In order to!

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In order to!
Game data
author Graeme Jahns
graphic Thomas Hussung
publishing company GermanyGermany Germany : HUCH! , Poland : Granna
PolandPoland 
Publishing year 2018
Art Card game
Teammates 2 to 4
Duration 20 minutes
Age from 8 years

In order to! is the name of a card game by the Canadian game designer Graeme Jahns , which was released by HUCH! has appeared. The aim of the game is to play the role of beavers and to create the most valuable card display possible from branches that are collected from a river, and at the same time to avoid collecting rubbish floating in the river.

Theme and equipment

At Dam it! The players try to form the most valuable card display possible from different types of driftwood and at the same time avoid picking up rubbish floating in the river or dispose of it by using rubbish collection cards. They receive their cards from a display and have to pay for them through stepping stones. In terms of game mechanics, the game is similar to Century's card collection mode: The Spice Road .

In addition to instructions, the game material consists of 66 river cards with 42 tree cards in seven types of wood, 12 rubbish collection cards and 12 rubbish cards as well as 15 dam cards and 16 wooden blocks (“stepping stones”).

Style of play

At the beginning of the game each player receives four stepping stones, the remaining stones are removed from the game. The embankment cards are divided into five groups according to their construction costs, after which they are also sorted according to the victory point values ​​and stacked so that the most valuable card is on top. These stacks are laid out in the middle of the table so that all victory points are recognizable. The river cards are shuffled and placed on the table as an open draw pile. The top four river cards are laid out face up next to each other next to the draw pile. Then a starting player is determined.

Opportunities per round
  • Take the river map
  • Build dam

Starting with the starting player, the players play in clockwise order. The respective active player may take one of two actions on his turn: he takes a river card from the display or builds a dam.

If a player wants to take a river card in hand, he must use these stepping stones. The card furthest away from the draw pile is free, a card further back can only be taken if the player places a stepping stone on each of the cards in front of it. If a player places a stepping stone on each of the four cards, he may take the top card from the draw pile. If a player takes a card that already has stepping stones on it, he also takes this and adds it to his supply. There can be three different types of river maps in the river:

  • Tree cards: There are seven different types of trees in the game, six of which are present each. The dams are built with these tree cards, with a maximum of one card of each tree species being allowed in each dam.
  • Garbage cards: there are a total of 12 garbage cards floating in the river. If a player takes a garbage card, he must either discard it immediately together with a garbage collection card that has already been drawn or put the card on his own scoring pile, where it is considered to be used and later earns minus points.
  • Garbage collection: The beaver garbage collection cards are picked up and can either be used to dispose of a garbage card or as a joker when building a dam for any type of wood with a construction value of 2.

If a player has taken a card from the display, he puts it in hand. The cards in the display are advanced and the resulting gap is filled.

Alternatively, the player can choose to build a dam. To do this, he puts out tree cards and possibly garbage disposal from his hand and tries to get one of the embankment cards with the value of the cards. Each tree species may only be present once in each dam. If the player manages to reach the value of one of the embankment cards on display (3, 5, 7, 9 or 11), he receives the card on top and puts it in his scoring pile, the played cards are put on the discard pile.

The game ends when either the river cannot be completely refilled to five cards after a player's turn or when a player receives the last dam building card. For the scoring, the victory points of the received dam cards are added, then each player receives an additional victory point for every two remaining stepping stones. The garbage cards are deducted, whereby one garbage card brings in a deduction of one, two garbage cards a deduction of three etc. according to a total sequence. The winner is the player who has achieved the most victory points after deducting the garbage points. In the event of a tie, the player who has the highest total value of tree cards in hand at the end of the game wins.

Versions and reception

The game Dam it! was developed by the Canadian game designer Graeme Jahns and was published in 2018 by the German game publisher HUCH! as well as in a Polish version under the name Sztama! at Granna.

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h Game instructions Dam it! , HUCH! 2018
  2. ↑ Dam it! , Versions at BoardGameGeek. Retrieved January 5, 2019 .

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