What is the purpose of the game ?
To be the best alpinist of all time!
To achieve this, you’ll have to be able to map the zones and create some nice fixed lines..
The game ends when the players have filled all of the 19 circles from the playing surface.
The person with the highest score wins the game.
The set up
First of all, choose your game mode among the 3 offered:
- Express ascent mode (to make a single ascent).
- Expedition mode (to climb 3 summits of increasing difficulty in a row).
- Mode solo (To compete with Max, a seasoned alpinist. I will get back to this in the section dedicated to this mode.).
Once you have chosen the mode, you will need :
- the 2 dice,
- a pen,
- an Ascent card (if it’s your first game or to realize an expedition you will have to choose Dunai).
That’s it! We are ready to start the game!
Playing the game
Regardless of the chosen mode, the basic rules are the same.
- One player throws the two dice.
- Each player simultaneously chooses his result among the following operations (see picture), ticks a free square in the corresponding line and marks the result in one of the circles while following these 3 golden rules:
– You can place your first result anywhere you want.
– All other results must be adjacent to an already filled circle.
– You can’t write a number over 12.
Be careful!
If you have ticked all the boxes of the same type (on one line), you will no longer be able to make this choice!
And you start again until you have filled all the circles on your sheet, which will trigger the end of the game.
How to create fixed lines?
To create a fixed line, you will need to complete a sequence of numbers. When you write a number, if it creates or continues a sequence of numbers (increasing or decreasing) you will symbolize it by drawing a small line that connects the two numbers.
How to map a zone?
If you have a group of at least two numbers of the same value adjacent to each other, you have mapped a zone. Symbolize it with a pattern of your choice, which will help you identify the different zones.
End of the game
At the end of the game, you will count :
- Each fixed line: they will give you as many points as their highest number + 1 point per other circle of the line (see picture).
- Each mapped zone will give you as many points as the number of the zone + 1 point per other circle of the zone (see picture).
- Bonus : Your longest fixed line and your largest zone will earn you a certain number of points according to the scoring system on the sheet (see photo).
- Malus : For each circle that does not belong to a zone or a fixed line you will get a malus of – 3 points.