Lumber Merchant 2018

This is a balance game with dice rolling. The player will throw a dice and load a log with the same total of the dice's pips on the raft. The player who accumulates the highest score at the end of match wins.

Component in the box

A raft board. A wood die. Two kind of 12 logs numbered 1 to 6. 12 penalty stones 12 score tiles A binding log holder

Players: 2 or group

Playing

Decide the first player and then the players will take their turns alternately. The active player throws a die and selects one log with the same value as the die pips and loads it onto the raft. There are no limitations regarding placement of the logs.

If there isn't a log with the same value as the die, then the player must put a penalty stone on the raft. It isn't a score for the player but the player can disrupt the opponent's next placement of a log by the placement of the stone.

When all logs are loaded safely on the raft, play is over. Players obtain the score they safely loaded on the raft. If a player causes any logs or stones to fall from the raft, the play is over, and the game ends. The payer loses any points scored during the game, and any other players will obtain the score they could safely load.

The active player has the responsibility for the safety of the raft during their turn. After 5 seconds have passed from placement the responsibility moves to next player.

Winner

Once all players have been the first player, the match is over. The player who accumulated the highest score wins the game.

—description from the publisher