How to Play Stone Age: The Mammoth Herd

Objective of the Game

In Stone Age: The Mammoth Herd, a herd of mammoths is passing near your village. Your goal is to tame these mammoths to help develop your village. You compete against other tribes to claim them, earning Victory Points throughout the game. The player with the most Victory Points at the end of the game wins.

Setup

This expansion can be added to the base game or played alongside other expansions. Follow these steps to prepare:

• Bonus tiles: There are 16 Bonus tiles. Each has two bonuses on the front (a "1." bonus at the top and an "all" bonus at the bottom) and a resource symbol with a 10 Victory Points symbol on the back. Shuffle all 16 Bonus tiles and place them in a face-down stack near the game board.
• Mammoth herd: Insert the Mammoth herd figure into its stand and place it next to the stack of Bonus tiles.

Game Flow

The game follows the base game rules with specific changes for this expansion:

• Start of a round: At the beginning of each round, the player places the Mammoth herd figure on the resource location indicated on the back of the top Bonus tile (e.g., if the tile shows a brick, place the figure in the Brick Quarry). Then, the player takes the top Bonus tile and places it face-up next to the stack.
• End of the herd: If there are no Bonus tiles left, the entire herd has been tamed. Remove the Mammoth herd figure from the game and continue playing according to the standard base game rules.

Actions and How to Play

The Mammoth herd figure only influences the action phase:

• Sending people: Players place their villagers according to base game rules. If you have villagers placed on the resource location where the Mammoth herd figure is currently located, you roll the dice and collect resources as usual.
• Taming a mammoth: Immediately after collecting resources, you may move one or more of your villagers from the location where the Mammoth herd is located onto the face-up Bonus tile. You can only move villagers from the location producing that specific resource.
• Cost: When moving a villager to the Bonus tile, you must pay 1 Food token for each villager placed there. You may substitute Food with resources (1 Food = 1 resource).
• Returning villagers: Any villagers not placed on the Bonus tile must be returned to your player board.
• Taming: After all players have performed their actions, but before the Feeding the Tribe phase, 1 mammoth from the herd can be tamed.

Example: The Mammoth herd is in the Brick Quarry. You have 3 villagers there. After rolling for bricks, you place 2 villagers on the Bonus tile and pay 2 Food. The third villager returns to your player board.

End of Game and Scoring

The game ends when all Bonus tiles have been claimed. Players calculate their final score based on the Victory Points accumulated throughout the game. Consult the manual for details on this section regarding specific scoring criteria for the Bonus tiles and final tallies.

Tips for Winning

Consulte o manual para detalhes sobre esta seção.