Gradient — Rules

Objective

Become the master of the board by strategically placing tiles, collecting tokens, and outsmarting your opponents. The player with the most tokens when all tiles are placed wins the game.

Components

• 32 Gradient tiles
• 64 Tokens (8 in each color)

Setup

• Place a starting tile in the center of the table.
• Shuffle the Gradient tiles and deal three to each player.
• Place two tokens on the starting tile.

Gameplay

A random player starts. Play proceeds clockwise.

On your turn

1. Place one of your tiles on the board adjacent to at least one existing tile, so that the colors on the sides match the adjacent tiles.
2. Take one token from each tile your newly placed tile touches.
3. Place two tokens on the new tile (if tokens remain).
4. Draw a new tile from the stack.

If placing a tile creates a blocked path (no valid adjacent space for a new tile), take all tokens from the blocked tile. Continue until all 32 tiles are placed.

End of game

The game ends when all tiles are on the board. Players count their collected tokens. The player with the most tokens wins.