How to Play R-ECO+

Game Objective

In R-ECO+, players work for a company responsible for sorting and moving garbage to designated disposal sites, aiming to make their plant more profitable. The game is about collecting and recycling garbage. However, it is crucial to pay attention to your garbage truck's carrying capacity when collecting garbage. If you fail to manage the garbage cards in your hand carefully, a penalty awaits you at the end of the game. The winner is the player with the highest total number of points.

Preparation (Setup)

1. Place the Disposal Plant Tiles horizontally in a row in the same direction. The upper side of the tile, which shows the garbage color, forms the Processed Area, and the lower, gray side forms the Unprocessed Area. Leave some space to place cards in both areas.
2. Separate the Financial Statement Cards by color and shuffle them individually face down. Place a stack of Financial Statement Cards on each Disposal Plant Tile according to its color, face up, and slide them a bit to show all numbers on the cards below.
3. Place the Manager Tiles above the Processed Area according to their colors.
4. Shuffle all Garbage Cards and deal cards face down to each player as their hand.
5. Using the remaining cards, deal cards face down to each player as their personal deck. Players must place their deck in front of them without checking the contents.
6. Reveal cards from the remaining deck and place them face up in the Processed Area according to their color.
7. Reveal one card and place it face down in the Unprocessed Area on the leftmost Disposal Plant and repeat for all remaining Disposal Plants from left to right. The color of the revealed card does not need to match the color of the Disposal Plant.
8. Place the Bonus Cards and the Acting Supervisor Tile next to the Disposal Plant Tiles.
9. The player who most recently played any garbage becomes the first player.

Game Flow

Players take turns in clockwise order, starting with the first player. During their turn, the player must play a card. Refer to the back of the rules for the turn sequence. The game takes place in a suburban area. Players work for a company responsible for sorting and moving garbage to designated disposal sites to earn rewards and aim to make their plant profitable.

Actions and How to Play

Refer to the manual for details on this section.

End of Game and Scoring

The game ends when any player receives the last Reward Card from any Disposal Plant. All players calculate their score.

Scoring:

1. Separate your Reward Cards by color and check the number of cards of each color. Some colors have only one Reward Card and some cards reward without adding to your score.
2. Sum your score.
3. Deduct the number written on all Reward Cards.
4. Illegal Joining and Excellent Company Bonus:
   • If you have any face-down Garbage Card in your score, you do not earn bonus points.
   • If you do not have any face-down Garbage Card in your score, you earn bonus points. You receive extra bonus points according to the table provided in the manual.

The player with the highest total score wins. In case of a tie, the player with fewer face-down Illegal Garbage is the winner. If there is still a tie, players share the victory.

Tips for Winning

• Pay attention to your garbage truck's carrying capacity when collecting garbage.
• If you fail to manage the Garbage Cards in your hand carefully, a penalty awaits you at the end of the game.