Fairy Tale Inn
Fairy Tale Inn Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
List of Components
- 1 Plastic Inn Structure
- 8 Character Cards
- 1 Guest List Board
- 62 Gold Tokens
- 1 Cloth Bag
- 64 Character Tokens
- 8 Pinocchio
- 8 Evil Queen
- 8 Princess
- 8 Little Pig
- 8 Big Bad Wolf
- 8 Little Red Riding Hood
- 4 Jack
- 4 Beanstalk
- 4 Pied Piper
- 4 Rats
Setup
- Randomly choose 5 Character Cards that will be used in the game. Place the corresponding Character Tokens in the bag. The remaining 3 Character Cards and their tokens will not be used in this game.
- When the Jack and the Beanstalk card is selected, only place the 4 Jack tokens into the bag and leave the 4 Beanstalk tokens on the card.
- Likewise, when the Pied Piper and the Rats card is selected, only place the 4 Pied Piper tokens into the bag and leave the 4 Rat tokens on the card.
- Place the Guest List Board close to the Inn Structure, draw 4 tokens from the bag and place them fully-colored side up randomly on the spaces of the Guest List from top to bottom.
- Note: It is possible to have several copies of the same token on the Guest List Board.
- The player that most recently read a fairy tale goes first. The starting player gets 1 gold, while the other player gets 2 gold.
- Place the remaining gold close to the Inn forming a Bank, within reach of both players.
Player's Turn
Players take turns to drop characters into the Inn, collecting Gold from Special Rooms and Character Abilities! The player with the most Gold at the end wins the game!
1. Pick a Character Token from the Guest List
If there is a cost indicated on the Guest List Board next to the token, pay that number of gold to the Bank. Slide all remaining tokens down along the Guest List and place a new Character Token from the bag, fully-colored side up on the top space of the board.
Example: Paolo chooses to take a Little Red Riding Hood token from the Guest List. The character token is in a space with no cost, so he doesn't need to pay. Now he moves the Little Pig token and Evil Queen token down the line and places a new character token at the top space of the list.
Note: If there are no tokens left in the bag, don't refill the board.
2. Drop the Character Token in any column
Choose any column which is not fully occupied. The fully-colored side of the token should be facing you.
Example: Paolo plays a Little Red Riding Hood token. He flips the token so the fully-colored side faces him, then he drops the token in the chosen column.
3. Resolve Special Room effects for characters
The Inn features special rooms that come with unique effects. These are indicated by symbols on specific spaces on the structure. These effects activate immediately, before Character Abilities, when a token drops into these rooms.
Example: Paolo drops a token into the room with the double-gold symbol, so he collects 2 gold from the Bank.
Types of Special Rooms:
- Collect 1 gold from the Bank.
- Collect 2 gold from the Bank.
- Characters in these rooms lose their Abilities. (They still count for others' Abilities.)
- You may spend 1 gold once to take another turn immediately. (Resolve your Character Abilities before taking the extra turn.)
Note: While the Rat and Beanstalk do not count as characters, they do trigger special rooms.
Example: Paolo plays a Little Pig token. Its Character Card reads "+1 gold, and gain 1 gold for each of your other Little Pigs connected to this Little Pig token". Paolo drops the token in a room next to a Little Pig that belongs to him. That token is also next to another of his Little Pigs. He gains 1 gold, and additional gold for each Little Pig connected to the token dropped.
4. Resolve Character Abilities
Each character has a unique Ability which influences the game. Their abilities are listed on each of their Character Cards. There are 3 types of Character Abilities: "When Dropped" (also printed on cards as "When Played"), "Ongoing", and "End of Game". After Character Abilities are resolved, the next player takes their turn.
Example: Evil Queen has an Ongoing Ability "When your opponent drops another character directly above Evil Queen, they pay you 1 gold if able". Paolo drops a character in the room over the opponent's Evil Queen. He then pays his opponent 1 gold.
End of the Game
The game ends when three columns of the Inn are fully occupied with tokens. Each player then resolves all End of Game effects for their characters.
Note: If the Bank has run out of gold, you may keep track of additional gold by other means.
The player with the most Gold wins!
Note: In case of a tie, the player who did not start the game is the winner.
Characters' Abilities
Evil Queen
- Ongoing — When your opponent drops another character directly above Evil Queen, they pay you 1 gold if able.
Pinocchio
- End of Game — Gain 1 gold for each of your opponent's characters next to Pinocchio (above, beside, or below).
Pied Piper and Rats
Do not place the Rat tokens in the bag.
- When Played — +1 gold, and also drop a Rat token in any other column.
The Rat does not count as a character.
Little Red Riding Hood
- End of Game — Gain 1 gold for each of your characters next to Little Red Riding Hood (above, beside, or below).
Princess
- When Played — +1 gold, and also gain 1 gold for each of your other Princess tokens in the spaces diagonal to the one just dropped.
Jack and the Beanstalk
Do not place the Beanstalk tokens in the bag.
- When Played — +1 gold, and also drop a Beanstalk token on top of Jack.
The Beanstalk does not count as a character.
Little Pig
- When Played — +1 gold and gain 1 gold for each of your other Little Pigs connected to this Little Pig token.
Big Bad Wolf
- End of Game — Gain 3 gold for each row where you have more Big Bad Wolf tokens than your opponent.
Credits
- Game Design: Paolo Mori and Remo Conzadori
- Development: Alexio Schneeberger (Lead), Andrea Chiarvesio, and Pierluca Zizzi
- Game Director: Eric M. Lang
- Art Director: Mathieu Harlaut
- Art: Davide Tosello
- Graphic Design: Louise Combal
- Sculpting: Aragorn Marks
- Sculpt Engineering: Vincent Fontaine
- Production: Rebecca Ho (Lead), Aaron Lurie (Lead), Thiago Aranha, Marcela Fabreti, Raquel Fukuda, Guilherme Goulart, Isadora Leite, Renato Sasdelli, Safuan Tay and Ana Theodoro
- Rules: Andrea Chiarvesio
- Proofreading: Jason Koepp
- Publisher: David Preti