Festi'vibes rules

A party game for 2 to 4 players: you are festivalgoers, you pick 3 festivals out of the 6 on the bill and you fill their columns with Event cards to push your score up — or send it crashing down.

Players

2 to 4

Age

8 and up

Playing time

15–30 min

Mechanic

Party game

Overview

Ready to dive headlong into the festival circuit? From surprise performers and thrilling shows to extreme weather and counterfeit tickets, every game of Festi'vibes offers up an unforgettable adventure. Each player has their own special story to create — so be sure to choose the festivals that will give you the best vibes!

Players take the role of festivalgoers, using their Ticket cards to choose three festivals to attend out of six. The six Festival cards are laid out across the table, and players take turns playing Event cards to build out each column. Every Event card features a music note with a positive or negative value. The winner is the player with the highest score once all six columns are complete.

Components

• 6 Festival cards — they head the columns. Each card has a number from 2 to 5: the maximum number of Event cards its column can hold. The back shows its "Sold out" side.
• 26 Event cards — positive and negative experiences familiar to every festivalgoer: Free food, Wellness workshop, Immersive experience, VIP access, Artist delayed, High prices, Crowd rush, Storms, Fake ticket… Some also carry a special effect.
• 12 Ticket cards — they let players "attend" their chosen festivals and earn the associated points.
• 8 Help cards.

Setup

1. Lay the 6 Festival cards out on the table: each one heads a column.
2. Carefully shuffle the Event cards.
3. Each player receives three Event cards, kept in hand.
4. Place the rest of the Event cards in the middle of the table as the draw pile.
5. Each player chooses a colour and receives three Ticket cards of that colour, placed in front of them.
6. The last person to have gone to a real-life festival goes first! Players then take turns, going clockwise.

How to play

On your turn, you make one of the following two moves: play an Event card from your hand into a column, or play a Ticket card at the top of a column.

Play an Event card

Choose an Event card from your hand and place it in any column with room left. The number on the Festival card indicates the maximum number of Event cards it can hold.

Once a column is full, no further Event cards can be played in it — unless allowed by a special effect — and the Festival card is flipped to its "Sold out" side. After playing, draw so you always have three cards in hand.

Example — a Festival 2 column holding one Event card still has one spot left. Another Festival 2 column already holding two cards is full.

Play a Ticket card

Play one of your Ticket cards at the top of the column of your choice. Ticket cards always go at the top.

There can be no more than two Ticket cards per column, whatever the colour. You cannot replace another player's Ticket card with your own, unless allowed by a special effect. However, a special effect can let you move one of your own Ticket cards from one column to another, if there is space.

You do not have to play all three of your Ticket cards. Once played, however, they must remain in play.

End of the game

Once all six columns are full, the game is over. Add up the points in each column, starting with the smallest: add the positive music notes and subtract the negative ones.

Example — the six columns are worth +2, +3, +4, +1, +2 and 0. A player on +2, +4 and 0 scores 6; another on +2, +3 and 0 scores 5; a third on +3, +1 and +1 also scores 5; the last, on +4, +2 and +2, scores 8 and wins.

Variant

A game by Pascal Bernard · Illustrations: Querubin Studio
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