Rio Grande Games Aquaretto 270 User's Manual
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1. for 2 to 5 players aged 10 and up length 45 minutes OVERVIEW Each player is the owner of a water zoo Each player tries to lure as many visitors as possible into his water zoo and earns points for the visitors that visit his zoo To create a zoo that people want to visit a player must collect animals When a player s water zoo is successful he may want to expand it When a player s animal basins are full he must place additional animals into his depot which loses him points at game end When a player makes skillful use of his coworkers he can gain additional points The player with most points wins CONTENTS A water zoo with for animal tiles on the board the corners of the spaces have bright crosses In addition there are 2 checkout booths and 2 feeding stations 16 coworkers 16 offspring tiles 88 animal tiles 10 coin tiles 30 coins 2 each of 8 animal types 11 each of 8 animal types 5 delivery trucks Ca T Ai 5 depot boards A small expansion board and a large raz with 5 water zoo boards 10 small expansion boards 1 round wooden disc expansion board eet lad tiles 10 large expansion boards A depot board for all surplus tiles PREPARATION With 3 players remove all animal and offspring tiles of two types from the game Before the first game carefully remove the tiles With 4 players remove all animal and offspring tiles of one type from the game from their frames With 5 players pl2. The player may take one of the following actions when he pays for It He can pay for the action with coins or coin tiles in any combination The following money actions are possible I Move OC Il Purchase or discard a tile OO Ill Expand the water zoo With these actions the placing rules must also be followed Note On a turn a player may only take one money action Thus in order to make extensive changes in his water zoo a player may have to use money actions on several turns I Move A move costs 1 coin paid from a player s supply to the bank The player moves the top most animal tile from his depot into his water zoo or he moves on coworkers ll Purchase or discard a tile For 2 coins a player can buy a tile from a fellow player or discard the top most tile from his depot Purchase The player takes the top most tile from the depot of a fellow player and places it in his own water zoo and gt he pays 1 coin to the fellow player and he pays 1 coin to the bank Note the fellow player may not block the purchase Discard The player discards the top most tile from his depot He returns it to the box gt He pays 2 coins to the bank lll Expand the water zoo ve The large expansion board costs 2 coins which the player pays to the bank Then the player adds a large expansion board with 4 spaces to his water zoo This allows him to have 1 additional basin in his water zoo Thus a player can a
3. means each player takes a zoo board and a zoo expansion board and a water zoo board a depot and 4 expansion boards With fewer than 5 players remove the recommended animal tiles from both games shuffle the tiles from the two games separately and build separate stacks with them Also create two separate 15 tile stacks for the game end one with 15 Zoo loretto tiles and one with 15 Aquaretto tiles When playing the game use the following A Add a tile to a delivery truck Placing tiles on trucks has the following restrictions 1 on each truck players may place either only Zooloretto tiles or only Aqua retto tiles When a player places the first tile on a truck in a round he deter mines which game s tiles will be placed on that truck in this round 2 in each round at least one truck must have Zooloretto tiles and at least one truck must have Aquaretto tiles So for example if all trucks but one already have Zooloretto tiles on them players may only place Aquaretto tiles on the last truck B Take a delivery truck ending the round for the player Taking a truck has the following restriction Important In each round a player may not take the first truck until at least one truck has Zooloretto tile s and at least one truck has Aquaretto tile s The player with the most points is the winner If players tie with the most the player among them with the most coins is the winner If there is still a tie the tied player
4. trainer For each such tile adjacent to phin For the right trainer the a trainer the player earns 1 point If such a tile is adjacent to several trainers the players scores Orcas and 1 for the Dolphin The two Orcas above left and the Dolphin score points with both trainers The Dolphin with the lightning bolt scores no trainer points SS one ON two each Dolphins Orcas and Sea Lions tiles there is a lightning bolt For these tiles the EJ player earns no points for trainers D Manager points The player places the coworker on the lower right of his depot board The male Dolphin at the bottom scores no trainer He may have at most one manager points as he is not adjacent to either trainer At game end the manager halves the minus points for the tiles in the depot Move coworkers lf the player wants to use a cash action to move a coworker he may move him either within an area or into another area He can for example make the manager a trainer by moving a coworker from his depot to an empty space in his water zoo He could also move a trainer from where he is to another empty space in his water zoo NO GAME END When a player draws the first tile of the stack with the wooden disc the Current round is played completely to the end When each player has taken a delivery truck in this round the game ends and the final scoring is perfor med Note players may only take tiles from the stack with the wooden dis
