Giftbringer
Giftbringer Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Overview
Giftbringer is a free Print&Play game. To play it you'll need 4 six-sided dice, this rulebook and number of pens and Player Sheets equal to the number of players.
You'll find Player Sheet at the end of this file – print it number of times equal to the number of players.
The game consists of 10 rounds. After completing the last round, the player with the most points will be the winner of the game.
Setup
Give each player a pen and one Player Sheet. Then, randomly determine the Merry Leader.
Round Structure
At the beginning of each round, the Merry Leader rolls four six-sided dice once. Each player writes down all results in the appropriate slots on their Player Sheets. The results of the roll determine which results all players can use that round.
Recruit
When you cross all results corresponding to a Viking you Recruit them. Mark it by crossing white space over the Recruited Viking. Recruited Vikings join your forces – each Viking helps you Visit houses of polite children (granting given number of Presents) and may take a Gratitude given number of times (represented by empty slots below a Viking).
Visit
This action is available if you have at least one Recruited Viking.
When you cross all results corresponding to a road/house you may Visit it.
You may only Visit road/houses adjacent to your Viking Ship or a previously Visited road/house.
Remember: If this is your first Visit, you have to choose in which harbor you would like to land. To do so, cross one of the Viking Ships. This is a starting point for your Visiting. After you choose your starting Viking Ship, you are not able to choose a new one.
Note that most houses require you to bring Presents (visible in the small circles near the houses) instead of or in addition to crossing results. To bring Presents you have to cross an equal number of them from your Recruited Vikings. If you cannot cross the required number of Presents you cannot Visit the given house.
Gratitude
In some houses polite children left expresses of Gratitude. You have an opportunity to take them when you Visit such houses. When you cross all results and Presents in a given house, take the express of Gratitude (Cookies, Glasses of Milk, Muffins or any combination of them) by crossing them down. Then, write down all expresses of Gratitude from the house in empty spaces below any of your Recruited Vikings (write the first letter in the box below the Viking – C for Cookies, G for Glass of Milk, M for Muffins).
Note that each expression of Gratitude occupies one space. If you don't have enough empty spaces to take all Gratitude from a Visited house, the remaining Gratitude is lost.
Happiness
Some houses give you an opportunity to bring extreme Happiness when you Visit them. When you cross all results and Presents in a given house, you may cross down the Happiness symbol in the house and on the appropriate track. You'll score 10/25/50 points at the end of the game for achieving the 3rd/6th/9th level of Happiness.
Santa's Blessing
Each player has 4 Santa's Blessing actions which help them achieve the desired outcome from Merry Leader rolls.
- You may spend any result as any other result. Cross this action after use.
- You may spend any 2 results as any other 1 result. Cross this action after use.
- You may spend any 2 results as a sum of its results (if a sum result would be above "6" treat it as a "6"). Cross this action after use.
- You may spend any 2 results as a difference of its results (if a difference would be below "1" treat it as a "1"). Cross this action after use.
Scoring
At the end of the game each player gains Victory Points based on the taken Gratitude:
- 4 points for each Glass of Milk
- 5 points for each Cookie
- 6 points for each Muffin
- 10/25/50 points if you gained 3rd/6th/9th Level of Happiness
- 15 points if you gained 7 Glasses of Milk
- 15 points if you gained 8 Cookies
- 15 points if you gained 9 Muffins
The player with the most points is the winner of the game.
Editorial Notes
- Line breaks inside words in the source ("Glas- ses", "result- sand", "You'l- lscore") were rejoined. The source typos "adjancent" and "Happinness" were corrected to "adjacent" and "Happiness", and "Happinness" in the scoring list was corrected likewise. Wording is otherwise as printed.
- The Player Sheet is referenced by the rulebook but is not part of this PDF file.