Tokyo Poo Divers
Tokyo Poo Divers Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Game Content
70 cards:
- 14 blanks (X)
- 14 sleepers (zZz)
- 42 found objects
50 turds, of which:
- 20 brown ones (1 Point)
- 30 golden ones (5 Points)
1 diver 1 rulebook
Game Setup
Shuffle the cards and lay them out face down (with the manhole cover facing up) in an 8-by-8 grid.
Throw any excess cards into the toilet (aka game box) unseen.
Put the turds on the edge of the board as a general supply. Add the diver. Off you go!
Gameplay
Which of you has the longest skid mark? Details only on request please! You start – flip over any manhole cover and dip into the brown sauce.
What are you unearthing?
A1) Drawing a blank / X
Too bad, nothing found. Means: 0 points. As a consolation, you may secretly look at the other side of any manhole cover before putting it back in the same place, face down. Your turn is over and it's your left neighbor's turn.
B1) Sleeper / zZz
You must have dozed off for a moment - that can happen. 0 points. Luck of the draw: If you're awake now, it's your turn again. Flip over any other manhole cover.
C1) Found object
Very good. Now there are rewards for embarrassment. The found object card is worth 1 point. Take the diver and place it on the found object. Now look together to see if there are other found objects already lying open adjacent to the diver in a star shape without gaps. Each of these found objects is also worth 1 point for you!
"Star-shaped" means touching in all directions: horizontally, vertically and diagonally. "Without gaps" means: without interruption by drawn blanks, sleepers or closed manhole covers. Add up the points.
Example C1: Lu uncovers the card outlined in black and unearths a found object. This is worth 1 point. She places the diver on it. In a star shape without any gaps, there are 5 more open found objects. So in total Lu gets 6 points.
Basically: All cards once revealed remain face up. Only the secretly viewed cards are returned face down.
The wise poo diver teaches us: "Pay attention to which card you uncover. If it's a found object, you score points for each adjacent found object."
Did you unearth a found object? (Case C1)
Then you now have two options:
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Safety first! You are frugal. Take poop from the general supply for each point you win: brown poop = 1 point; golden poop = 5 points. This ends your turn and it's your left neighbor's turn.
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No risk no fun – Part 1! You're being greedy. Turn the diver's face in the direction of a still-closed manhole cover that is directly adjacent - horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Done? Then flip over that manhole cover. If there are no more closed manhole covers around the diver, you have to play "Safety first!" (see above).
What do you unearth?
A2) Drawing a blank / X
Gambled! You drop back to 0 points (A1). But as always with a blank, you may secretly look at the underside of any manhole cover. Then put it back in the same place, face down. Your turn is over and it is your left neighbor's turn.
B2) Sleeper / zZz
Quite okay. The sleeper card doesn't earn you any extra points. But at least you don't go away empty-handed, but collect the points you earned this turn in the form of turds. Your turn is over and it's your left neighbor's turn.
C2) Another found object
Cool! This found object card is worth not just 1 point, but 2 - see example C2. Add these points to the score announced so far.
Example C2: Lu already has 6 points with the object she found in example C1. She decides on "No risk no fun – Part 1!" and turns the diver's face south-west. Then she flips over the adjacent manhole cover (outlined in black). She's lucky, because there's another found object underneath. Because it is the second one within her turn, it brings in 2 points. This brings Lu's total to 8 points.
The wise poo diver teaches us: "Those who take too much of a risk often screw up."
Have you unearthed another found object? (Case C2)
Then you decide again: "Safety first!" or "No risk no fun – Part 2!"
Attention: The diver's position and line of sight remain unchanged until the end of your turn. You can only choose the option "No risk no fun – Part 2!" if there is still a closed manhole cover in the diver's line of sight directly adjacent to the last object you uncovered.
Can the diver see a manhole cover next to the one just flipped? And do you decide on "No risk no fun – Part 2!"? Then turn over that manhole cover! Depending on what you uncover, follow what either A2, B2 or C2 says. Each additional piece discovered in this way during your turn earns you one point more than the previous one. So the third find is worth 3 points, the fourth 4, and so on.
Example C3: Lu already has a total of 8 points with her found objects in examples C1 and C2. But the devilish woman wants to try again and decides on "No risk no fun - Part 2". The diver remains untouched. She must now uncover the manhole cover that is directly adjacent to her previously uncovered found object in the diver's line of sight. (If there is anything to uncover at all – otherwise it's convert points to poop, bag the piles and you're done). In our example, Lu can uncover something, but this time she draws a blank (X). Shit! Instead of diving for 3 extra points as she had hoped, it's all gone. If she had at least uncovered a sleeper (zZz) instead of the rivet [sic: the leaflet says "rivet" where it means the blank (X) card], she would have kept the 8 points. But oh well, the sewer gives and it takes – don't cry about it! At least she can still look secretly under any manhole cover. This ends the turn and it's her left neighbor's turn.
The wise poo diver teaches us: "The diver figure is basically just a guide for newbies. Experienced poo divers can shit on it."
Big poop, little poop: 5 brown turds (5 x 1 point) you have to exchange for one golden turd (5 points).
Game End
The game ends:
- either as soon as the general supply of turds is exhausted (points that can no longer be paid out are forfeited)
- or after the last manhole cover is opened and the corresponding move is completed.
Now count your yield: Whoever has collected the most shit wins and gets to squat at the head of the regulars' table without showering for three months. In the event of a tie, there will be a fart competition!
Game Variant
You don't want to play the same shit all the time? Then lay out the cards in a different grid. But don't play thin shit! There should be at least 60 cards. Here are a few examples.
- Basic-Square (8x8, 64 cards)
- Poo Donut (9x9, 68 cards)
- Poo Mascot (11x10, 67 cards)
- Poo Lovers (11x9, 63 cards)
- Cow Droppings (9x9, 68 cards)
- Shithead (9x10, 65 cards)
Clearly, gaps in the card display influence the scoring. Because "without gaps" (cf. case C1) naturally also means: without interruption by gaps.