Chocolates
Chocolates Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Game Contents
- 21 "chocolate" tiles: 7 each in round, triangular, and hexagonal shapes, sorted into 6 types: 6 dark, 5 brown, 4 white, 3 green, 2 pink, and 1 gold.
- 29 Prediction cards. Each has a green front with a tick ("true") and a red back with a cross ("false").
- 24 "Nougat cube" tiles.
- 1 Overview card.
- 1 Game rulebook.
Before playing for the first time, carefully press the pieces out of the punch board.
Game Preparation
- Shuffle all the chocolates and place 16 of them face down in a 4x4 grid in the centre of the table. Place the remaining 5 chocolates face down next to the grid.
- Shuffle all the Prediction cards and place them in a pile above the grid. Make sure that the green side (tick) is face up. Draw 3 cards from the pile and place them to form the display.
- Place the overview above the display so that it's visible to all players.
- Set the Nougat cubes aside as a common supply.
- Choose a player to go first.
Goal of the Game
The goal of the game is to make correct predictions and score the most points by carefully choosing cards and tactically revealing chocolates.
Layout of the Prediction Cards
Each card shows a Prediction, e.g., "More brown than white chocolates on the left side of the grid", and is separated into 4 areas:
- A The green front of the card with the tick means that the Prediction is "true". The red back of the card with the cross means that the Prediction is "false".
- B The box shows which chocolates the Prediction refers to and where they're located in relation to each other.
- C The grid is shown here. The white area always shows the area relevant to the Prediction and the grey area always shows the area not relevant to the Prediction.
- D These are the points you will score at the end of the game if you place the Prediction card with the correct side facing up in front of you.
Note: The sum of the points on the front and back always equals 10!
Note: Prediction cards separate the grid into left and right halves. However, the position of the display at the top of the grid means that it is always clear where left and right are, regardless of where you are looking at the grid from.
How to Play
The game is played in clockwise order. On your turn, take the following actions in order:
A. Take 1 Prediction card (optional).
Important: This action is optional!
You may take 1 Prediction card, and any Nougat cubes on it, from the display and place them in front of you.
Important: You must immediately decide whether to place the card face up or face down in front of you! The card remains in front of you until the end of the game.
Then place 1 Nougat cube from the common supply onto each of the remaining Prediction cards in the display. Then bring the display back up to 3 Prediction cards by replacing one from the pile.
B. Reveal 1 chocolate.
Flip any 1 chocolate face up. You may choose whether to flip a chocolate inside or next to the grid.
Note: The chocolate remains face up in the same place until the end of the game.
Then it's the next player's turn.
End of the Game
The game ends either when a player places their fourth Prediction card (in a 2 or 3-player game) or their third Prediction card (in a 4-player game) in front of them. When this happens, all other players take one more turn.
OR
The game ends when all 16 chocolates in the grid are revealed. When this happens, the game ends immediately.
Next comes the scoring.
Scoring
Flip all remaining chocolates face up, and check the Prediction cards in front of you:
- For each correct Prediction you receive the points indicated on the card. Note: A "false" Prediction can also be correct when the right conditions are filled!
- For each incorrect Prediction you deduct the points indicated on the card.
- For each Nougat cube collected, you receive 1 point.
Whoever has the most points in total, wins. In case of a tie, the players share the victory.
Scoring Example
Situation at the end of the game:
- For this Prediction he receives 6 points because there aren't 4 different types of chocolates next to the grid, only 3. Because he placed the Prediction with the back face up, the "false" Prediction is correct. (Important: The card actually has 6 points!)
- For this Prediction he receives 4 points because there are at least 2 dark chocolates in a diagonal line in the grid.
- For this Prediction he must deduct 6 points because there aren't more green than pink chocolates on the right side of the grid.
- For the 4 Nougat cubes he receives 4 points.
Luke scored 8 points in total (6 + 4 - 6 + 4 = 8).
Explanation of the Prediction Cards
Each card is listed with its Prediction. The first number is the points for a correct Prediction (the front, "true" side); the second number is the points for an incorrect Prediction (the back, "false" side). Points are shown as (front / back points).
Exactly 1 golden chocolate in the grid. (2 / 8 points)
Exactly 2 green chocolates in the grid. (5 / 5 points)
Exactly 3 white chocolates in the grid. (5 / 5 points)
Exactly 2 pink chocolates in the outer area of the grid. (7 / 3 points)
Exactly 3 dark chocolates in the outer area of the grid. (7 / 3 points)
Exactly 4 round chocolates in the outer area of the grid. (6 / 4 points)
The exact same number of triangular as hexagonal chocolates in the outer area of the grid. (8 / 2 points)
The exact same number of brown chocolates in the left and right sides of the grid. (8 / 2 points)
More dark chocolates in the left side of the grid than the right side. (6 / 4 points)
More triangular chocolates in the left side of the grid than the right side. (6 / 4 points)
More round than triangular chocolates in the grid. (6 / 4 points)
More brown than white chocolates in the left side of the grid. (6 / 4 points)
More green than pink chocolates in the right side of the grid. (6 / 4 points)
At least 1 instance of adjacent pink and green chocolates in the grid. (4 / 6 points)
At least 2 adjacent brown chocolates in the grid. (4 / 6 points)
At least 3 adjacent dark chocolates in the grid. (6 / 4 points)
At least 4 adjacent round chocolates in the grid. (7 / 3 points)
At least 4 adjacent triangular chocolates in the grid. (7 / 3 points)
At least 4 adjacent hexagonal chocolates in the grid. (7 / 3 points)
At least 3 hexagonal chocolates in one of the rows or columns in the grid. (5 / 5 points)
At least 3 chocolates of the same type in one of the rows or columns in the grid. (5 / 5 points)
At least 1 white, 1 green, and 1 pink chocolate in one of the rows or columns in the grid. (6 / 4 points)
At least 2 adjacent white chocolates in one of the rows or columns in the grid. (5 / 5 points)
At least 2 dark chocolates connected in a diagonal line in the grid. (4 / 6 points)
Exactly 4 chocolates of 4 different types connected in a diagonal line in the grid. (6 / 4 points)
At least 2 triangular chocolates in the four corners of the grid. (6 / 4 points)
At least 2 round chocolates in the four corners of the grid. (6 / 4 points)
Exactly 4 chocolates of 4 different types in the four corners of the grid. (7 / 3 points)
At least 4 different types of chocolates next to the grid. (4 / 6 points)
Note: "Adjacent" means all chocolates located next to each other in a horizontal or vertical direction. When there are more than 2 chocolates, these don't have to be in a straight line.