Happy Holiday Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Game Idea and Goal
• Game Material
• Setup
• Gameplay
  • 1. Choose One City Tile
  • 2. Receive Suitcases
  • 3. Place the City Tile on the Vacation Planner
    • Length of Stay
    • City Tiles with Special Experience Value
    • City Connections
  • 4. Refill an Area
• End of the Game
• Scoring
  • Example of a Scoring
• Travelling Alone - the Solo Game
• The City Tiles

Game Idea and Goal

Plan the best possible three-week vacation in some of the most popular cities of Europe. Choose good offers, plan your travel route, and make sure you can fulfil the requirements of the task cards. When all spaces of your vacation planner are filled, whoever has the most stars wins.

For 1 to 4 players, ages 10 and up. (A free KOSMOS "Explainer app" is available to have the game explained instead of reading the rules.)

Game Material

• 1 game board
• 96 city tiles: 12 start tiles (4 sets: baseball cap, sunglasses, sneakers, backpack) and 84 normal city tiles (double-sided: an activity on the front; "Rest day" on the back)
• 1 bag
• 90 suitcases: 30 each for travel by road (grey), rail (black) and air (white)
• 18 solo tiles (for when you want to travel alone)
• 10 task cards: 5x "Activity", 5x "Route" (see the card backs)
• 4 vacation planners
• 1 scoring pad
• 1 folding suitcase: fold the suitcase and assemble it in the order 1 to 3 as shown on it. After the game you can store the task cards and the small suitcases in it.

Setup

1. Place the game board between you. Below the areas for the respective types of transport, place the corresponding suitcases for road, rail and air.
2. Each player receives 1 vacation planner and places it in front of them.
3. Each player takes 1 set of 3 start tiles (all with the same picture on the back). Place the tiles face up on the three start days of your vacation planner (1: Monday, 11: Thursday, 21: Sunday). In games with fewer than 4 players, the remaining vacation planners and start tiles go back in the box.
4. Put all normal city tiles into the bag and mix them well. Then, for each type of transport, draw 3 city tiles at random and lay them face up on the spaces of the game board (9 tiles in total).
5. For your first game, look for the task card "Von allem etwas" ("A bit of everything") and lay it face up next to the game board. All other task cards are not needed and go back in the box. In later games, always use exactly 1 "Activity" task card and, if you like, additionally 1 "Route" task card. You can choose the cards at random or pick specific cards.

Gameplay

The person who most recently went on a trip begins. Then play proceeds clockwise. When it is your turn, proceed as follows.

1. Choose One City Tile

Take one city tile of your choice from one of the three areas.

IMPORTANT: This tile is not replaced automatically. Only when the last (third) tile has been taken from an area are 3 new tiles drawn from the bag for that area.

After you take the first tile from an area, you place 1 suitcase in the colour of that area on the now empty space. Note: the picture on the space reminds you. If you take the second tile from this area, you additionally receive this suitcase. You then place a suitcase of a matching colour on each of the two now empty spaces. If you take the third tile from this area, you additionally receive these two suitcases. So with each city tile you receive all suitcases lying in that area (0, 1 or 2).

Example: You take 1 city tile from the "Rail" area and place 1 black suitcase on the empty space.

The next person who takes a city tile from the "Rail" area receives the black suitcase in addition. Afterwards they place 2 black suitcases on the two now empty spaces.

NOTE: The suitcases are not limited. If they ever run out, you can use other material instead.

2. Receive Suitcases

Each area offers suitcases for a different type of transport: road, rail or air. You need these at the end of the game to be able to travel between the cities. When you receive such suitcases, first place them above your vacation planner.

More choice. If you do not like the offer in the three areas, at the start of your turn you may return up to 5 suitcases of your choice to the supply at once and draw as many city tiles from the bag. You may then take one of these tiles. Put the remaining tiles back into the bag. You do not receive a suitcase from the game board with this action.

Example: You return 3 suitcases to the supply and draw 3 city tiles from the bag, from which you choose one.

If you like none of the drawn city tiles, you may put them all back into the bag and then, as usual, take 1 tile from one of the 3 areas. Then you also receive the suitcases lying in that area. However, you do not get back the suitcases you gave up.

