Kanagawa: Yokai Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Game Elements
  • 3 Yokai
  • 54 Lesson Cards
  • 11 Diploma Tiles
• Game Set-up
• Gameplay
  • Arrival of a New Yokai
  • Movement of a Yokai
  • Explanation of the Diploma Tiles
• End of the Game

Game Elements

3 Yokai

The Yokai tokens represent these cunning spirits. They can allow you to earn a Diploma during the game, but they will make you lose points at the end of the game if you don't get rid of them in time!

54 Lesson Cards

(18 x 3 colours, recognizable by their backs)

The Lesson cards are similar to those from the base game. They offer 3 new Main Subjects: Kites, Lanterns, and Umbrellas. Some of these cards will bring a new Yokai into play, while others will allow you to get rid of one.

11 Diploma Tiles

These 11 tiles include 10 Diplomas related to the Main Subjects of the new cards + 1 specific Diploma related to the Yokai.

Game Set-up

The set-up is the same as in the base game, with the following exceptions:

4. Choose 4 sets of Lesson cards that you want to play with; two from the base game and two from the expansion. Put the other cards back into the box.

5. Place the Yokai Diploma tile next to the other Diploma and Studio tiles. Next, pick out the Print Diploma tiles that correspond to the Main Subjects of the Lesson cards you have chosen to play with and sort them by colour as described in the base rules. There should only be 4 categories of Print Diploma in use for this game.

6. Place the Yokai tokens next to the remaining Brushes within reach of the players.

Gameplay

The game is played in the same way as the base game, with the following exceptions:

Arrival of a New Yokai

When you pick up a new card from the School board with the Yokai icon, you must take one of the Yokai tokens from the reserve and place it in front of you, regardless of whether you choose to place the card in your Print or in your Studio. If the reserve is empty, take a Yokai token from another player of your choice.

Movement of a Yokai

When you add a card to your Studio with the Yokai-movement icon, give one of your Yokai to an opponent of your choice. If you have no Yokai, this symbol has no effect (you can't use it later).

Explanation of the Diploma Tiles

Just as in the base game, at the end of your turn you may choose to either take a Diploma or to leave it. Some Diploma tiles have unique traits:

• Gain 4 Harmony points if you have all 3 Yokai tokens in front of you. This Diploma stays with you even if at some point you no longer have all 3 Yokai tokens.
• Gain 4 Harmony points and give one of your Yokai to another player if you have at least 3 blue Kites in your Print.
• Gain 6 Harmony points and 1 Storm token if you have at least 7 Kites in your Print. They can be of different colours.
• Gain 4 Harmony points if you have 2 cards with 2 Lanterns in your Print.
• Gain 3 Harmony points and 1 Brush if you have at least 3 yellow Kites in your Print.
• Gain 5 Harmony points and the Assistant pawn if you have at least 2 red Kites in your Print.
• Gain 3 Harmony points if you have 3 cards with 1 Lantern in your Print.
• Gain 6 Harmony points if you have 3 cards with 1, 2, and 3 Lanterns respectively in your Print.
• Gain 3 Harmony points and give one of your Yokai to another player if you have 2 Umbrellas on one or more consecutive cards in your Print.
• Gain 7 Harmony points if you have 4 Umbrellas on one or more consecutive cards in your Print. Note: if a card has more than one Umbrellas, they count as being consecutive with each other. For example, a single card with two Umbrellas would be sufficient to earn the smallest of the Umbrella Diplomas.
• Gain 5 Harmony points and the Assistant pawn if you have 3 Umbrellas on one or more consecutive cards in your Print.

End of the Game

The end of the game is played out just as in the base game with one exception:

The cunning Yokai spirits steal your points. During the final count, subtract Harmony points based on the number of Yokai tokens that you have in front of you:

Yokai tokens in front of you	Harmony points subtracted
1	-1
2	-4
3	-9

Transcriber's note: the printed figure shows only these three tiers (1, 2 and 3 Yokai tokens); the values were read from the figure, and the source gives no value beyond them.