Magic Feathers
Magic Feathers Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Contents
- 1 magic bird
- 5 floating feathers
- 5 replacement feathers
- 40 animal tiles
- 1 set of instructions
Before the game
Before playing you can practice blowing the feathers. Place the feather on your finger or hand and blow it gently. Once you know how hard you need to blow and how to make the feather float you will be better able to control it. Now you should be ready for your magical adventure in the jungle!
Game preparation
Shuffle all the animal tiles and lay them with the non-enchanted side (green border) face up in the middle of the table. Place the magic bird to the side. Each player takes a floating feather.
The second magic feather of each color is to be used as a replacement in case one of the feathers gets lost or doesn't float properly anymore.
Image captions: "Side with non-enchanted animals" and "Side with enchanted animals."
How to play
Take turns in a clockwise direction. The player who can blow their feather the furthest begins.
Place the floating feather on your hand and blow it onto the animal tiles.
Where did the feather land?
- Did the feather land on an animal tile whose matching partner is still in the middle of the table? Then take the animal tile and place it in front of you.
- Did the feather land on an animal tile whose partner is already in front of you? Excellent! The magic bird has enchanted this matching pair and you may place the pair in front of you with the enchanted side face up.
- Did the feather land on an animal tile whose matching partner is already in front of another player? Cool! You can take the matching animal from the other player and place the matching tiles both in front of you with the enchanted side face-up.
- Did your feather not land on a tile? Don't worry, you may take a second and final blow. Place your feather on your hand and try again.
Then the next player takes their turn.
Important blowing and landing instructions
- You may not lean over the tiles when blowing. Keep a distance of around one forearm length between your hand and the tiles.
- For a feather to definitively land on a tile the stem of the feather must lie on the tile or touch it.
- If the stem of the feather touches two or more tiles you may select which tile you would like to take.
- If your feather lands on a tile which matches a tile that another player has in front of them and that this player has protected by the magic bird, you may NOT take this tile. If this was your first blow you may place the feather in your hand and try again.
Image captions: "Valid attempt: the feather stem is on the tile." and "Invalid attempt: the feather stem does not touch the tile."
The magic bird
When you place a pair of tiles in front of you the magic bird comes to help you!
- Take the magic bird from the middle of the table or from one of the other players, and place it on one of your single unmatched animal tiles. The magic bird only protects this animal tile. If you don't have any single tiles, place the magic bird in front of you until you get a new animal tile.
- Did your feather or a feather blown by another player land on an animal tile whose matching partner is being protected in front of you by the magic bird? Then the magic bird lures the tile from the middle and you get to take the matching tile and place it in front of you! Turn both tiles over to the enchanted side. You may now place the magic bird on a different single animal tile in front of you.
End of the game
The game ends when all of the matching animal have found each other again. Each player counts the pairs in front of them. The player with the most animal pairs is the winner and, as the king of the jungle, can decorate themselves with their magic feather and those of the other players.
Tip: If there aren't many animal tiles left and they are spread out too much, you can push them together. As you get better, you can place the animal tiles farther apart!