Grove
Grove Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Setup Phase
Each player is randomly assigned 1 Leader Card.
Shuffle the Game Cards and deal each player 5 Game Cards, which is their starting Party and should be kept secret until the Reveal Phase.
Place the remaining Game Cards face down in a stack to form the Deck. The player who most recently drank a cup of tea goes first.
Party Phase
The first player must draw a card from the Deck, as the Market will be empty to start with.
After drawing their new card, they must discard 1 card from their Party and place it face up in the middle of the table to form the Market. Play then passes clockwise to the next player.
Each player then has the option of drawing the top card from the Deck or taking any card from the Market.
Remember: after each player draws a new Game Card, they must discard 1 card from their Party and place it face up into the Market before the next player's turn.
Once the Market reaches 10 Game Cards, the Reveal Phase begins.
Reveal Phase
All players reveal their Party simultaneously.
Any Effect 'At the Reveal Phase...' should be completed before any scores are calculated (e.g. Rotten Eagle).
Players add the Base Scores and resolve the Effect of each Game Card, then apply their Leader Bonus, if any.
The Winner is the player with the highest scoring Party! In the event of a tie, each tied player draws 1 extra Game Card from the Deck and recalculates.
We recommend a Calculator for this! Alternatively, visit our website for a free Grove Score Card print-out.
Card Overview
- Base Score - Each card has a Base Score.
- Name - Each card has its own name.
- Alignment - Each card has an alignment: Good, Evil or Neutral.
- Type - Each card has a type: Hero, Item, Weapon, Beast or Relic.
- Effect - Each card has an Effect that changes your Final Score.
Example card: Stormfury Greatsword, Base Score 25, alignment Good, type Weapon. Its Effect reads: "+25 for each Good Hero in your Party; -5 for each Beast in other Parties."
Keep an eye on which cards other players take from the Market; it may give you a clue to what they are planning!
Terms of Reference
Market - The discard area where Game Cards must be face up and visible to all players.
Party - A player's hand of 5 Game Cards and 1 Leader Card.