Hunh? That's my whole share, is it? GOOD CRITTERS

 





Good Critters


4 - 8 players









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In Good Critters, you are members

of a truly wild gang that makes

a business of stealing piles of loot.

After each heist, everybody eagerly

tries to get the biggest share possible.


In the end, the critter that can collect

the most valuable stash of lot wins!








<Components>



- 140 Loot Cards

: representing the cash, gems,

jewelry, paintings and sculptures

the gang might lift during a job.

Loot cards come in 4 values

$2000, $3000, $4000, and $5000.


- 40 Action Cards

: 5 for each player, which are

: Guard, Rob, Skim, Vote NO, Vote YES.


- 1 THE FUZZ! Card

: that ends the game.


- 8 Threat Markers

with plastic stands

: 1 for each player.


- 1 BOSS Marker

with a plastic stand

: to show who's calling the shots.


- 16 Payoff Tokens

: 2 for each player.

Used only with the optional

Payoff Rules.


- 40 Payoff Cards

: for use as bribes.

Each is worth $1000.

Used only with the optional

Payoff Rules.








<Set Up>



Each player choose a critter to play

and takes all of the matching pieces

: 5 Action cards and 1 Threat marker.

(If you are playing with

the optional Payoff rules,

each player also takes 5 Payoff cards

and 2 Payoff tokens of

the matching color to their critter.)


Give each player 4 Loot cards

to start their Stash : one of each value.

The type of Loot does not matter

(but might in expansions),

and should be chosen randomly.

Your Stash includes all of

the Loot cards you own,

and never includes your Action cards

(or any Payoff cards if you're

using that optional rule).


Now you need to create the Loot pile.

Shuffle the rest of the Loot cards

to create a face-down pile.

Divide the deck into roughly equal parts,

according to the number of players,

as shown on the chart.

Don't worry about making the parts

exactly equal in size.

Randomly shuffle THE FUZZ! card

into one of those parts,

as shown on the cart.

Stack the parts of the deck on

top of each other to form a single pile.

Be careful that the part with THE FUZZ! card

is in its appropriate position.








<Game Progress>



Good Critters is played over

a number of rounds, continuing

until the FUZZ! card is revealed.

Then the FUZZ show up and

everybody has to take it on the lam...

and count their "hard won" loot.


During each round,

a number of Loot cards will be

drawn from the Loot pile.

The Boss will decide how to spread

the loot around,

then everybody votes on

whether they can accept it or not.

If they vote yes, the Boss hands out

the loot and stays in charge

for around round.

If they vote no, the Boss has to

surrender the Boss Ring and

a new Boss gets to split the loot!


When the FUZZ show up,

the game ends immediately.

Any Loot left on the table gets confiscated.

The critter with the most valuable

Stash when the FUZZ bust in is the winner.


Each round is divided into

these four steps,

which are played in order :


Step 1. Show the Loot

Step 2. Distribute the Loot

Step 3. Choose Actions

Step 4. Resolve Actions



Step 1. Show the Loot


The Boss turns over a number of

cards from the top of the Loot pile

equal to the number of players+2

and places them face up

in the middle of the table.

Everybody takes a moment to

OOH and AAH over the awesome goodies!



Step 2. Distribute the Loot


Now the Boss has to decide

how to spread the Loot around.

It's totally up to the Boss how to

distribute the cards

- they are not required to give

everybody a card.

They can even give everything

to just one player if they want.

The Boss can even give Loot to themselves.

But, all of the face up Loot cards

must be distributed.


Once the Boss has made up

their mind and distributed the shares,

this step ends.

Nobody gets to take their Loot yet.

The shares cannot be changed

during Step 3, and Step 4.



Step 3. Choose Actions


During this step,

all players play at the same time

- there are no turns!

Players can try to make deals

or issue Threats and ultimatums.


At some point, each player

must choose exactly one of

their Action cards to play,

placing it face down in front of them.

