The Quest Kids: Matching Adventure
The Quest Kids: Matching Adventure Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Objective
Gain the most stars by recruiting heroes, scaring away bad guys and finding treasure! Once all of the tiles are matched up, the player with the most stars wins!
Components
- 20 Tree House Tiles (10 matching pairs): Quest Kids Heroes (6 pairs) and Quest Kids Allies (4 pairs)
- 40 Adventure Tiles (20 matching pairs): Bears (4 pairs), Dragons (4 pairs), Pirates (4 pairs), Snakes (4 pairs), Trolls (4 pairs)
- 30 Unique Treasure Tokens
Set-Up
- Put all of the Tree House Tiles face down and mix them up.
- Set the Tree House Tiles face down in FOUR rows of FIVE tiles.
- Choose how long/difficult of a game you'd like to play and arrange the Adventure Tiles accordingly (see below).
- Place the Treasure Tokens face down, mix them up and put them in a pile.
- The youngest player goes first!
Choose Your Game Mode
Shortest / Easiest
- a. Choose THREE Bad Guy Groups to play with. Place the remaining 16 Adventure Tiles back in the box.
- b. Lay the 24 Adventure Tiles face down, mix them up and place them around the Tree House Tiles.
- c. Remove the 6 Gold Coin items and the 6 Lamp items from the Treasure Tokens and place them back in the box.
Longer / Harder
- a. Choose FOUR Bad Guy Groups to play with. Place the remaining 8 Adventure Tiles back in the box.
- b. Lay the 32 Adventure Tiles face down, mix them up and place them around the Tree House Tiles.
- c. Remove the 6 Gold Coin items from the Treasure Tokens and place them back in the box.
Longest / Hardest
- a. Play with all FIVE Bad Guy Groups (40 total Adventure Tiles) and all 30 Treasure Tokens.
- b. Lay all 40 Adventure Tiles face down, mix them up and place them around the Tree House Tiles.
Forest Adventure Tiles should be placed above and to the right of the Tree House Tiles. River Adventure Tiles should be placed below and to the left of the Tree House Tiles.
On Your Turn
Recruit heroes or go on an adventure:
- The first goal for all players is to RECRUIT a Quest Kid Hero from the Tree House Tiles.
Recruiting Heroes
- To recruit a hero turn over ANY TWO Tree House tiles of your choice, so all players can see them.
- If they are a match, take the hero tiles and put them in front of you.
- If they are not a match, flip the tiles back over and place them exactly where they were.
- Players DO NOT take another turn if they find a matching pair.
- All players must have at least one Quest Kids Hero before you can attempt to recruit a second hero.
Going on an Adventure
- After you have recruited a hero you can now try to scare away matching bad guys on your turn. A player cannot go on an adventure until they have recruited at least one Quest Kids Hero.
- There are two types of Adventure Tiles: Forest Adventure Tiles and River Adventure Tiles.
- Each Bad Guy has one Forest Adventure Tile and one River Adventure Tile. Therefore, you must search both the Forest and River to make a match.
- When you go on an adventure you turn over ANY THREE Adventure Tiles of your choice, so all players can see.
- If you find a match, take the two tiles and place them in front of you. Then turn the third tile back over face down exactly where it was.
- If you do not find a match, turn all three tiles back over face down exactly where they were.
- Players DO NOT take another turn if they find a matching pair. However, a player who finds a matching pair after turning over only two tiles must still turn over their third tile.
Collecting Treasure
- When you go on an adventure and find a pair of matching Bad Guys you will earn Treasure Tokens!
- Each matching pair of Bad Guy tiles has either one or two treasure icons on one of the tiles. (Example: if you match ERIK you draw 2 Treasure Tokens!)
- Take one Treasure Token for each Treasure Icon on the Bad Guy Tile.
Treasure Tokens
Each Treasure Token has two different star values. At the top of the token is the Normal Star Value and at the bottom of the tile is a larger Hero Specific Star Value. You receive the Hero Specific Star Value if you have recruited the hero that matches a particular Treasure Token.
Example: You get ONE STAR if you draw this treasure token but haven't recruited MASON. If you have recruited MASON (or recruit him before the game ends) you get TWO STARS!
Gaining Allies
Hiding among the Quest Kids in the Tree House Tiles are ALLIES! These are friends of The Quest Kids who offer special powers that you can use at any point during your turn. There are four different Ally Characters and each ally's unique special power is printed on the tile.
- If you find an ally match on your turn take the two tiles and place them in front of you.
- You KEEP the Ally Tile that has stars on it.
- However, you must give the other Ally Tile you found (the one without stars) to another player of your choosing.
- Once you have an Ally Tile you can use that character's special power at any point during your turn.
- Each Ally Tile Special Power can only be used once per game. So, once you have used an ally's special power you should flip the tile over to signify that it has been used.
IMPORTANT: it is okay if you find an ally match in the Tree House Tiles before you have recruited a Quest Kid Hero. However, you still need to find a Quest Kid before you can explore the Adventure Tiles.
Alternate Gameplay
If you'd like a more simplified version of the game without the added element of Ally Characters you can remove these 8 tiles from the game during the setup process.
Winning the Game
Once all of the Tree House Tiles and Adventure Tiles have been matched up, the game is over! You should then count how many STARS you have collected during your adventure - the player with the most stars is the winner!
Possible star sources include:
- Quest Kids Hero Tiles
- Ally Tiles
- Treasure Tokens (remember the only way to get the bottom star amount is if you have a hero that matches a treasure token!)