Board Game Meadow - Adventure Book

The expansion is designed exclusively for the base game «Meadow».
It is not compatible with the «Downstream» add-on!

The morning sun has barely touched the treetops, and curious naturalists are already walking along familiar paths deep into this amazing land. You ask, why so early? After all, they had to pack their backpacks — this time, an unusual walk through the surrounding areas is ahead, and a long journey through flowering meadows and endless fields, dark swamps and picturesque valleys, cozy lowlands and majestic hills. All this — to reach an ancient cave that holds numerous secrets in its depths, just waiting for its discoverers.

This is a large-scale plot expansion for "Meadow". By adding this expansion to the base game, you will receive a book with six story-related scenarios with unique rules, each of which tells a separate episode from the explorers` journey to the mysterious cave. Players will be able to observe various weather phenomena, meet new representatives of flora and fauna, visit unusual locations and even gain experience in flying in a hot air balloon, of course, not forgetting about their competition for the title of the most skilled explorer!

What the expansion offers

When you remove the lid of the box, you will be greeted by a large number of new components, among which it is definitely worth highlighting:

• an adventure book, which completely replaces the camp field and contains story scenarios called routes;
• players` personal tokens, required when completing some routes;
• 6 boxes with new cards, tokens, and other components required for completing each route.

The authors offer three game options:

1. Journey mode, which involves sequentially completing all routes as a coherent story and keeping score.
2. Separate scenario mode, in which the selected journey is played as an independent game; solo mode, in which you have to compete with an imaginary player named Rover.
3. Single scenario mode or a full-fledged journey to choose from.

On the pages of the adventure book, six routes await researchers, each of which successfully develops the familiar game mechanics and introduces fundamentally new gameplay solutions.

Route 1. The Beginning. Departing from their native meadow, the researchers draw attention to the strange behavior of the clouds, which indicates an imminent change in the weather. In any case, this will not prevent them from exploring the surrounding beauty, but on the contrary - it will allow them to observe new, previously unseen phenomena. Players will not only explore the meadow, but also observe the sky, receiving weather maps, new actions and additional points.

Route 2. Bridges. Swamps - not the most friendly terrain even for an experienced researcher. Life is bustling among the swamps and streams, but you should be careful not to meet the dangerous inhabitants of these places. It`s a good thing that you marked reliable bridges on your map in advance! On this route, the players` meadow is divided into two separate zones by a stream with bridges. To achieve the objectives of the scenario, you need to explore both banks.

Route 3. Windmills.A picturesque lowland opens up ahead, where mighty windmills tower majestically among a sea of ​​red and yellow tulips. No matter how much you want to linger, there is still a long way ahead, so you need to move on. In this part of the journey, explorers have to lay out route cards above their trail tokens, moving through the valley and activating windmills for additional points and bonus actions.

Route 4. Balloons. Land — is not the limit! Jump into a balloon and explore nature from a bird`s eye view. And don`t forget to look at your compass — If you land at the right moments, you can perform special actions and earn even more points!

Route 5. Observation Tower. The difficult climb up rewards with a safe haven in the walls of the observation tower, where travelers can rest and explore new secrets of the local flora and fauna. Play cards on your meadow to climb the tower and discover new opportunities and rewards.

Route 6. Cave. The final goal of your long journey and a real Klondike of materials for research. Prepare your equipment and set off to meet amazing plants, rare animals and mysterious rock paintings that have passed through the ages!

The expansion is worth adding to the collection of anyone who was fascinated by the base game. The Adventure Book carefully translates the beloved gameplay into a story-driven journey, surprising players with organically woven innovations that radically change the course of the games. Each of the six scenarios feels like an independent game in the series, which can easily captivate for hours of repeated games. Combined into a sequential campaign, they weave into an incredible story, giving a truly unforgettable feeling of having experienced an adventure - and all this in one box!