insect inc.
insect inc. Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Components
- Insect cards: 48
- Forest cards: 48
- Explanation cards: 5
Players: 2-6. Ages: 6 and up. Playing time: 10-15 minutes.
Card Overview
Insect cards (front / back)
Forest cards (front / back)
Each forest card shows one of the left or right parts of one of 4 kinds of insect. Across the 48 forest cards, the 48 kinds of insect are each completed by exactly 2 cards, in 2 matching pairs. The front and back of a forest card show the same parts, but the back shows the insect camouflaged in the forest, with its colours changed.
Setting Up
- Turn the insect cards face down and shuffle them. Remove 24 cards from the game without looking at them. Place the remaining 24 as the insect card draw pile in the centre of the players (the sheet reads "centre of each player"; the pile is shared).
- Shuffle all forest cards face up and spread them around the insect card draw pile.
- Determine the start player by any random method.
Game Overview 1
- The start player reveals 1 insect card from the top of the insect card draw pile.
- Once an insect card is revealed, all players simultaneously search the forest cards for the revealed insect.
- When you find a pair of forest cards that completes the revealed insect, quickly place your hand on the 2 cards.
- If the two forest cards combine to complete the revealed insect, the capture succeeds: take the insect card and become the start player. However, both forest cards must be face up, or both must be face down.
Game Overview 2
- The following cases are a failed capture, and you skip one turn. You cannot take part in the game again until another player has had a successful or failed capture.
- You placed your hand on a forest card that does not show the revealed insect.
- You could only place your hand on one forest card.
- The insect on the 2 forest cards was only one of the left or right parts.
- The 2 forest cards were a combination of front and back.
- Forest cards that a player placed a hand on are turned face down, whether the capture succeeded or failed.
- A forest card that has been turned face down never turns face up again during the game.
Game Overview 3
Examples of failed capture
- The insect on the 2 forest cards was only one of the left or right parts.
- The 2 forest cards were a combination of front and back.
Game Overview 4
- If any player has a successful or failed capture, immediately pause the game and reveal 1 new insect card from the top of the insect card draw pile, next to the revealed insect cards.
- Also reveal 1 new insect card in the following cases:
- All players have declared that they cannot find the revealed insect.
- A situation has arisen in which the revealed insect can only be completed by a combination of one front and one back forest card.
- Such situations arise as the game progresses.
Game Overview 5
- Any revealed insect card can be acquired at any time by placing your hand on the 2 forest cards that complete that insect.
- If several players place hands on forest cards at the same time, check each player's capture result separately by combining that player's 2 forest cards.
- If several players place hands on forest cards at the same time and the capture of the same insect succeeded, remove the corresponding revealed insect card from the game. Then reveal 1 new insect card from the top of the insect card draw pile.
Ending the Game
The game ends as soon as any one of the following 3 conditions is met:
- The insect card draw pile is exhausted.
- All forest cards are face down.
- Any player's count of acquired insect cards reaches the following number:
- 2 players: 9
- 3-4 players: 7
- 5-6 players: 5
At the end of the game, the player who has acquired the most insect cards is the winner.