In Mycelium: A Mushling Game, you must expand your network of mycelium pathways to be the first player to gather ten nutrients. Manage a versatile hand of mushling cards to use abilities, attack other players' paths, and construct new paths. Link your mycelium pathways to nutrient trees in the middle of the board.
Near the end of each turn, you must first return all of your gatherer mushlings to your colony, hoping they'll bring back nutrients and resources. Then, place your gatherer mushlings on various spaces on the board just before your turn ends, predicting where nutrients will appear. A deck of event cards determines where the next nutrients will appear, but players may play mushling cards to view and manipulate the deck in their favor.
The key to victory in the Mycelium Forest is to always be thinking one turn ahead!
After your first game, try these variants included in both editions of the game to add complexity and mix things up!
The Emsporium variant adds a shop of powerful items which grant permanent upgrades for the rest of the game! This variant is recommended for players who want more value to gathering excessive amounts of Spore Tokens.
The Hero Tavern variant provides an alternate use for Combat Tokens. Spend a Combat Token when gathering from the new Hero Tavern location to recruit a powerful Hero Mushling! The Hero Tavern variant is recommended for players who want more rewards for attacking and winning against other players.
The Team variant allows 4 players to split into 2 teams, working with their teammate to gather 15 total Nutrients between them. It also introduces a Trade action to be used once per turn, allowing you and your teammate to get the cards you need with a little bit of teamwork! The 2 player variant uses the same rule changes as the Team variant, but with each player playing as 2 Colonies on the same team.
