Tribe
Tribe Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Order of Play and Objective
In this game, the players compete for pride tokens by finding "tribal features", or by spotting "individuality" of each human with its own distinctive characteristic.
Components to Use
- 5 Humans
- 5 Bases
- 15 Folklore Ornaments (3 x 5 colors)
- 1 Die
- 30 Basic Ornaments (6 x 5 colors)
- 25 Pride Tokens
The bag and the stick ornaments will not be used in the basic rules.
Preparation
- Mount the 5 humans on the bases and place them in a circle, in whatever order you like. Leave space between humans.
- Each player takes 3 pride tokens. Then place remaining tokens in a pile on the table.
- Place randomly-selected 12 folklore ornaments in a line around the humans. (Place the ornaments in whatever order you like. Remaining pieces will not be used in the game.)
- Spread out the basic ornaments inside the circle of humans.
- Determine the starting player in whatever way you like.
About Pride Tokens
Front: grey, 1 point. Back: gold, 3 points.
Pride points will be abbreviated to "pt(s)."
You may exchange the pride tokens during game to maintain the number of pride tokens available in the pile.
Exchanging Pride Tokens
- 3 Grey Tokens (1 pt x 3): flip 1 and make it a gold pride token (3 pt). Return 2 grey pride tokens.
1. Turns
You have the following things to do during your turn:
- Roll the die and pick an ornament
- Place the ornament on a human
- Receive pride tokens
1. Roll the die and pick an ornament
- "Eye" for Harmony: Choose an ornament with the same color or shape as the one chosen by the previous player.
- "Hand" of Creation: Choose an ornament with a different shape AND color from the one chosen by the previous player.
- "Ear" for Oral History: Pick 1 ornament from the folklore ornaments regardless of the ornament chosen by the previous player.
If the previous player placed a folklore ornament, on your turn...
- If you roll an Eye = Choose an ornament with the same color as the folklore ornament placed by the previous player. If it has the same color, you can choose any shape.
- If you roll a Hand = Choose an ornament with a different color from the one chosen by the previous player. (You can choose any shape.)
- If you roll an Ear = Pick 1 ornament from the folklore ornaments once again. You can even choose an ornament that has the same color as the previous player's ornament.
Instruction for the starting player
There is no "previous player" to the starting player, so when choosing an ornament, pick a random ornament without rolling the die. (You may not choose a folklore ornament for this pick.)
2. Place the ornament on a human
If you have picked an ornament, place it on a human (or on an ornament on a figurine) by hanging or laying it on top. You may freely choose which human to place your ornament. (You may even choose the same human as your previous player.)
There are three following rules when placing an ornament:
- It must not touch the ground nor the base.
- Your hand must not touch the ornaments already placed on the human.
- Ornaments of the same shape or color must not touch each other. (Folklore ornaments may touch each other or ornaments of any other shapes, but they should not touch ornaments of the same color.)
3. Receive pride tokens
If you have fulfilled the conditions of "tribal traits" or "individuality" at the end of your turn, you will receive pride tokens. Declare the fulfilled conditions to other players before receiving the tokens.
Even if you find a tribe irrelevant to the ornament you have placed in your turn, this will not earn you a token.
Look for "Tribal Traits"
There are 3 following types of tribes. Whenever a tribe of 3 or 5 humans is created from the ornament you have placed in your turn, you will receive pride points accordingly. The combinations and number of tokens that can be earned for each combination are as follows.
- Color Tribe: Humans with the same ornament color. 3 Humans (1 pt), 5 Humans (2 pts). E.g., 1 pt for the 3rd human with a pink.
- Shape Tribe: Humans with the same ornament shape. 3 Humans (1 pt), 5 Humans (2 pts). E.g., 1 pt for the 3rd human with a S shape.
- Folklore Tribe: Humans with folklore ornaments. 3 Humans (1 pt), 5 Humans (2 pts). E.g., 1 pt for the 3rd human with a folklore ornament.
You will receive tokens only if there is a specified average number of figurines with ornaments sharing the same features, not by the number of ornaments on the game table.
Look for "Individuality"
As you decorate the figurines with more ornaments, you will start to find distinctive individuality on each human. You will receive the pride tokens by forming any of the following combinations on a single human with the ornament you have placed in your turn. Unlike for tribal traits, count the number of ornaments on a single human, not the number of humans with the same type of ornaments.
- Color Human: Ornaments of the same color. 3rd piece (1 pt), 5th piece (2 pts). E.g., 1 pt for 3 greens on a human.
- Shape Human: Ornaments of the same shape. 3rd piece (1 pt), 5th piece (2 pts). E.g., 1 pt for 3 wiggles on a human.
- Folklore Human: Folklore ornaments. 3rd piece (1 pt), 5th piece (2 pts). E.g., 1 pt for 3 folklores on a human.
- Full Color Human: Ornaments of 5 colors. Full Colors (2 pts). E.g., 2 pts for all colors on a human.
If multiple conditions are fulfilled in a single turn, you will receive a point for each condition. E.g., Color & Folklore = 2 pts total: 1 pt for the same color combination and 1 pt for the folklore combination.
2. Losing Pride
If you drop ornaments from a human while trying to place an ornament, do as follows.
There is no penalty for dropping your own piece. Pick it up and resume the game. If any ornament drops without any known cause, fix it and continue.
- Return a number of pride points matching the number of colors of the ornaments you have dropped back to the pile.
- Remove the ornaments you have knocked down. (The ornaments removed will not be used in the game.)
- The ornament you have chosen during your turn must be placed on the human to complete your turn. You will not receive pride points for creating tribes or individuality during this turn.
3. End of Turn
Once you have handed over the die to the next player, your turn is over. Even if you find tribes after this, you will not receive pride points.
4. End of the Game
The game ends under either of the following conditions.
- All folklore ornaments have been taken.
- All ornaments or all applicable ornaments have run out.
To determine the winner, each player counts the number of points earned during the game. Whoever owns most pride points is the winner.
If any player loses all points during the game, this player drops out and loses the game immediately. If there are 3 or more players, the remaining players will continue the game.