THE STORY

You might be a bounty hunter looking for fame and fortune, a peasant looking to feed his starving family. You might be a maiden running away from her arranged marriage, or just somebody who has gotten lost. Anyhow, you’ve ended up in the Grimwood, a forest with curious animals, forbidden places, powerful objects, and supernatural creatures.

To survive the Grimwood, you need to find, collect, or steal these supernatural creatures or objects and use them against your opponents to maximize your reward, but beware not everything is at is seems!

OVERVIEW

Grimwood is a highly chaotic, slightly strategic game of competition and sabotage. Players take turns drawing or stealing cards to make the highest scoring combinations to win the game. The deck is made up of 68 cards that can help you or hurt others.

Draw from the deck, steal from other players, and unleash the powers of your supernaturals to get the most points.

There’s only a limited time to make your moves though, because the game ends when the last card is drawn. The deck goes quicker than you think!

THE GAMEPLAY

Shuffle the cards and deal 3 cards to each player face down. Place the remaining cards face down in the middle of the table. Players may now look at their cards. The player whose birthday is next starts the game, the turns proceed clockwise.

Every turn, the player can play a supernatural card and/or place one or more animal or setting combos. Each turn ends with the player drawing from the deck or stealing a card from another players hand.

There’s only a limited time to make your moves – the game ends when the last card is drawn. Once the last card is drawn, each subsequent player finishes one last turn, before everyone adds up their points to determine who successfully made it out of the Grimwood.

POSSIBLE COMBINATIONS AND POINTS

Supernatural Combos

Supernatural creatures are truly special and even one card is deemed to be a combo. It is possible to play multiple supernaturals at the same time, however only the power of 1 (!) supernatural can be activated in that case, it is your choice. You can always add to the combo you have created in turns to come.

1 or 2 Supernaturals = 1 PT each,
3 Supernaturals = 5 PTS.,
4 Supernaturals = 10 PTS.,
5 Supernaturals = 15 PTS.

Setting Combos

Setting combos can be played either one-of-each or three of the same

1 Clearing + 1 Path + 1 Swamp = 5 PTS.,
3 Clearings or 3 Paths or 3 Swamps = 3 PTS.

Animal Combos

which is either 3 Crows or 3 Owls, these cards need to be played as a combo

3 Owls = 10 pts, 3 Crows = 10 pts.

Special Cards

You might be lucky and find a Rune or an Amulet, both of which are very helpful.

Runes allow you to increase the number of actions you can do. First, play a rune then play a supernatural or draw from the deck / steal from a players hand, Second play another supernatural or draw from the deck / steal from a players hand.

Amulets are your best friend against thieves. They block a steal but need to be discarded after use. Unfortunately they only work on normal steals if a supernatural has a power that forces you to give them one of your cards the Amulet is unable to stop it.

REVIEWS

”All I can say is wow…Would I recommend it? AB-SOUL-LOOT-LEE ”
”Thank you for creating a spectacularly fun game. My friends and I really enjoyed playing it right out of the box…..
”Love the game – thank you so much. Look forward to seeing what you do next!”
”I just really wanted to shoot a message to say how much I love the game! It’s been so much fun…..
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CONTACT US

Grimwood Games 211 Masonic Ave
San Francisco, CA 94118

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