Space Worm
Space Worm Rulebook
Table of Contents
Setup
- Each player takes a sheet and a pen.
- Roll 2 dice and colour in the Planet of the number you rolled.
Turns
- The hungriest player goes first, takes the start player marker, and rolls all 8 dice.
- On your turn, choose one die. From your current position, draw a horizontal or vertical line through as many spaces as there are pips on the face of the die you chose. You must move the full distance and cannot move beyond the edges of the map.
- You cannot move to or through a space you have already been to. Space Worms automatically eat whatever crosses their path, so you don't want to munch through your own tail!
- After choosing a die, if you cannot move the required amount, colour in a heart symbol instead. Doing this will cost you 2VP in final scoring.
- After all dice have been chosen, pass the start player marker one space clockwise. The new start player rolls all 8 dice and begins the round.
Fruit
Space Worms cannot survive on a diet of planets alone. They must also get some vitamins from eating fruit!
- If you go through all fruit spaces of one type, you have consumed your recommended daily amount of that fruit! Score points equal to the highest revealed number on the corresponding fruit track by writing that number in the box next to that fruit in the scoring area. Then, all players colour in the highest number space of that fruit's track.
- Each time you go through a fruit using a die of the matching colour, mark the +1 space next to the scoring area of that fruit. When scoring that fruit in the way described above, add any +1s marked in this way.
Game End
The Game ends immediately when one player has coloured in all 4 of their heart symbols, or when one player has gone through every fruit space on their map.
Scoring
Calculate your score in the right-hand column of your sheet.
- All points from collecting fruit are added together.
- Each heart symbol not coloured in is worth 2 VPs.
- Subtract a number of points depending on how many planets you did not visit:
| Number of Planets not eaten | VPs Lost |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 10 |
| 5 | 15 |
| 6 | 21 |
| 7 | 28 |
| 8 | 36 |