5. using coins and coin tiles it matters not which game they came from C Carry out a money action When a player chooses this action he may only take a money action in his Z00 or in his water zoo GAME END When a player draws the first tile from one of the two stacks with the woo den discs the remaining tiles from this stack are removed from the game at the end of the current round Starting with the following round players only draw tiles from the other game Note then also the restrictions for placing tiles and taking the first truck are removed When a player draws the first tile of the second stack with the wooden disc the current round is played as normal to the end When each player has taken a delivery truck in this round the game ends and the players do the final scoring SCORING The water zoo and the depot are scored according to the rules as written in Aquaretto However apply the following exception if the player has one or two cashiers he receives the total points for all the coins he has regardless of which game they come from The zoo and barn are scored according to the rules as written in Zooloretto However enol oning exception if the player has a manager in his water zoo he gefonly 1 point for each animal type in the barn Each player adds the results from the two games The player with the most points is the winner Ties resolved as above ANIMAL DIRECTORY Hippopotamus this herbivore is r
6. al type in my water zoo pee points 1 eS Further information 0 www michaelschacht net se o Penguin they are found primarily in the cold regions of the Southern Hemisphere and are very well adapted to that life They are excellent divers but are not fast swimmers However they can maneuver well and at a high rate to evade predators They can also leap up to 7 feet from the water Polar Bear this loner from the far north has a great sense of smell and is very important in the traditions of the Inuit who call them Nanuk Despite its size and its weight the polar bear can easily float on the sea for as far as 40 miles Sea Lion these very social animals form large colonies and can be seen basking at numerous rocky islands in the sea They are not the fastest swimmers but among the most acrobatic in the water Crocodile these creatures can reach 20 feet in length and are direct descendants of the Archosaur of the Trias They are per fectly camouflaged and spend the majority of their lives in the water often only showing eyes and nostrils above the surface i stions i lf you have rule que please email us at RioGames aol com l I Q May I have different animals in the same basin Q May change a manager to a trainer with the money action move Q have trainer on 2 adjacent spaces of a Dolphin Do get amp addi Q Ga take money actions after have taken a delivery truck ot even in the
7. ay with all tiles Note do not remove dolphins orcas and sea lions Note the rules for 2 players are at the end of these rules Place the offspring tiles in the middle of the table They have a circle on both the front and back shuffle all remaining tiles face down Count out 15 tiles and place them aside in a face down stack for use at game end Place the round wooden disc on top of this stack to mark it as the reserve Build several face down stacks of any height with the remaining tiles Players will draw tiles from these stacks during the game Place as many delivery trucks in the middle of the table as there are players Return the remaining delivery trucks if any to the box Each player takes a water zoo board and a depot board placing both in his play area the space before him on the table Additionally each player takes 2 large and 2 small expansion boards which he places face down in his play area Return unneeded boards to the box Each player takes 1 coin placing it in his play area Place the remaining coins on the table as a supply the bank pply Each player takes 1 coin 1 water zoo board Place the coworkers as a supply on the table 1 depot board 2 small expansion boards and 2 large The players choose a starting player using the method they prefer expansion boards placing them in his play area PLAYING THE GAME The game is played over several rounds On a player s turn he must perfo
8. c when all other stacks have been used SCORING Each player determines his plus and minus points for his water zoo and sums them For each animal tile in the player s water zoo he earns 1 point Jo this each player adds his additional points for his cashiers keepers and trainers For each different animal type in his depot the player gets 2 points If the player has a manager he gets only 1 point per animal type in his depot Example Claus has 3 turtles in his depot but no manager and gets 2 points for them RULES FOR 2 PLAYERS Use the previously described rules with the following changes Remove the tiles for 3 animals types and their offspring from the game Place 3 delivery trucks in the middle of the table Now take any 3 of the removed tiles and use them to block some places on the delivery trucks place one tile face down on one space of one truck and place two tiles face down on two spaces of a second truck VARIANT AQUARETTO WITH ZOOLORETTO or 2 to 5 players Note this variant is best played by players with experience with both Zoo loretto and Aquaretto The material from both Aquaretto and Zooloretto basic set is used For the preparation use the following Place only as many trucks in the middle as there are players in the game exception with 2 players use 3 trucks Each player takes only 2 coins Follow all other preparation instructions as written in the rules for both games That
