Status: In Production

Introduction
Nuts: “Winter’s Coming” is a light-hearted game of nut collecting. You play backyard squirrels in a race to gather nuts before winter. The squirrel that gathers the most nuts from each of the three trees in the yard by the end of the season survives the winter.  But, you can also steal nuts from other squirrels while they’re off foraging.  Or, if you think you’re going to be the victim of theft, you can stash your nuts instead. The yard is also stalked by a cat, who occasionally prevents you from collecting from one of the trees. So, you will have to keep an eye on the competition and choose where you forage carefully if you hope to survive the coming winter.

Game Details
Theme: Cartoon Squirrels
Game Type: Nut Collecting
Number of Players: 2 – 5
Time per Game: 10-15 min
Minimum Age: 8 years
Category: Abstract Strategy
Mechanic: Bluffing, Rock-Paper-Scissors

Components
50 Yellow Nuts (Acorns)
50 Blue Nuts (Hazelnuts)
50 Red Nuts (Chestnuts)
5 Black Nuts
5 White Nuts
1 Storage Bag

Object of the Game
Collect as many nuts as you can. The player with the most nuts at the end of the game wins.

How to Play
Each round players add a random assortment of nuts, colored red, yellow and blue, from the bag to a common pot. You then need to secretly decide which of the three type of nuts you want to collect. You also have the opportunity to collect more than one type, but you risk not getting any if your opponents choose to take only one type from the colors you want. Rather than collect nuts from the common pot, you can steal one type of nut from the collection of the player who has the most instead, or, if you sense that your collection is the one that might be stolen, to stash your nuts. Once stashed, your nuts cannot be stolen. But, it takes a whole round to do it, so you’ll have to figure out when it is a good time to stash and when you should collect or steal some more. When the bag runs out of nuts, the game is over at the end of the round and whoever has collected the most even collection of nuts wins.

Rules
(forthcoming)

Publicity
(forthcoming)

Credits
Trademark: Nuts™
Copyright: ©2010 Evertide Games
App Developer: Common Extract
App Release Date: February 2011*
Tabletop Publisher: ———–
Tabletop Release Date: ———–
Representative: ———–
Game Design: Richard James
Game Development: Luca Holme
Artwork: ———–
Graphic Design: Evertide Games
Playtesting: William Lee, Jeffrey Shih, Matt Schoonmaker-Gates, Anna Acero, David Hampton, Marissa Oshige, Joseph Nunn, Kristina Sophia Della Eronat, Christopher Colli, Katie Sciarrino, Caroline Osborn, Christine Glaser, Sonya Hammer, Mandy Skorubski, Irina Dyldina, Abraham Seckler, Katie Melanson, Joe Fenton, Jenn Spavins