Renature: Valley
Renature: Valley Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Components
All components will fit in the original Renature box.
- 1 double-sided game board
- 8 Mushroom tokens
- 2 cloud tokens
Setup
For this expansion you will need all the components from the Renature base game, except for the 21 area tiles and the game board.
Step 1: Prepare the game components as in the original game. Replace the game board from the base game with the enclosed game board. Place it face up in the middle of the table.
Steps 2 to 4: Steps 2 to 4 of the original setup remain the same.
Step 5: In step 5, instead of distributing the area tiles, place the 8 mushroom tiles next to the game board, with their brown side facing up.
Step 6: Add the two new Cloud tokens to the other 30 and place 1 cloud token on each cloud space.
Steps 7 to 9: Steps 7 to 9 of the original setup remain the same.
Playing the game
The rules are the same as in the base game, with the following exceptions:
- A: Place 1 Domino on the board.
- B: Place 1 plant onto the game board.
- C: Score points for your plant.
- D: If possible, refill your hand with 1 domino from your reserve.
What is new?
A: Place 1 Domino on the board
1. Meadow spaces
The new meadow spaces replace the stream spaces on which the dominoes are placed. The rules for placing the dominoes have not changed.
2. Starting spaces
In this expansion, the starting spaces are marked by a small pond. When you place a domino from your hand, one of the animals depicted on it must be placed on one of the 4 starting spaces or next to an animal of the same kind.
3. Tree stumps
The 8 tree stumps on the game board are also new. Whenever you cover a stump with a domino, you may immediately take a mushroom token.
4. Mushrooms
When you collect a mushroom by covering a stump, you must immediately place it orthogonally (not diagonally) adjacent to any area space. The mushroom becomes an area space, on which plants can be placed, and which can join area spaces together.
5. Meadow space with a cloud
If you want to place your domino on a meadow space with a cloud, first take the cloud token on it and place it on an empty cloud space on your player board. If you have no free cloud spaces, either make room by immediately performing a cloud action, or return it unused to the box.
B: Place 1 plant onto the game board
The rules for placing plants are the same as in the base game. Since mushroom tokens placed on the game board count as area spaces, plants may also be placed on them according to the rules of the base game.
C: Score points for your plant
Follow the rules of the base game to earn points: Gain 1 point for the placed plant itself (regardless of whether it is your color or the neutral color) and 1 point for each additional plant in that area with equal or lower value (regardless of its color). The same rules apply to an area expanded by a mushroom token as to all other area spaces.
Example (the example diagrams are not reproduced here; the captions are transcribed in full):
To cover the tree stump on the bottom right, Orange places the domino with the two woodpeckers on the game board and immediately receives a mushroom token in return. Orange plans to place this in such a way that an area of 16 spaces is created on the right edge of the field.
Orange now places the mushroom token as planned. This connects 2 areas, both of which were also formed of two connected areas. Finally, Orange places an oak tree, gaining one point for that oak, and 10 for the plants in the area of equal or lower value.
What is missing?
Scoring Areas
Areas are no longer scored when they are completed (step C.2) during the course of the game. Thus, no scoring of plants takes place in closed areas.
D: If possible, refill your hand with 1 domino from your reserve. Then your turn ends.
End of the game
When everyone has run out of dominoes, the game ends with the final scoring: first carry out the area scoring as described in the original game (yellow box p. 6).
To do this, check areas one by one and determine the total value for each color represented there. If there are multiple colors with the same total value, these colors are ignored when scoring the area. The color with the highest total score gets 1 point for each square in the scored area. The color with the second highest total gets half the points (rounded down). If you are alone in an area, you get points for the highest and second highest total value. Points are not awarded for the neutral color. After scoring an area, remove all plants from it.
- For each cloud token on your player board, gain 1 point.
- Lose points equal to the value of each plant left on your player board.
As soon as the final scoring is over, whoever has the most points wins. Ties are broken in favor of the player with the majority in the largest area.
Variant
In this variant, use the back side of the game board. Cloud tokens are placed on the area spaces, as in the base game. You get the cloud token by placing a plant on that area space. First, take the cloud token from the space, and place it on an empty cloud space on your player board. Otherwise play as in the base game.