BLOOOOOOM
BLOOOOOOM Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Contents
- 60 flower tiles, 10 per flower
- 4 animals
- 1 gameboard
- 1 score pad
Setup
- Place the gameboard in the middle.
- Mix up the 60 flower tiles. Place one tile face up on each space, except for the 4 stone fields.
- Each player takes an animal.
Start Spaces
Choose a player to place their animal first. Players place animals in counter-clockwise order(!). Place your animal in one of the stone fields marked with the correct player count. The animal should face the middle of the gameboard. Each field can only have 1 animal, so the last player to place will have only 1 stone field to "choose".
Example 1: 3-player game setup with chosen starting spots. The Butterfly player took the last start spot, so moves first to take 1 of the (14) tiles in its front or sides.
Pick Flowers
The player who placed their animal last takes the first turn. Turns proceed in clockwise order. On each turn, first rotate your animal a quarter turn left or right, or leave it unrotated. Then move your animal 1 or more spaces straight in the direction it's looking, to a tile with more flowers than any tile with the same flower type in your collection. Add that tile to your collection.
Example 2A: The Butterfly can go to the 7 or 6 Gazanias (yellow) or to the 8 Dahlias (pink). It cannot go to the 5 Roses (red) because it already has a tile with more Roses. It cannot go to the 10 Dahlias or 4 Gazanias because these are behind the Butterfly.
Example 2B: The Butterfly chooses the 8 Dahlias, so rotates to the right, moves to that tile's space, and adds it to its collection.
(Note: If the Butterfly chose the 7 or 6 Gazanias instead, it would have been its final move.)
Game End
Your game ends when you cannot take any tile. Other players continue as long as they can still collect a tile each turn.
End Score
You score 1/3/6/10/15/21/28/36/45/55 points per flower type for having, respectively, 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10 tiles of that flower.
Example 3: At game end, a player has 1 Gazania tile, 2 Cornflower tiles, 3 Dahlia tiles, 4 Lily tiles, and 5 Leelawadee tiles. They score 1+3+6+10+15=35 points total.