You can change your mind

after you choose your card

and play another one,

up until the point that everybody

has a card in front of them,

and nobody wants to make any changes.


If you are playing with

the optional Payoff rules,

players can also offer bribes to

other players to influence their vote.


During Step 3, players can make any deals

they want to make to try to get

the others to vote the way

they want them to.

But sometimes, the best way

to get a goon to follow your orders

is to make a good threat.


Each player has one Threat marker

that they can use to threaten another player.

A Threat means that the player

may try to steal Loot from the player

by playing a Rob card.

A Rob card can only target the player

that has the robber's Threat marker

in front of them.

Threat markers can be used as a bluff.

A player is never required to play a Rob card,

even if they have placed their Threat marker

in front of another player.



Step 4. Resolve Actions


Now it's time to see how all

the previous turn's scheming will unfold,

and whether or not the Boss

will stay in power or if a different critter

will don the ring.

During this step,

each player has a turn,

starting with the Boss and

going clockwise around the table,

revealing the Action card they

played during Step 3.


When a card is revealed,

the player that revealed it

then carries out the action shown.


If a player played a Guard card,

they must reveal it out of turn order

if it is revealed that another player

is robbing them with the Rob card.


- Vote Yes is a vote in favor of

the current Boss and the Loot distribution

they are proposing.

If there are at least as many Vote Yes card

as Vote No cards, the vote passes.


- Vote No is a vote against

the current Boss and the Loot distribution

they are proposing.

If there are more Vote No cards

than Vote Yes cards, the vote fails.


- Skim allows a player to take

the top Loot card from the Loot Pile

and add it to their Stash

(it is not taken from the face up

Loot cards being voted on - always the top

face down card from the deck).

But, only the first player to reveal

a Skim card each round gets to

carry out this action!

Anybody else who plays one gets

nothing for their trouble.


- Rob means that a player is trying

to take Loot directly from another player.

The player who is robbed is always

the one that has the robber's

Threat marker in front of them.

If the player didn't put their Treat marker

in front or another player,

the Rob action has no effect.

If a player successfully robs,

they pull a random Loot card from

the Stash of their victim and

adds it to their own.


- Guard is used by a player to

protect themselves from being robbed.

If a player plays this card,

they reveal it any time another player

reveals a Rob card,

if the robber's Threat marker

is in front of them.

Instead of being robbed,

the guarding player gets to steal one

random Loot card from the robber's Stash!

A single Guard card protects the player

from all robbery attempts against them

for the entire round.

If multiple players reveal Rob cards

against a player who is guarding,

the guarding player gets to steal

one random Loot card from

each of the robber's Stashes!


- If there are more Vote Yes card

than Vote No cards, the Vote passes.


- If the Vote passes,

the distribution of Loot put

forth by the Boss is accepted.

Everybody takes the Loot assigned to

them and adds it to their own Stash.

The Boss gets to keep being the Boss,

and a new round starts with Step 1.


- If there are exactly as many

Vote Yes cards as Vote No cards

(or if no Vote Yes or Vote No cards

are played at all), the vote is a tie.


- If the vote is a tie,

the gang reluctantly accepts

the distribution of Loot,

but they lose faith in the Boss

and decide it's time for

somebody else to take charge.

Everybody takes the Loot assigned to them,

and then the next player clockwise

from the previous Boss

becomes the new Boss,

and a new round starts with Step 1.


- If there are more Vote No cards

than Vote Yes cards, the vote fails.


- If the vote fails,

the gang has rejected the Boss' plans.

All of the Loot cards distributed in

Step 2 are returned to the middle

of the table, still face up.

The first player clockwise from the Boss

who revealed a No card during

the voting becomes the new Boss.

They turn over two more cards

from the Loot Pile and

add them to the Loot already

in the middle of the table.

Then a new round starts with Step 2.



Start the Next Round


Each player takes back the Action card

they played and their Threat marker

if they gave it out.

