Puru Puru Paradice
Puru Puru Paradice Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Game Overview
There are two paths to PARADICE: live a jelly-life full of love or excitement. But beware, bouncy jellies don't last long on the table! Jiggle with joy in this puru-puru-adorable dice game, and try not to drip into a sticky puddle.
Game Story
Puru Puru, a purple Aiyu jelly and her friends, Jelly Fish, Grass Jelly, Space Jelly, Fruit Jelly and Rainbow Jelly come from the jiggly lands of Jelly Jelly. Puru Puru, named after the sound a jelly makes when it jiggles (and which also sounds like her colour!), aims for a puru-fect life full of love or excitement. However, Jelly Jellies don't last very long: (And if you are too greedy, you end up giving the good stuff to your fellow Jelly Jellies instead! Can you max out either your love or Excitement to reach PARADICE before you drip into a sticky puddle?)
Components
- 15 Tokens (5 sets of 3 tokens)
- 6 Puru Puru dice
- 12 Jelly boards (Basic side and Full Game side)
Game Setup
- Each player takes 1 random Jelly board and places the board in front of them. Decide if all players want to play the Basic or Full game. If playing the Basic game, use the side where the Jellies are without headgear. If playing the Full game, use the side where the Jellies are wearing headgear. Refer to the Full game rules below for additional rules for this game mode.
- Each player takes 3 different coloured tokens. They place the Jelly cubes token on the 20 space, and the Red Love token ♥ and Yellow Excitement token ★ on the 0 space.
- Determine a starting player by your preferred method. We recommend choosing the player who most recently ate the biggest dessert. Give this player the 6 dice to start the game. You are ready to begin!
Flow of the Game
Players play as Puru Puru and her friends, who are all striving to live a puru-fect life full of Love and Excitement so they can enter PARADICE. The game is played in turns starting from the starting player clockwise. Each player's turn consists of rolling the dice and resolving the result of the dice. The game ends immediately when either one player obtains 20 Love or Excitement, or one player drips to 0!
Flow of a Turn
Each player takes a turn rolling the Puru Puru dice and resolving the results. On a player's turn, they follow these 4 steps:
- Roll all the dice.
- Reroll once for free (optional). You may choose any dice to keep or reroll.
- Reroll a second time by dripping one space (optional). You may choose any dice to keep or reroll.
- Resolve the dice results (more details on next page).
Resolving the Dice
First, check if there is a Majority Face: one face that occurs more than the other faces (e.g. if you rolled a face that occurs 4 times (4-2, 4-1-1), or if you rolled a face that occurs 3 times and all other faces only occur 2 or less (3-2-1, 3-1-1-1)). Ties mean that there is NO majority (e.g. 3-3, 2-2-2, 2-2-1-1).
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If there is a Majority Face, both your left and right neighbour obtain the effects of these dice instead of you. Don't be too greedy! Then, you receive the effects of all the remaining dice.
EXCEPTION: If all 6 dice sides are the same, you have transcended the Jelly realm and may choose to keep the Majority Face (or give it away).
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If there is NO Majority Face, you receive all the effects of the dice.
Dice Effects
Each die has 4 types of faces, the effects of each face are as follows:
- Heart eyes: Gain 1 Love (+ ♥)
- Star eyes: Gain 1 Excitement (+ ★)
- Crying face: Drip 1 space (− square)
- Angry face: Drip 1 space (− square)
NOTE: Although the Crying and Angry face have the same effect, they count for different faces when counting for the Majority Face.
End of the Game and How to Win
There are two ways the game can end. The game ends immediately when any player obtains 20 Love ♥ or Excitement ★, or if one player's Jelly cube token drips to the 0 space :'(
- If the game ends when any player obtains 20 Love ♥ or Excitement ★, those players immediately win the game.
- If one or more players drip to 0, all other players look at their Love ♥ and Excitement ★ values, taking the lower value as their final score. The player with the highest final score wins the game and has the most balanced life! In the case of a tie, all tied players win.
Full Game
We recommend playing the Full Game once you have played the Basic Game at least once. In this mode, each Jelly Jelly puts on their headpiece and gains unique special powers. Players can use their special power any number of times in the game as long as the conditions are met.
- PURU PURU: Puru Puru is the most well-loved amongst her friends! If your neighbour(s) gain 3 or more Love or Excitement from any roll excluding yours, copy 1 of the type(s) that they received.
- SPACE JELLY: If your roll ends in a 6 of a kind or a 3-3 split, you transcend time and space and get to roll again with one less die.
- JELLY FISH: Jelly Fish has a nasty sting! (and a tsundere personality). If you cause your neighbour(s) to drip, gain 2 Love or 2 Excitement.
- FRUIT JELLY: Despite his appearance, he is nimble like a Fruit Ninja! If your roll ends in 5 or more of a kind, you can choose to keep the Majority Face. If you do so, the other players receive the remaining die.
- GRASS JELLY: Grass Jelly lives a carefree existence. If you drip 2 or more on any dice roll including your own, you may ignore 1 drip and gain 1 Love or Excitement instead.
- RAINBOW JELLY: Rainbow Jelly loves all the faces! If your roll has all 4 different faces, gain an additional 1 Love, 1 Excitement, and regain 1 Drip.
Solo Mode
If you love to roll dice, challenge the PURU Automa (AutoPuray) to a friendly battle! The Solo Mode is only available for the Basic Game.
Set up the game for 2 players. One set will be for the player and one set will be for AutoPuray. The player starts the game and takes their turn as usual. If they affect their neighbour (AutoPuray), they adjust AutoPuray's markers accordingly. On AutoPuray's turn, it rolls 3 dice (with no rerolls).
Apply the results from these 3 dice as follows:
- Heart eyes: AutoPuray gains 1 Love
- Star eyes: AutoPuray gains 1 Excitement
- Crying face: Human Player drips 1 space
- Angry face: Human Player drips 1 space
As per usual, the player who gains 20 Love ♥ or Excitement ★ wins immediately. A player also wins immediately if the other player drips to 0!
For an even greater challenge, play against SuperAutoPuray, who rolls 4 dice instead of 3 every turn!