9. cannot add the tile to the basin he places it in his depot A player may not choose to abstain from taking T an offspring i Note the fertile pair need not be adjacent just in the same basin Each fertile female and each fertile male can only produce offspring once Thus for example no offspring is produced in the basin where a pair that already produced offspring is joined by a third fertile animal However if the fourth fertile animal is added to the basin then a new offspring is produced Note fertile pairs only produce in basins never on delivery trucks or in depots Bonus for enlarging a basin When a player enlarges a basin he may earn a bonus e Karns When the player adds the third sixth ninth or twelfth tile to a basin in his water zoo h immediately one coin which he takes from the bank Note a player can only have 12 tiles in a basin if he has one or mor ring there When the player adds the fifth or tenth tile to a basin in his water zoo he arns immediately one coworker which he takes from the supply The player must use the coworker immediately in one of the four possible areas At game end players may earn extra points for their coworkers The player receives the bonus even if he adds several tiles to a basin at the same time When a player for example adds the 3rd and 4th tile at the same time he earns a coin Had he also added a 5th tile he would also earn a coworker A Cash
10. ccommodate two additional animal types in its water zoo with two large expansion boards Note the player need not start the additional basin on the expansion board The small expansion board costs 1 coin which the player pays to the bank Then the player adds a small expansion board with 3 spaces to his water zoo This does not allow him to add an additional basin The player places the expansion board adjacent to his water zoo either to his original board or to a previously placed expansion board It is now part of his water zoo He must place the expansion board so that it continues at least one row or column of his water zoo END OF A ROUND Note Even if all players but one have taken When each player has taken a delivery truck the round ends delivery trucks this player may continue to take consecutive turns until he finally takes The players place the empty delivery trucks in the middle of the table and start a new round with the the last delivery truck player who last took a delivery truck starting the new round SPECIAL SITUATIONS Offspring There are 2 fertile females and 2 fertile males for each animal type marked with the common symbols for male and female When a fertile pair is in the same basin they immediately produce an offspring The player takes the appropriate offspring tile from the supply and adds it to the basin The offspring tile counts the same as a normal tile of that animal type If the player
11. elated to pigs It is the second largest land animal and can achieve the amazing speed of approximately 30 mph despite its weight which can reach 10000 pounds and a length of up to 14 feet Dolphin this pleasant mammal is considered by many the most intelligent animal and is particularly noted for its acroba tic ability and its social behavior The dolphin can dive up to 1500 feet deep for as long as 15 minutes before returning to the surface to breathe Orea this large whale can be up to 25 feet long and 20000 pounds They prefer Arctic and Antarctic waters his remarkably successful hunter is the fastest well known sea animal capable of speeds up to 90 mph Sea Turtle these armored animals have been paddling around for about 200 million years mostly in tropical and subtropical seas They follow the currents and thus range across large areas They leave the water to reproduce by laying eggs in the land areas along their long sea routes FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Q All players but me have taken trucks May still continue taking actions A Yes you may take as many as you wish and you can But on each turn you have the usual 3 possible actions You could for example take several money actions or draw tiles placing them on the last delivery truck as long as there is room there for them Only when you take the last truck does the current round end A No A Yes Q Can have several basins with the same anim
12. er places tiles in his water zoo he must follow these rules Animal tiles When the player has empty space in his water zoo he may place the animal tile on an empty space and so begin a new basin or enlarge an existing basin Otherwise the player must place the animal tile in his depot A basin consists of all neighboring tiles of the same animal type Each basin can have tiles of only one animal type Start a new basin f x x f lf a player has no tiles of the animal type he is placing he may start a new basin In order to start a new basin the player places the tile on an empty space in his water zoo gt 4 4 ao gt It must be at least 1 space away not adjacent to tiles from any other basin Important the player is limited in the number of basins he has in his water zoo x At the beginning a player may have only 3 basins He can thus have at most 3 different animal types Jf Jf in his water zoo For each large expansion board he adds to his water zoo he can have 1 additional basin with one addi tional animal type Claus already has a basin with 3 dol The rules for adding expansion boards are described under C Carry out a money action phins and wants to begin an Orca basin He may not put an Orca tile on the spaces marked with an x because each basin must have at least one space distance to another Note two tiles that touch only at their corners are not considered to be adjacent Enlarge an existi