You must always have all 5 Action cards

to choose from each round

and your Threat marker to place.

Depending on the result of the vote,

the next round will begin

with either Step 1 or Step 2,

possibly with a new Boss.








<How to Finish the Game>



The players continue to play,

round after round,

voting and collecting Loot until

THE FUZZ! card is revealed.


- If THE FUZZ! show up when

you are drawing new Loot cards

to be distributed, the game ends immediately.

This can happen during Step 1

at the start of a new round,

or when there was a No vote

and you are drawing 2 additional

Loot cards for the new Boss to distribute.


- If THE FUZZ! don't make

an appearance until Step 4,

which can happen if the Skim action

is played, a new Loot card

is drawn for the Skim,

and the game continues until

the end of the current round.


When the game ends,

everybody counts up all of the

Loot in their Stash.

The player with the most valuable

wad of lettuce wins the game!








<Optional Rules>



Once you are familiar with

the basics of Good Critters,

you can add a little spice to the game

by including these optional rules.



PAYOFFS


When playing with this variant,

each player gets 2 Payoff tokens and 5 Payoff cards

at the beginning of the game.

Payoff cards are kept separate from your Stash,

and cannot be stolen with a Rob Action card.

At the end of the game,

each Payoff card is worth $1000.



OFFERING BRIBES


During the game, players can offer

bribes to other players to do

just about anything they want them to do

: vote yes, vote no, rob a specific player,

guard their stash, and so on.

They can even try to bribe the Boss

into distributing more Loot their way.


Similarly, they can offer almost

anything as part of the bribe,

such as taking a future action,

offering to do a favor, or giving them

Loot cards or Payoff cards.

Loot cards used this way can be open

(so everybody can see it),

or hidden(played face-down).

If you play the cards face-down,

you can allow the player

to peek at them or not.



Making a PAYOFF


The catch with bribers is that they are not

enforced by any rules in the game,

and players are free to cheat,

swindle, or lie as much as it suits them to.


However, if a player wants a little

guarantee of their quid pro quo,

they can offer a PAYOFF.


Each player has 2 Payoff tokens

that they can use to offer "binding"

bribes to other players.

To offer a Payoff, the player places

one of their Payoff tokens in front of

another player, along with any number of

Loot cards and/or Payoff cards

in any combination.


If a player needs more Payoff cards,

they can buy them from another player

in exchange for Loot cards from their Stash.

Each Payoff card is worth $1000

at the end of the game,

but players are free to negotiate

prices for them during the game.


Each Payoff token is double-sided

: one side shows Yes and

the other shows No.

The side of the Payoff token

showing indicates what action

the other player must take

in order to collect the Payoff.

If the player takes a different action,

they do not get to take the bribe.

Either way, the owner always takes

their Payoff token back.

Bribes are resolved immediately

after the player reveals their

Action card during Step 4

- Count the Votes.


After all bribing is finished,

the players put their Loot cards

into their Stash,

and set their Payoff cards to the side

(the bills don't go in your Stash

because they can't be

stolen with a Rob card).

At the end of the game,

Payoff cards are added to the player's

Stash before they count their loot

to see who wins the game.



Limited BOSS Terms


Sometimes, a particularly charismatic player

can dominate the Boos job.

To give every player a chance at the job,

limit the Boss to a maximum of 3 rounds.

At the end of the third round,

even if the vote passes,

the title of Boss passes to the next player,

going clockwise.

As a reward for being so clever,

the former Boss gets a bonus

of one Loot card from

the top of the Loot Pile.

If it's THE FUZZ! card,

they draw a Loot card from the top

of the Loot pile for their reward.

Then the game ends immediately.



Alternate Game Length


Once you are familiar with the game,

feel free to randomly place

THE FUZZ! card into the Loot pile

without first separating the pile

into several parts.

Place it closer to the top of the pile

for a shorter game,

or closer to the bottom for a longer game.








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