Solstis
Chinese Version (夏至)
A 2-player tile-collecting game about reconstructing a mountain landscape.
Game Overview
PROVE YOUR WORTH AND EARN THE MOST ⭐️ POSSIBLE by traveling the mountain and assembling as many landscape tiles as possible, meeting the forest spirits and lighting fires on the peaks creating a path through the valley.
The tile capture mechanics are taken from the hanafuda mechanics. Collect a tile according to the column or row then place them in your landscape. The goal of the game will be to reconstruct a landscape by combining its tiles to score as many points as possible. You will have to be careful not to leave tiles to your opponent while optimizing your landscape according to your opponent's choices. Also, create tile squares to collect spirits that will help you during or at the end of the game.
The experience is... zen and very quick to set up! For adults and children!
Gameplay
Reconstructing the panorama On your turn, select a tile from your hand and check if a capture is taking place.
- If the value or color of this tile matches that of one of the face-up tiles in the queue, that map in the queue is captured. If more than one tile is snappable, you can only capture one of them. The played and captured tiles are then placed on their location in the mountain panorama. If there was a face-down tile underneath the captured tile, the captured tile is turned face up.
- Second chance: If no capture is possible with the selected tile, it is placed in the queue, face up. Then, draw a tile from the deck to attempt a new capture. If possible, a capture is made in the same way.
- If the drawn tile still doesn't allow capture, it's added to the queue, face up, and you earn a rainbow tile. Place this tile in the empty location of your choice in your panorama.
You finish your turn by drawing a panorama tile.
Note: If you later retrieve a tile that corresponds to a position where a rainbow is located:
- If the rainbow is stuck under a spirit, the panorama tile is discarded;
- If the rainbow is free, you can move the rainbow somewhere else and place the panorama tile in its location.