8 mine carts on the gameboard as indicated – 4 common carts and 4 player carts (even if there are fewer players).
- Then cover the gameboard with the mountain so that it fits exactly.
- Each player takes one jewel display and the (remaining) 3 mine carts of one color. In the two-player game, both players take two jewel displays and the 6 (remaining) mine carts of the respective colors.
- Stick one ring into each shaft. Mix the gem tiles thoroughly and fill 7 of them into each shaft, up to the rim. (Make sure that you put all tiles into the shafts with the gem side facing up!)
- Keep the two (remaining) common carts on hand next to the gameboard. In the three-player game, you also use all mine carts of the unused color as common carts.
Course of the Game
Whoever has last been underground, for instance in a basement or a tunnel, begins. Then you all take turns.
Always push the carts all the way to the edge!
On your turn, you move one of your own carts through one of the 4 tunnel entrances underneath the shaft there. If (and only if) all your carts are already underground, you use a common cart instead.
If an empty mine cart arrives underneath a shaft, a gem will fall from there into the cart. You'll see this gem only when another cart shoves the first one out of the shaft.
When carts are leaving the tunnel
Every time a cart comes out of the mine, you check whether it is a colored cart or a common cart.
If it is a colored cart, its owner
- takes the gem it has loaded and immediately puts it on the fitting space of his jewel display.
- gets his emptied cart back. He may use it again on later turns.
In the two-player game, the gem a player has gained is also put in the jewel display that corresponds to the emptied cart.
Example: When Izzy Imp pushes her cart into the (front of the) tunnel, another cart comes out of the (back of the) mine. This cart belongs to Dennis Dwarf. Dennis thanks Izzy, takes the gem and adds it to his jewel display. He also gets his emptied cart back.
If, on your game turn, a common cart leaves the mine, you take its gem and put it into your jewel display. Then you place this emptied cart back next to the gameboard, for later use.
In the two-player game, you can choose which of your two jewel displays you want to use for this gem.
Example: On Tina Troll's turn, a common cart comes out of the mine. For this, Tina may add the gem from this cart to her jewel display.
Ending and Winning the Game
The first player to fill their jewel display with 6 different gems or 5 of the same kind ends and wins the game!
In the two-player game, you win if you have accumulated 6 different gems or 5 of the same kind in one of your jewel displays.