Orchard
Orchard Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Game Contents
- 1 game board
- 4 baskets
- 1 Theo the raven puzzle with 9 pieces
- 1 colored die
- 40 pieces of fruit (10 pears, 10 pairs of cherries, 10 plums, 10 apples)
Before the First Game
Carefully remove the 9 cardboard pieces of the Theo the raven puzzle from the punchboard. The punchboard is no longer needed. Dispose of it properly.
Game Setup
Place the game board in the middle of the table. Distribute the pears, pairs of cherries, plums, and apples over the corresponding trees. Take one basket each and place it in front of you. Stack the 9 pieces of the Theo the raven puzzle face-down next to the board. Keep the colored die handy.
How to Play
You play together, in a clockwise direction, against Theo the raven. The player who last saw a raven may start and rolls the die.
What does the colored die show?
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A color Is there fruit in that color on a tree? Great, "pick" a fruit and put it in your basket. Is there no fruit in that color on a tree? What a pity, all the fruit in this color has already been harvested. Unfortunately, you can't pick any fruit.
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The basket What luck! "Pick" any two pieces of fruit and place them in your basket.
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Theo the raven Oh no! Theo the raven is on the move. Take a puzzle piece from the stack and place it face-up in the corresponding spot in the middle of the game board.
Then it's the next child's turn to roll the die.
End of the Game
Did you harvest all the fruit before the Theo the raven puzzle was finished? Excellent! You all won together.
Did you finish the Theo the raven puzzle, but there is still fruit on the trees? Oh no! Theo the raven was quicker than you. Try again right away!