How to Play

PARKS

1-5 players 30-60 min 7.6 Board Game Geek Rating

Players control two hikers traversing seasonal trails to gather resource tokens representing natural memories like mountains and forests. These collected resources can be exchanged to visit National Parks. Trail configurations change each season, becoming progressively longer. Strategic resource management and engine-building determine success in this nature-themed adventure.

Published 2019

Get Ready

Setup the game with these step-by-step instructions before diving into your turn.

Choose Trail Tiles

Use 6 Trail tiles from 1st Edition instead of 2nd Edition oval Trail tiles: 2-Sun, 2-Water, Forest, Mountain, Photo/Canteen, and Trade a Resource for Wildlife

Place Photo/Canteen Overlay

Place Photo/Canteen oval Trail tile on top of 1st Edition Photo/Canteen tile icons

Set Up PARKS/Gear Site

Place 1st Edition PARKS/Gear Trail tile onto 2nd Edition PARKS Trail site, then place Gear oval Trail tile above the icons

Prepare Advanced Trail Tiles for Season 1

Use only the PARKS/Gear tile as the Advanced Trail tile

Prepare Advanced Trail Tiles for Seasons 2-4

Use the PARKS/Gear tile plus 3 randomly selected tiles from the remaining 7 Advanced Trail tiles (3 Base + 4 Wildlife)

Shuffle Remaining Advanced Tiles

Shuffle the 5 remaining 1st Edition Advanced Trail Site tiles and randomly choose 2 of them

Place Advanced Tiles

Position chosen tiles on open Trail sites normally used for the oval Gear tile and Trail Die tile

Mark Trail Die Site

Use the Trail die itself to mark the Trail Die Trail site

Distribute Starting Canteens

Each player starts with one 1st Edition Canteen card

Select Year Cards

Randomly draw 2 cards each from Base and Nightfall decks, then select and keep 1 card from each set, or choose 2 cards from one deck

Choose Passion Cards

Players as a group decide how many of the 10 available Passion cards each player may use

Set Season Bonus

Randomly choose another Fall Season Bonus tile if playing a 4th Season

Configure Campfires (1st Edition Rules)

All players start all Seasons with campfires lit, regardless of player count

Configure Campfires (2nd Edition Rules)

For 1-3 players start extinguished; for 4+ players start lit

On Your Turn

What you can do during your turn.

Move Hiker

Move one of your Hikers forward along the Trail to an available site

Perform Site Action

Execute the action shown on the Trail site where your Hiker lands

Use Trail Die Site

If not using 2nd Edition Trail die, roll Trails game die or D6 to determine which tile site to copy

Visit PARKS/Gear Site

When visiting, you may perform both PARKS and Gear actions

Activate Canteen Cards

Players may pair sets of 2 Canteen cards side-by-side, activating both with one Water token, or activate a single non-paired Canteen card

Manage Canteen Limit

Players may have 4+ pairs of Canteen cards displayed instead of the normal limit of 3 pairs

Take Photos (2nd Edition Rules)

At Photo Trail Sites and Trail End, photos cost only 1 Resource (Wildlife acceptable)

Take Second Photo

Players with Camera or Shutterbug Badge may take a 2nd Photo at Photo sites or Trail End

Trail End Photos

All players may take a Photo without the Camera at Trail End

Gain Wildlife Bonus

First player to take Photo-taking action at Trail End gains a Wildlife token

Take Photos (Trails Rules)

Draw 2 Photo/Bird cards and keep 1, or take the top discarded Photo

Visit Bison's Park

Trade 1 Resource (not Wildlife) for a Wildlife before or after visiting

Claim Bison Wildlife

After visiting the Bison's Park, gain the Wildlife and move Bison to next Park to the right

Bison Reset

When Bison is visited on rightmost Park, it moves to leftmost Park and you may discard and replace any available Gear card

Use Campfire

Extinguish your campfire to share an occupied Trail site with another Hiker

Relight Campfire

Campfire relights when one of your Hikers reaches Trail End, not at Season End

Reserve Parks

Players may Reserve 1 Park from the Parks Display or top of deck

Visit Parks

Players may visit 2 or more Parks from the Parks Display and/or personal Reserve

Winning

How to claim victory.

Score Visited Parks

Total the point values on all Parks cards you have visited

Score Photos

Count points from all Photos taken during the game

Award Photo Bonus (2nd Edition)

All tied 1st place players each receive full 4 points; all tied 2nd place players each receive full 2 points

Award Photo Bonus (Trails Rules)

Each Photo is worth its point value, plus 4-point bonus for the player with the most Birds from Photos and Badges

Calculate Final Score

Sum Parks points, Photo points, and any bonus points

Determine Winner

Player with the highest total score wins the game

PARKS

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On Your Turn

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