IMPORTANT: Since you need the suitcases at the end of the game, you should only rarely make use of the option of drawing city tiles from the bag.

3. Place the City Tile on the Vacation Planner

Now place the tile you took face up on any empty space of your vacation planner. The condition on the tile states on which spaces you may place it:

• on a specific weekday (here Wednesday)
• in a specific week (here week 2)
• on the weekend (Saturday or Sunday)
• on any weekday except the weekend (Monday-Friday)

You do not have to place a taken tile next to an already placed tile; you may leave gaps in your vacation planner at first and fill them in later rounds. You should try to place the tiles so that you stay in a city for at least 2, but ideally 4, consecutive days. Then you can experience more and receive more stars at the end of the game. A placed tile may not be moved or exchanged in a later round.

If you cannot or do not want to fulfil the condition of the tile, place the tile face down on an empty space of your vacation planner and ignore its condition.

This represents a rest day in the respective city and thus a day without activity. At the end of the game, 1 star is subtracted for each rest day (minus 1 star).

NOTE: The symbols at the top right of the city tiles stand for the activity at this location. They are only needed for the task card. There are 7 different activities. More on page 7 (see "The City Tiles" below).

Travel planning. If you place a city tile on a space directly before or after a space with an already placed tile, and the two show different cities, then at the end of the game you need the matching suitcases for the trip between these cities.

On the game board you can see on the European map which connections exist between the cities and thus which suitcases you need.

Many cities are connected to each other by roads (grey suitcases) or rail (black suitcases). Cities that have no direct connection to each other can be reached by air (white suitcases). You can also use air suitcases to connect two cities for which you lack the suitcases required.

For each city connection you need 2 matching suitcases of the same type of transport (2x road, 2x rail or 2x air). You may place the suitcases you own on the markings (suitcase outlines) before the end of the game, to get a better overview of which ones you still lack. You may move your placed suitcases elsewhere at any time.

At the end of the game, each trip by road or rail is worth 2 stars. Each air trip is worth 0 stars. Each missing connection counts as minus 2 stars.

If you lack the matching suitcases for a direct connection, you can choose another connection via one or more cities. Even if you need more suitcases for it, you still receive only 2 stars.

Example: Instead of travelling by road from London to Barcelona (2 grey suitcases), you can travel by rail from London via Paris to Barcelona (4 black suitcases). Although you used 4 suitcases, for the connection London-Barcelona you receive only 2 stars at the end of the game.

Length of Stay

If you stay several consecutive days in one city, you can experience more and receive more stars. However, after more than 4 days routine sets in. Therefore there is no further star for more days. Your stay in each city is scored like this:

• 2 days = 3 stars
• 3 days = 6 stars
• 4+ days = 10 stars

(The scoring board shows 0, 3, 6, 10.)

IMPORTANT: Rest days in a city also count towards the length of your stay.

Example: Friday tile, rest day, weekend tile, all in Barcelona = 6 stars.

NOTE: A stay in the same city of course also counts as consecutive from Sunday of one week to the Monday of the following week.

If you plan separate stays in the same city, they are each scored individually. If you are, for example, in London for 2 days in the first week and for 4 days in the third week, you receive 3 stars and 10 stars for them.

City Tiles with Special Experience Value

Some tiles additionally show 2 stars or 1 star.

Each rest day (face-down tile) counts minus 1 star.

City Connections

• 2 stars for each matching connection by road or rail
• 0 stars for each connection by air
• minus 2 stars for each missing connection

4. Refill an Area

If after your turn an area is completely empty, you now draw 3 new city tiles from the bag only for this area and lay them face up there.

Then the next person clockwise takes their turn.

End of the Game

After 18 rounds, when you have all filled the spaces of your vacation planners, the game ends. Now take a scoring sheet and enter your respective results.

Scoring

As shown on the scoring sheet and on the game board, there are stars in different categories:

• Length of stay (per stay in a city: 2 days = 3 stars, 3 days = 6 stars, 4+ days = 10 stars)
• City tiles with special experience value (the additional stars shown on tiles)
• Rest days (minus 1 star each)
• City connections (road/rail: 2 stars each; air: 0 stars each; missing connection: minus 2 stars each)
• Task cards. In addition you receive for 1 or 2 fulfilled task cards the stars given on the card.