13. ier The player places the coworker on an empty checkout booth on the lower left of his water zoo He can have at most two cashiers Ty 4 With a cashier the player earns points for the coins which he has at game end For each coin the player earns 1 point If a player has 2 cashiers he earns 2 points per coin Note the player keeps the coins he does not exchange them for the points B Keeper The player places the coworker on an empty feeding station on the lower left of his water zoo He can have at most two keepers WZ With a keeper the player earns points for the animal tiles in his water zoo which have a fish symbol on them at the game end For each tile with a fish symbol he earns 1 point If a player has 2 keepers he earns 2 points per tile with a fish symbol Note there are fish symbols only on polar bears penguins turtles crocodiles and hippopotamu ses For each of these animal types 6 tiles have the symbol Example of trainer points for the left tral C Trainer ner the player earns 3 The player places the coworker on any empty space in his water zoo points 2 points for the A space with a trainer is no longer considered empty The player may have as many trainers as he chooses two Orcas above and 1 With a trainer the player earns points at game end for Dolphins Orcas and Sea lions that are hori point for the left Dol zontally vertically or diagonally adjacent to the space with the
14. last round of the game ation about this and other For more inform ni l fine Rio Grande Games please visit us www riograndegames com A SCORING EXAMPLE For 6 Dolphins the player earns 6 points For 6 Polar Bears the player earns 6 points For 5 Sea Lions the player earns 5 points For 2 Hippopotamuses the player earns 2 points For the 4 Dolphins marked with a and the 2 Sea Lions the player earns for trainer A 6 points For the 2 Dolphins marked with b and the 2 Sea Lions the player earns for trainer B Sea Lion c cannot be trained 4 points For keeper D the tiles marked with d 5 points As he does not have a cashier he earns for coins points 2 different animal types in the depot e 4 points otal 30 points
15. ng basin If the player already has a basin with this animal type he must place the new animal tile either horizontally or vertically adjacent to another tile of that same animal types Thus he enlarges the basin When enlarging a basin it must keep the rule of being at least 1 space away from all other basins When a player enlarges a basin to 3 6 9 or 12 tiles he takes in each case 1 coin as a bonus When he enlarges a basin to 5 or 10 tiles he takes in each case 1 coworker as a bonus The coin and coworker bonuses are also explained in the paragraph special situations Place a tile in his depot If the player cannot or does not want to put the tile in his water zoo he must place it in his depot If there is already a tile or more in the depot the player places the new tile on top making a stack in his depot In a players depot any number of different animal types may be stacked on top of each other The limitation for the number of different animal types does not apply to the depot These tiles are not adjacent The players may look at the tiles in all players depots at any time The order of the tiles in a player s depot may never be changed Note a player may put tiles in his depot if he wants even if there are empty spaces in his water zoo Coin tiles A player places coin tiles with his other coins A coin tile is a coin it has no game difference from a coin C CARRY OUT A MONEY ACTION
16. rm one of the following three actions A add a tile to a delivery truck or B take a delivery truck ending the round for the player or C carry out a money action Play continues in clockwise order When all players have taken a delivery truck the round ends and another begins A ADD A TILE TO A DELIVERY TRUCK The player draws the top most tile trom any stack and places it face up in an empty place on any delivery truck in the middle of the table not any already taken by a player That is his entire turn a There can be at most 3 tiles on a delivery truck If all delivery trucks in the middle of the table have 3 tiles the play may not take this action He must take action B or C Note a player may only take tiles from the stack with the wood disc when all other stacks have been used B TAKE A TRANSPORT WAGON ENDING THE ROUND FOR THE PLAYER The player takes any delivery truck from the middle of the table placing it and the tiles on it in his play area He then immediately places the tiles from the delivery truck in his water zoo Note the player may only take a delivery truck that has at least 1 tile on it After a player has taken a delivery truck he takes no more turns in this round He will again take turns as normal in the next round Any player who has taken a delivery truck in this round keeps it in his play area This way everyone can immediately see who has taken a delivery truck in this round When the play
17. s rejoice in their shared victory 7 A DE TACTIC HINTS By stacking the tiles in the depot a player can lose a lot of points as with the barn in Zooloretto A player who delays the taking of a delivery truck can usually acquire many tiles However the player often gets tiles he does not want in this way The way a player places the tiles he gets will determine how large a basin can become and how many animals will have space in it When a player plans the use of his space well he will be more successful than one who does not Author Michael Schacht Illustration Design Main 2008 ABACUSSPIELE Verlags GmbH amp Co KG Dreieich www abacusspiele de All Rights Reserved Made in Germany Each animal tile is worth only one point at game end Therefore coworkers are particularly important because they can earn many additional points During each turn each player may still only take one delivery truck and it must have at least one face up tile on It Note when a player takes a delivery truck he takes only the face up tiles from the truck The face down remain on the truck throughout the game When both players have taken a truck the round ends and the players remove the face up tiles from the untaken truck from the game Players may only place Zooloretto tiles in the A Aquaretto tiles in the water zoo or depot The normal rules for placing tiles apply Players keep all their coins and coin tiles together When
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