How to Play – Emberleaf

Recruit the best fellowship of Emberlings as you rebuild the forest and win the hearts of your people. The Emberling with the most points at the end of the game wins.

Core Actions

On your turn, choose one:

• Play a hero card: Activate its on-play skills and add stats to your fellowship.
• Slide cards: Move every card on your fellowship board one space, triggering slide and drop-off skills.

Actions in the Game

• Walking: Move around the forest to position yourself for key actions.
• Gathering: Collect wood, food, stone, and beehives to support your actions.
• Attacking: Use attack skills to clear nearby dangerous areas, collect war banners, and advance the war banner track.
• Building: Spend resources to construct buildings in your current clearing, or upgrade your fellowship with special buildings.
• Homing: Place villagers in buildings to unlock bonuses, upgrade your fellowship, or activate scoring objectives.
• Favours: Collect up to 8 favour cards and complete their objectives.

Scoring

Earn points by:

• Connecting different types of buildings
• Completing favours
• Clearing dangerous areas
• Homing villagers
• Advancing the war banner track

Game End

The game ends when the forest is rebuilt, enough dangers are cleared, or a combination of both.