Animals Frightening Night!

Animals Frightening Night! Rulebook

Table of Contents

Components

Animal Tile x14. Each tile shows the illustration of the animal, the name of the animal, the animal number, the type of animal (Farm or Forest), and the activation phase of the animal. The tiles also mark which Animals are used in ALL games and which Animals are used in specific player numbers.
Animal Token x14. Animal tokens are used to remind players which animals are used in the current game. Each has a Hidden side and a Revealed side.
Victory Point Token x73: 1VP x52, 5VP x11, 10VP x10.
Round Tile x1
Rooster Token x1

The game is played for a number of rounds until the game end condition is triggered. Except for the initial set-up, players will play through "Round set-up" and "5 phases of the round" in each round.

Initial Set-up

Take Rooster, Wolf, and Fox Tiles. These three Animals are used in ALL games.
Depending on the number of players, choose a number of Animal Tiles to make the total tiles used equal to "the number of players + 2" for the whole game. For example, choose 3 more Animal Tiles to make it a total of 6 in a 4-player game. Note: After you get familiar with the rules and the abilities of different Animals, you may choose Animal Tiles disregarding the suggested player numbers.
Take the corresponding Animal Tokens to be used in the game and place them with "Hidden" side faceup next to the Round Tile (as shown in the illustration).
Remove all the other Animal Tiles and Tokens to the game box. They won't be used in this game.

Round Set-up

Put Rooster and Wolf Tiles aside.
Shuffle all the other Animal Tiles, draw two tiles and place them face down in the center of the table.
Mix Rooster and Wolf Tiles with the remaining tiles and deal one to each player. Players should secretly look at their own Animal Tiles. These are their identities for the current round.
You are ready to play!

Phase 1 - Rooster Phase

a. The player who gets the Rooster Tile turns over her tile to reveal her identity. She plays as the host for the current round.

b. The Rooster player may secretly examine the two tiles in the center of the table, and assign the hiding areas (Farm or Forest) for each of these two Animals. (See "Hiding" below.)

Phase 2 - Night Phase

The Rooster player will guide all players through the Night Phase with the following sentences:

a. The night falls, all players please close your eyes, lower your heads, and put both hands on the table. (including the Rooster player)

b. Wolf and Fox, please open your eyes and make a direct eye contact to each other, before my countdown of 3… 2… 1.

c. Wolf and Fox, please close your eyes and lower your heads.

d. Here comes the Wolf! FARM Animals, run! (All players whose Animals belong to the Farm type MUST quickly slap the table with both hands for 3 seconds!)

e. All players open your eyes.

Phase 3 - Escape Phase

a. All players cover their Animal Tiles with their hands. Starting from the Rooster and going clockwise, each player announces which area, Farm or Forest, they plan to hide. The announcement is not binding. Players can freely change their hiding areas before revealing.

b. After the last player announces her hiding plan, all players reveal their hiding areas simultaneously.

IMPORTANT: Keep your Animal Tile facedown. (Except for the Rooster)

Note: The edge of your Animal Tile facing towards the center of the table indicates the area you are hiding.

Phase 4 - Voting Phase

a. After revealing their hiding areas, the area with more Animals will carry out the voting. And one of the Animals must be driven away to the other area. If both areas have the same number of Animals, the area with the Rooster must carry out the voting.

Note: When counting the number of hiding Animals, the two in the center of the table are also counted.

b. After the voting area is decided, ALL players may freely discuss about who should be driven away. The Rooster should help manage the time limit. It's suggested that the discussion should last for about one minute.

Once the discussion is closed, the Rooster counts down from 3 and all Animals in the voting area must point their index fingers towards one of the three targets:

One of the fellow players in the voting area. (You don't want to stay in the same area with that Animal.)
Yourself. (You might want to escape from this area.)
The sky. (You have no idea what's going on…)

c. The Animal with the most votes must rotate her Animal Tile to the opposite edge to indicate that she has fled away to the other area. If two or more Animals are tied for the most, they are all driven away. However, if ALL animals get the same votes, they all stay where they are.

Voting Example

A voted for B, B voted for C, and C pointed at the sky. Result: Since A and B are tied for the most, both A and B are driven away.
A voted for B, B voted for C, and C voted for A. Result: Since ALL players get the same votes, all players stay where they are.

Note: Although the discussion lasts for merely one minute, it's crucial for you to grab any piece of information other players might release unintentionally.

Phase 5 - Morning Phase

All players turn over their Animal Tiles to reveal their identities and score accordingly:

a. All Farm Animals in the same area as the Wolf will be eaten. For each Animal being eaten, the Wolf scores 1 VP.

b. All Farm Animals NOT in the same area as the Wolf will survive and each of them will score as many VP as there are survivors (excluding the Fox and the Wolfkin).

Some Animals have special scoring criteria. See "Animals' Special Abilities."

Game End

At the end of each round, players check if the game end condition has been met (see the table below). If yes, the player with the most VP wins the game. If there is a tie for the most, all tied players rejoice the victory. If the game end condition is not met, play a new round (from "Round Set-up").

Note: For the game with more than 15 players, increase the game end condition by 5 VP for each 3 additional players.

Player number	4-5	6-8	9-12	13-15
Game end condition	10 VP	15 VP	20 VP	25 VP

Animals' Special Abilities

Each Animal has its own special ability that can be used at a specific Phase in the game. Players may freely choose if they would like to use the ability or not. However, once you have decided to use the special ability, you MUST reveal your identity! So, watch closely and use them wisely!

Rooster

The Rooster must reveal its identity at the beginning of the round and serve as the host for the current round.

Special ability: You may secretly look at the two Animal Tiles placed in the center of the table, and decide their hiding areas.

Scoring condition: If you are NOT in the same area as the Wolf in the Day Phase, you score as many VP as there are surviving Animals.

Wolf

The hungry Wolf will eat all Farm Animals that are in the same area with him when the day comes.

Special ability: You MUST open your eyes during the Night Phase to make an eye contact with the Fox (and the Sheepdog).

Scoring condition: In the Day Phase, you score as many VP as there are Farm Animals in the same area with you.

Fox

The Wolf's cunning helper who tries to mislead the Animals to be hunted by the Wolf.

Special ability: You MUST open your eyes during the Night Phase to make an eye contact with the Wolf (and the Sheepdog).

Scoring condition: If you are NOT in the same area as the Wolf in the Day Phase, you score as many VP as the Wolf does.

Wolfkin

The little cub sneaks out of their cave to look for his father.

Special ability: No.

Scoring condition: If you are in the same area as the Wolf in the Day Phase, you score as many VP as the Wolf does.

Sheepdog

The guardian of the farm who knows the identities of the Wolf and the Fox.

Special ability: You may open your eyes during the Night Phase to make an eye contact with the Wolf and the Fox.