Pegasus Spiele FUNG Fungi Card Game, Multicolour

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Butter and Cidre are extra cards. You add them to your mushrooms for bonus points when you cook them in the Pan. If you take a Pan from the Forest, you must put it in your hand. You can’t play it on the same go. After your opponent has their turn, place the Pan in your Display area. You must always move the last card into the Decay pile and restore the relevant number of cards to the Forest at the end of each turn. 1. Take a card from the Forest

Now you are almost set. To finish give each player three overview cards which will help keep everyone right with the actions of the game, and three cards each from the forest draw pile, these will form the player's starting hand. There are a few special cards which if drawn will need to be treated differently.

I’ve given the “lots of low-value mushrooms plus Butters and Cidres” strategy a go a couple of times. The result? Nope, it really didn’t come off. I wouldn’t recommend it unless the stars so align that way. Conclusion

Try to stay fluid and know when to switch strategies. If it doesn't look like you have a set on the way as planned and the next cards in the forest could be better. Its not a bad idea to switch gears and go for those mushrooms instead. Pros and Cons of Fungi You can take all the cards from the Decay (not the Discard!) pile if you like. However, your new total mustn’t exceed your hand limit. Manage your hand well, avoid poisonous mushrooms and don’t forget to add a bit of butter and cider to your dish for extra points and you should do well in Fungi. It’s a charming two-player game, although its gameplay shows its age. Here are a few pros and cons of Fungi to help you have a clearer picture of what this game offers. Pros As in the list of actions seen below, you could take the cards from the Decay pile (provided you meet certain requirements). Once the Decay pile reaches four cards and the next player doesn’t take them on their go, place all of them into the Discard pile. Start a new Decay pile from the last card moved from the Forest. Discard PileAccording to the official rule book, the player to go first is the last person to have had “mushrooms for dinner”. In my experience, nobody really cares about this. There aren’t many people in the world who can say, “Ah, yes, the last time I ate mushrooms for dinner was the 21st of July, 2019.” It’s a nice touch from the developers, but you’re probably better off tossing a coin or going with the traditional “youngest first” approach. If you have three or more of the same type of mushroom and a pan laid down you can cook the mushroom to score flavour points. This is how you score points and win the game.

Fly agarics are instantly placed in the Display and temporarily reduce your hand limit by four. They’re in effect for the current turn and the next one. For instance, if you have a Basket in your Display, playing a Fly agaric reduces your hand limit to six for this turn and the next. You must place cards from your hand in the Discard pile to bring your hand down to the new temporary limit. The aim of the game is for players to collect “forage points” counters. Points from 2 to 4 are collected by creating clusters, as shown on special mushroom cards. Clusters are made by obtaining the required colours of mushrooms in your foraged card collection. However, you can only make clusters when it’s your turn to forage. The number of points you get depends on the number of mushrooms required for a cluster: for example, 4 mushrooms are required for 4 points, which is the highest-value and most difficult cluster to make. All completed clusters are then put in the discard pile. If a player is the first to reach a total of 10 points, they are the winner.

To win Fungi all you need to have the most flavour points by the time there are no more cards in the forest. As you'll see above the way to do this is by collecting and cooking your mushrooms. While this can appear a little simple and straightforward forward there are a few key tactics you can employ to increase your chances of winning.