Whoever has the most stars wins. In case of a tie, whoever has the most unused suitcases left wins. Still a tie? Then there are several winners.

Example of a Scoring

Length of stay: Venice (10), Barcelona (6), Berlin (3), London (10), Paris (10), Barcelona (10) = 49 stars

City tiles with special experience value (see oval circles from left to right): Barcelona (2), London (2), Paris (2), Paris (1) = 7 stars

Rest days: Venice (-1), Venice (-1), Barcelona (-1), London (-1) = -4 stars

City connections (see white spots from left to right): 1x rail and road (2 stars), 1x air (0 stars), 1x missing connection between Berlin and London (-2), 2x rail (4 stars) = 4 stars

Task card "Von allem etwas" ("A bit of everything"): Week 1 = 3 different activities (3 stars); week 2 = 4 different activities (4 stars); week 3 = 5 different activities (5 stars) = 12 stars

Total result: 68 stars

Travelling Alone - the Solo Game

If you want to plan your trip alone, these additional rules apply:

Lay the 18 solo tiles ready as a mixed pile next to the game board.

After each of your turns you reveal one solo tile. In the area indicated, remove the top city tile. If there is no tile there, remove the one below it in the left position. If there is also no tile there, remove the one in the right position. The removed city tile is out of the game. As usual, you then place a suitcase on the now empty space. All other rules remain the same.

Example: A white air solo tile is revealed. Since on the upper space of the white area there is no longer a city tile, you remove the Venice tile at the left position and then place a white suitcase on that space.

After your last turn you do not reveal a solo tile. So one is not used. At the end, note down the stars you won.

Try to beat your result next time.

The City Tiles

NOTE: On every city tile it is printed on which day you may place it. If during the game you notice that you have accidentally placed a tile wrongly, you must turn it over to its "Rest day" side.

For each city there are 7 different tiles, each with one activity (symbol at top right). These activities exist:

• Sightseeing (Sehenswürdigkeit)
• Leisure (Freizeit)
• Cultural event (Kulturveranstaltung)
• Museum
• Shopping
• Culinary (Kulinarisches)
• Nature (Natur)

The tiles of each city, in the activity order above (placement condition as printed; a numbered "Start" is the start-tile space and symbol):

Amsterdam: Zaanse Schans (windmill village), Grachtenfahrt (canal cruise; weekend), Tuschinski Theater (Art deco cinema; weekend), Van Gogh Museum, Porzellan (porcelain; start, day 11), Stroopwafels, Keukenhof.

Barcelona: Sagrada Familia (start, day 1), Baden am Stadtstrand (swimming at the city beach), Flamenco-Show, Picasso-Museum (weekend), Espadrilles, Crema Catalana, Park Güell (weekend).

Berlin: Brandenburger Tor (weekend), Filmpark Babelsberg (weekend), Berliner Philharmoniker, Pergamonmuseum, Stück Berliner Mauer (piece of the Berlin Wall), Currywurst, Tiergarten (start, day 11).

London: Tower Bridge (weekend), London Eye (Ferris wheel), The Globe (Shakespeare theatre), Rosetta Stone (British Museum; start, day 1), Sherlock Holmes Mütze (cap), Tea Time (weekend), Hyde Park.

Paris: Eiffelturm (Eiffel Tower), Katakomben (catacombs; Thursday; shows 2 stars), Moulin Rouge, Louvre, Parfum (weekend), Macarons, Parc Monceau (weekend).

Prag (Prague): Karlsbrücke (Charles Bridge), Biertour (beer tour), Schwarzlicht-Theater (black light theatre; start, day 1), Kafka-Museum, Marionettenfiguren (marionettes; weekend), Svíčková (sirloin roast with dumplings; weekend), Petřín-Gärten (Petřín gardens).

Venedig (Venice): Dogenpalast (Doge's Palace), Gondelfahrt (gondola ride), Karneval (weekend), Glasmuseum Murano (weekend), Venezianische Masken (Venetian masks), Risi e Bisi (risotto with peas; start, day 11), Parco delle Rimembranze.

Unless noted, a tile is placed Monday-Friday ("Mo-Fr"). Condition details are read from the tile pictures on rulebook page 7-8.