Board game - Tropical Lunch (Helvetiq)

Toucans have a hard time deciding what to have for lunch: the choice is so wide that their eyes run wild! Not all the fruits around will be to the liking of these picky birds... but a keen eye and sharp instincts will help find the right delicacy!

How to play: score points by collecting sets of identical fruit cards. The player with the most points wins! Divide the deck into two parts, the cards with toucans and the cards with fruits. Shuffle the toucan cards into the second half of the fruit deck. Reveal the top 3 cards and lay them face up next to the deck. In the second column, add another card from the deck with a slight offset so both are visible.

On your turn, take all cards from any of the three columns and sort them by type. Lay them overlapping so all cards are visible. If you draw a toucan card, immediately execute its effect and discard it. At the end of your turn, add one new card to each column, even to an empty one. When the deck runs out and there is only one column left on the table, the game comes to an end, and players begin counting their points.

Different fruits yield victory points differently: based on the number of collected cards of the same type (and this can even be a negative value!) or for the largest set among players.

What can toucans do to help? They allow you to give an unnecessary (or sometimes, on the contrary, useful) card to your opponent. Take one of their cards for yourself. Or protect all previously collected sets. The rainbow card is a wild card - add it to any combination of your choice.

The player who scores the most victory points becomes the best friend of the toucans and wins!

The board game Tropical Lunch includes:

• - 70 cards,
• - game rules

Game duration: from 15 minutes

Number of players: from 2 to 4