Tulikko

Here is how to play the game, structured step-by-step from setup to the end of the game:

Setup

• Each player takes a wilderness map, 12 animal tokens, and 6 river tokens to form their personal supply (p. 6).
• Players shuffle their 12 forest tiles (which match their animal on the back) and place them face-down next to their map (p. 6).
• Place the central board in the middle of the table, randomly draw and place three landscape cards (one river, one color, one shape) and four symbol cards next to it, and set out the eight aurora tiles in four color piles (p. 6).
• Take the 12 neutral forest tiles, randomly choose five to form a cross on the central board (hiding the middle tile), and have each player place one random neutral forest tile onto any space of their wilderness map (p. 3, 5).
• The youngest player goes first, and turns proceed clockwise around the table (p. 4, 5).

How a Turn Works On your turn, complete the following actions in order:

1. Eject a forest tile from the central board: Turn over the first forest tile from your personal pile, and slide it into the central board from one of the four sides to push another tile out the opposite side, taking the pushed-out tile (p. 4).
2. Place the forest tile on your wilderness map: Place your taken forest tile onto an empty space on your wilderness map that matches the symbol of the side the tile came out of (p. 4). If you have no matching empty spaces, you must discard the tile instead (p. 4).
3. Place tokens: If the newly placed forest tile is adjacent to another tile, put a token between them from your supply — 1 river token if the two tiles are different, or 1 animal token if they are the same (p. 8).
4. Check for completed objectives: Check if you meet the requirements for any landscape cards, symbol cards, or aurora tiles (p. 13). You can also use any earned aurora tiles during your turn for special bonuses (p. 2, 14).

How the Game Ends The game can end in a few ways:

• A player places all their animal tokens and river tokens, which triggers the end of the round so everyone gets the same number of turns (p. 6).
• Alternatively, the game ends after twelve turns when players have no remaining forest tiles in their personal piles (p. 6).

(Note: The provided evidence is incomplete regarding how the final winner is determined when the game ends by a player placing all of their tokens, other than stating that if only one player successfully places all tokens, they win [p. 6].)