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Rules of the Grove

Goal — easy scoring: first player with 7 Critters in their Glade wins. That's it. Your score is just your Critter count (the diamonds ◆ under your name). Critters cursed with Not It! don't count. 🙅

Your turn (3 tiny steps)

1️⃣ Draw a card. 2️⃣ Play ONE card — or 🎒 Panic Rummage: chuck your whole hand, draw 3. 3️⃣ End turn — discard down to your hand limit (7, +2 per Enchanted Teapot). Click or tap a READY card to play it immediately. If it needs a target or an Epic snack, the game switches straight into that choice.

The four card types (97-card deck + your imprinted starter)

CRITTER ×48 Friends that fill your Glade. Epic Critters ⭐ demand a snack: discard 1 extra card to play them.
CHARM ×14 Buffs that hang out in your grove.
CURSE ×15 Attach to an enemy Critter. Rude. Effective.
ZAP ×20 Instants. Immediate mayhem.

Key tricks

✨ Ward shrugs off the next hostile spell. 🦆 The Chosen Duck saves one Critter from destruction per turn. 🗿 Guardian Gargoyle eats the first Curse each turn. 🔴 Panic Button nukes your rival's next card. Stealing, bouncing, blanking, hand-swapping — all legal, all hilarious.

Why every match differs

36 unique cards, random shuffle, snack economy, tempo gambles (Rummage vs. hoarding), and an AI that adapts to what you build. Go tall with Epics or wide with fast Critters — both roads lead to glory (or comedy).

Online Duel (P2P)

No servers, no accounts. One player hosts, you swap two magic codes (any messenger works).