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Your community has accumulated excessive waste. Work together to reduce landfill contributions by strategically playing resource cards. Each properly used card earns one point.

Objective

Players can increase their chances of success by collaborating to minimize waste, trading responsibly, and managing resources wisely. The final score is shared, so aim to collect as many cards as possible in the 'saved' pile (+1 point each) and keep the 'landfill' pile as small as possible (-1 point each) to win together.

Number of Players:   4–6 players

Target Audience:        Ages 12–99+, for those who enjoy fun,

                                          learning, and creative collaboration.

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How to Win?

  • The game ends when all sustainable solutions (Compost, Charity Shop, Recycling Station) are built and
  • All Resource Cards have been effectively used.
    • Once all Resource Cards have been played, count the number of cards in the: 
      • SAVED pile (each worth +1 point),
      • LANDFILL pile (each worth -1 point).

Sum up your points and check the Scoring to evaluate your performance.

Game Components

  • 1 fabric game board and 1 fabric storage bag
  • 6 colored buttons (player markers)
  • 1 dice
  • 1 Compost Symbol, 1 Charity Shop symbol and 1 Recycling Station symbol
  • Cards: 84 Resource, 48 Mission, 32 Quiz
  • 4 paper summary about the turn structure

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Game Setup

  1. Each player selects a button and places their marker on the START space.
  2. Prepare Resource Cards based on the number of players.
  3. Separate and shuffle each deck (Resource, Mission, Quiz).
  4. Each player receives 13 Resource Cards from the counted pile.
  5. The player wearing the most natural fabrics goes first.
  6. The game is played in clockwise order.

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Turn Structure

On your turn, you have to: 

  1. Roll the dice and move. 
  • If you land on Mission (!) or Question (?) space, draw a card.
  • If you land on an empty space, nothing happens. Skip to the next point.

2. Choose ONE of the following actions:

  • Activate a Mission Card.
  • Draw a Mission Card.
  • Participate in community building - start or join a project to construct a sustainable station.
  • Trade any kind of card with the other players on a 1:1 basis (so, if you give two cards, the other player must also give two). 

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Resource Cards

  • There are 5 different types of Resource Cards, as shown in the Game Setup table. 
  • The small icons on the cards will help you determine what is recyclable and what is not.

Non recyclables: This icon represents a resource that contains materials that cannot be recycled and must be disposed of in the landfill, except you can upcycle them using a Mission Card - see below.

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How to play a Resource Card 

With a Mission Card 

  •  The effects and actions relate to the Resource Cards, and they apply to all players most of the time. Everyone must follow the instructions.
  •  You can activate your Mission Card at any time, unless the card specifies that it must be activated immediately. 
  • Note: Some Mission Cards with negative effect will activate immediately when drawn!

With a Quiz Card 

  • If you draw a Quiz Card, read the question out loud.
  • The other players provide an answer.
  • Players who answer correctly may discard a recyclable Resource Card into the SAVED pile from their hand.
  • Keep in mind, Resource Cards with the waste icon cannot be placed in the saved pile with that action!

     

    Rules of Community Building

    You may choose to participate and use an action in community building during your turn.

    You can do this in two ways:

    Start a new project:

    • Choose a project and place its icon in the first space on the Community Building Construction Area.

    Or join an existing project:

    • Move the project's icon one space forward on the Community Building Construction Area. - Each action advances the construction by one space.

    Once the Community Building Construction is completed, place it on the board in an empty space. 

    Multiple constructions can occur simultaneously.

     Required actions/participation for completion:

    • 4 players: 2 actions
    • 5 players: 3 actions
    • 6 players: 4 actions 

    One of each type can be built:

     

    Composting Station - for organic waste.

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    Charity Shop - for textile resources.

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    Recycling Station - for textile, plastics, glass, electric and other recyclable materials.

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    Board Spaces & Their Effects

    Action Spaces - !

    • Draw a Mission Card. 

     

     

     

    Questionmark Spaces- ?

    • Draw a Quiz Card and then follow the “With a Quiz Card” description.

     

     

    Empty Spaces

    • Until something is built on them, landing on an empty space has no effect—simply follow the Turn Structure and move to the next step.

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    Once you have built one of the following stations and placed it on a chosen space, stepping on it will have the following effects:

    •  Compost Space: When you step on this space, you may discard up to 2 organic Resource Cards from your hand to the saved pile.
    • Charity Shop Space: When you step on this space, you may discard up to 2 textile Resource Cards from your hand to the saved pile.
    • Recycling Station Space: When you step on this space, you may discard up to 2 relevant recyclable waste Resource Cards from your hand, including textiles, plastics, glass, electronics and other recyclable materials to the saved pile.

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    Scoring

    • +1 point for each card in the SAVED pile.
    • -1 point for each card in the LANDFILL pile.

    Score Breakdown:

    🔹 Have fun, and be the change! 🔹