THOR Game Play 3 x 2 = 6 from Freya additional rule: the game also ends when a 2 x 5 = 10 from Odin player plays his final offering card. He simply A Game by Reiner Knizia Draw lots to decide who will begin. The for 2 to 6 players 3 x 4 = 12 from Thor declares that the game has ended, and he may players take turns in clockwise order. During finish his turn by taking a god card. In the rough world of the vikings, one had to his turn a player will first place one of his I have gained 28 favor points in total. rely on the will of the Gods in order to offering cards directly beneath the stack of god Note: the action card “Drei Gaben” (Three When several rounds are played you should Gifts) cannot be placed above a god stack. survive. Whether Aesir or Vanir, the savage cards in the same color. keep track of the favor points on a piece of gods of the Norse stood only on the side of However, it may be used to remove another Important: Offering cards of the same color paper. those who understood how to befriend them. action card. should be placed overlapping each other so The right offerings must be made with caution We recommend that you play as many rounds that the values at the top of all cards are Action cards that change the value of the god and understanding. as there are players. Each player will then clearly visible cards only have effect as long as they remain become the first to play once. The player with in play. Players: 2 to 6, 10 years and above the highest combined total of favor points Game length: about 15 minutes per round wins the game as the one most favored by the Action Cards gods. The Cards Drei Gaben (Three Gifts) x 2 – This card is In the game there are 30 god cards, 36 offering worth +3 points at the end of the game, if kept The Big Game in hand. cards, and 14 action cards: (4-6 players) Gunst der Stunde (Favorable Times) – You The 11 gray Baldur cards are now used in the may immediately take 2 god cards (if game. There will be six stacks of god cards available) from this stack. and a total of 36 offering cards. The game takes a little longer, but the game play is Fluch der Vanen (Oath of the Vanir) x 2 – The unchanged. fading force of the Vanir is with you. Place this card above a god stack to move one god card of this type from another player's display To end his turn, a player takes one god card Variant: Thor's Will into yours. from a stack of his choice, and places it on the (3-6 players) table in front of himself. The color of the Lokis Ränke (Loki's Intrigues) – Place this placed offering card does not have to be the This variant may be played in the basic game card above a god stack to modify its value by The Basic Game same as the color of the chosen god card. as well as the big game. The 14 action cards -3. are now shuffled and placed face down as a (2-5 players) When the last god card of a color has been taken, this type of god card is no longer draw pile. Lokis Rat (Loki's Advice) – Place this card above a god stack to modify its value by +3. Game Preparation available, but players may still play offering In his turn a player has the following cards to this god. Remove the 5 Baldur cards, the 6 Baldur- additional options: Lokis Schliche (Loki's Ploy) – Place this card above a god stack to modify its value with -2. offering cards and the 14 action cards. They Game End Instead of taking a god card, the player may are not used in the basic game. take the top card from the action deck instead Lokis Tricks (Loki's Tricks) – Place this card The game ends when a player places the sixth (thus receiving no god card this turn). above a god stack to modify its value with +2. The remaining god cards are sorted by color offering card beneath the same god. This and placed as five adjacent stacks of five cards player may finish his turn by taking a god An action card may be played instead of Mjöllnirs Macht (Mjollnir' Might) – The might each. The remaining 30 offering cards are card. placing an offering card. The card must be of Mjollnir makes the universe tremble. Use shuffled. played above a god stack, but only if the stack this chance to rearrange the order of offerings Scoring Depending on the number of players, the does not already have an action card. There in the stack where you place the card. following cards are set aside face-down: The value of the last played offering card for can never be more than a single action card above each stack of god cards. Ruf aus Walhall (Cry from Valhalla) – each color determines the satisfaction of that Valhalla demands tribute. Place this card 2 players – 2 offering cards deity. The total number of god cards 3 players – 3 offering cards Also, any action card may be played to remove above a stack. Each player must immediately determines the player who is most in favor. an action card from a stack. The text on the return a god card of this type to the stack if he 4 players – 2 offering cards Each player will score the value of the deity 5 players – no offering cards card has no effect when played to remove has one. for each god card in his possession. A deity another action card, and both action cards are These cards will not be needed during the without any offering cards will score nothing. removed from play. The space above the god Thors Gunst (Thor's Favor) – Place this card above a god stack to change its value to “5”. game, and no one should look at them. Example: At the end of the game I have 3 stack is now vacant for future play of an action card. The rest of the offering cards are distributed Freya cards, 2 Odin cards, and 3 Thor cards in Thors Zorn (Thor's Wrath) – Place this card evenly among the players. front of me. The last played offering card on No more than one Action card may be played above a god stack to reduce its value to zero. Freya is the Goose (value 2), on Odin is the © 2002 Nürnberger Spielkarten & Heidelberger Spieleverlag per turn (and then no offering card). Yggdrasills Früchte (Fruits of Yggdrasill) – Illustrations by Franz Vohwinkel Bull (value 5), and on Thor is the Boar (value Place this card above a god stack to double its 10/2002, v.1.0 – Translation by Mik Svellov 4), so I score the following points: The game is played as the basic game with one 6/2005, v.1.1 – Minor cleaning up and layout by Ava Jarvis value.