Too Many Poops Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Contents
• The Play Area
• Setting Up
• How to Play
  • 1. Draw Cards
  • 2. Play Cards
  • 3. Add Poops
• Winning
• Golden Poople Variant
• Blank Rainbow Cats

Contents

• 50 Poople tokens
• 1 Golden Poople
• 1 Pooples Pouch
• 30 Cat cards
• 4 Rainbow Cats
• 6 Litter Box cards
• 4 Blank Rainbow Cat cards
• 29 Item cards
• 1 The Wild card
• 1 Rule Book
• 6 Player Reference cards

The Play Area

The play area will be referenced in these rules:

• A. HOME(s)
• B. PET STORE
• C. THE WILD

Setting Up

• Make sure you've removed all but 4 RAINBOW CATS from the game.
• Each player forms their HOME (A) by placing a LITTER BOX card in front of them, and a REFERENCE card if needed.
• Shuffle the ITEMS DECK and CATS DECK, separately. Each deck has a different color back.
• Deal each player 2 CAT cards and 3 ITEM cards.
• Build the PET STORE (B) by placing the CAT and ITEM DECKS within reach of all players. Draw 3 cards for each of the decks and lay them face up in a row next to their corresponding deck.
• Place THE WILD card (C) next to the PET STORE. Players will be able to play and lure CATS into this general area (around the card) during the game.
• Each player selects one CAT from their hand to start in their HOME and places it face down next to their LITTER BOX. All players then flip over and reveal their CATS simultaneously.
• The player that most recently cleaned up poop goes first.

How to Play

The game is played over multiple rounds. In a round, players take turns drawing cards, playing cards, and adding POOPS. When you score 10 points you win!

But if instead you get 10 POOPS, you're out of the game!

You perform the following three phases in your turn, in this order, then the next player in clockwise order takes their turn:

1. DRAW CARDS
2. PLAY CARDS
3. ADD POOPS

1. Draw Cards

Draw up to a hand of six cards by choosing any cards from the PET STORE. You may draw from either deck or from the six face-up cards.

• If you don't already have a CAT in your hand, you must draw one.
• When drawing multiple cards, you may look at each card before drawing the next.
• After your turn is over, replenish face-up cards in the PET STORE. Shuffle the ITEM discard pile to form a new ITEM DECK when necessary.
• If the CAT DECK runs out, you may draw CATS from THE WILD instead of the face up PET STORE CAT cards.

2. Play Cards

You must play one CAT card from your hand. You can only play one CAT card per turn, unless using REPLAY. You also may play or discard up to two ITEM cards, from your hand. Play these in any order.

CAT cards can be played face up into any HOME (yours or another player's) or into THE WILD area.

• ACTION ITEM cards take effect immediately.
• MODIFIER ITEM cards may be played into any HOME (yours or another player's), and stay in play for the remainder of the game.
• REACTION ITEM cards can be played during any player's turn.

Place used or discarded ITEM cards in a discard pile next to the ITEMS DECK.

Playing a CAT into a HOME may result in a RIVALRY. RIVAL CATS are identified on the bottom of each CAT card.

While RIVALS are in the same HOME, both CAT cards must be flipped upside down, white backgrounds at the top of the card. A CAT may be flipped back when their RIVAL leaves a HOME.

RIVAL CATS when flipped are worth 0 points and do not count towards LITTER BONUSES (see WINNING).

3. Add Poops

Add a POOPLE token to your LITTER BOX for every CAT, including RIVALS, in your HOME.

• If you have any ITEM MODIFIER cards, add or subtract the number of POOPS before adding them to the LITTER BOX.
• POOPS add up over every turn.
• If you run out of POOPLE tokens, POOPS are still counted. Just add them once more tokens become available.
• When you reach 10 POOPS, you have TOO MANY POOPS! If you don't yet have 10 points (see WINNING), then you immediately lose the game!

When you lose:

• Your POOPLES all go back to the supply.
• All your CATS run away to THE WILD, including CATS in your hand.
• Any ITEMS you had in your HOME or in your hand will return to the PET STORE ITEMS' discard pile.

Winning

If at any time you have 10 or more points in play in your HOME, even if you would also have TOO MANY POOPS, the game ends and you win!

• CATS AND RIVALS: Each CAT in your HOME, except for flipped RIVALS, counts as 1 point. RIVALS count as 0 points. CAT points don't add up over every turn, like POOPS.
• LITTER BONUSES: Any CATS in a LITTER count as 2x points. 2 CATS of one LITTER would score 4 points, up through 5 CATS of one LITTER would score 10 points. CATS are in a LITTER when they share the same pattern and color background. RIVALS don't count when flipped and showing a white background. Each of the 6 unique LITTERS has 5 CAT cards.
• RAINBOW CATS: These CATS can count towards any LITTER color. You may only count this CAT as part of a single LITTER in your HOME, but may change it at any time. There should only be 4 RAINBOW CATS in the game.

Scoring examples: 0 points; 1+1=2; 2x2=4; 5x2=10; 2x2 + 3x2 = 10.

Golden Poople Variant

The game includes a special GOLDEN POOPLE you can use by playing the game with these adjusted rules:

• Remove 5 POOPLES for each player less than 6. Your POOPLES SUPPLY should be:

Players	2	3	4	5	6
Pooples Supply	30	35	40	45	50

• Store the SUPPLY in the POOPLE POUCH, and add the GOLDEN POOPLE.
• Whenever you would add poops, draw the necessary amount of POOPLES from the POOPLE POUCH.
• If you draw the GOLDEN POOPLE, don't add it to your LITTER BOX. Instead, add a POOPLE from the pouch to every other player's LITTER BOX. Then, return the GOLDEN POOPLE back into the pouch for the next player's turn.

Blank Rainbow Cats

The game includes 4 extra RAINBOW CATS with a blank banner that you can customize with your own cat names! But don't play the game with all 8 RAINBOW CATS: pick only 4 to shuffle into the CATS DECK whenever you start a game.