e S For 2-4 players (extra rules for 2 players), playtime 30 minutes
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Sheep & Thief
| SIORY
Once upon a time, in a farm that was much too large, there were some siblings
preune coud never agree on anything.
"| know-the best way to get to the town!"
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"| know where to find all the amazing, brooks!" ay, \
"Lknow everything. about this farm! | know most!" SK
So the brothers and sisters “grabbed some pen nd paper, and ru rushed out of the house.
They Wanted to. show the others who knew ‘the most about the! farm and the surrounding land.
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Contents
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4 house cards 56 map cards 1 start player card 50 sheep tokens
4sheep fence cards 4 thief pawns
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SETUP How To Play
This is how the game is played:
Each player places his thief pawn
onthe starting spot on
Take as many house cards as there are pla’
taking care that the 'T' card
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Rules for two players
— SCORING
Each player will earn sheep points, town points and river points.
Sheep points When playing with two player, adjust the rules as follows:
[The draft phase]
1, Deal 6 cards to both players (and 5 cards in round 2 and 3).
2. Choose 2 cards to keep; when both are done, give the remaining 4 to the other player.
3. Take the 4 cards, choose 2 to keep, give the remaining 2 to the other player.
4. Take the 2 cards, keep them. Youll start the card placing phase with 6 cards.
Eam 1 point each for each sheep
on your player sheet and
sheep fence card.
[The place map phase]
There are no rule changes for placing cards.
After placing 4 cards, however, you have 2 cards left.
Discard one of them, so you begin the next round with 1 card in hand.
[Scoring]
8 POINTS 78 No changesWhen | move the thieves so that my thief goes to a card
where | have sheep, what happens to them?
zg A You roast them and eat them. Return them to the bank.
Can | choose to not move the thief when | place a map card
witha thief on?
A No. The thief needs exercise. You must move the thief token.
When | place a card with a sheepdog, and | have one card with
3 sheep tokens, can| move 2 of them in one direction,
and the third in another?
No. Sheep are flock animals.
A The sheep on one card must always move together.
When! place a card with two sheepdogs, can | move all sheep
actoss two neighbouring cards?
Sure. For example, ifyou have 3 sheep on one card and 2 sheep
ona neighbouring card, you can use the first sheepdog to move
the 3 sheep to the card with 2 sheep. J
A Then forthe second sheepdog effect you can choose to move
all 5 sheep that are now on the same card. }
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Can | connect a river exit to the town road that's pre-printed
onthe player sheet. 4
zg A Of course. Townspeople need water, didn't you know that? +
Game design: Yuichi Sakashita
Art: U-i
7 Graphic design: TANSAN & co.
Testplay help: Hobby Game Kenkyu-kai
English translation: Zimeon
Special Thanks: Mandy Tong
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