How to Play Mandala Stones: Harmony

Objective of the Game

Welcome back to Mandala Stones, a game of tranquility and beauty! In Mandala Stones: Harmony, players undertake a new challenge with a whole new set of 12 Stones. These new Stones serve as wild cards, adding a new layer of strategy to creating beautiful patterns. The goal is to compete with friends and family to create stunning works of art and score the most Victory Points.

Preparation (Setup)

To set up Mandala Stones: Harmony, follow the setup instructions from the base game, step by step. Only apply the following changes to specific sections:

Mandala Board Setup

• After placing the Mandala board on the gaming table, place each of the 12 new Stones on each of the Victory Point spaces.

Fluxo do Jogo

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Ações e Como Jogar

Mandala Stones: Harmony introduces minimal, yet significant changes to the gameplay. Use the rules of play from the base game, with the following exceptions:

Scoring

When you place the Stones you used for scoring on the board, they may end up covering spaces where New Stones are already present. Instead of covering a New Stone, take it away from the Mandala board and place it next to your player board. You may choose to:

• Either keep the New Stone, and in this case, follow the rules detailed in the following paragraphs.
• Or ignore the New Stone. If you choose this option, return the New Stone back to the game box and gain the depicted amount of Victory Points, as per base game rules.

After finishing placing Stones on the Mandala board, you may have one or more New Stones next to your player board. Place those immediately onto existing towers on your player board.

When placing New Stones on your player board, you must follow these rules:

• You must place New Stones on existing towers.
• You are not allowed to start new towers with New Stones.
• A tower may never be higher than 4 Stones (including New Stones).
• You are allowed to place a New Stone directly on another New Stone, as long as you do not break any other of the above rules.

If you are not able to place all the New Stones you received, simply return the excess New Stones to the game box; they will not be needed for the rest of the game.

IMPORTANT! When you place scored Stones onto the Mandala board, you must always start with New Stones, to avoid any confusion between New Stones present on the Mandala board at the start of the game, and all the Stones placed on the Mandala board as part of a Score action.

For the purpose of Scoring a color, each New Stone in your towers momentarily takes the color of your choice. Therefore, when you Score a color, you may choose to include any New Stone staying atop any of your towers, but this is not mandatory.

New Stones and Goals

For purposes of scoring Objective cards, the New Stones are considered to have their own (fifth) color, as well as their own pattern.

Fim de Jogo e Pontuação

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Dicas para Vencer

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