How to Play Mountains out of Molehills | High Quality Board Game Tutorial

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Can you control the most molehills and win the title of top tunneler? In Mountains out of Molehills from @TheOpGames, players compete to control the most molehills without getting them too tall and making them topple. In this board game tutorial we'll teach you everything you need to know to play Mountains out of Molehills. #Boardgames #MoutainsOutOfMolehills #Tutorial #HowtoPlay #LearntoPlay In this high quality board game tutorial for Mountains out of Molehills, Jarred and Peyton will teach you how to play this multi-level game from The OP. Mountains Out of Molehills is played on a multi-level board where movement on the lower board creates molehills on the top board. Mountains out of Molehills challenges players to make their molehills tall, but not too tall. In a unique take on area control, Mountains are built, and controlled, from the bottom instead of the top. Mountains out of Molehills is a unique game that has its own special strategy. Mountains out of Molehills is a great family game that will challenge players both young and old. In this tutorial we will cover everything you need to know to learn how to play so you can jump right into the game. Once you learn to play Mountains out of Molehills, the gameplay is simple, but there's some unique challenges. In Mountains out of Molehills, players are moving their moles on the bottom board in order to create and control molehills on the top board. The taller the molehill, the more valuable it is, but be careful because if it gets too tall, it can tumble! Since moles are underground looking up, control of the mountains is determined by the whose pieces are on the bottom of the molehill, not the top, which is a fun take on area control. Mountains out of Molehills forces players to think ahead - you have to order your movement cards at the beginning of the round and you can't change them once the order is set. Sometimes other players will block your movement or mess up your plans, but that's just part of the game. If you like area control, and adorable, fun family games, Mountains out of Molehills is one you definitely need to check out. From the Publisher Moles have traveled from all over to compete in the annual Mountain Maker tournament. In this light strategy game, competitors show their skill based on how high they can pile their Molehills, and by how many Mountains they control. The Mole that can build and control the most Mountains out of Molehills over 6 rounds will be declared the "Top Tunneler" and win the game. Features a two-level game board and full-color acrylic standees for each Mole! Mountains Out Of Molehills is played over six rounds, and each round has four phases. In Phase 1 players take turns drafting action cards from a face up market to form a hand of 4 cards each. These actions will move Moles underground while adding Molehill pieces to the bottom of the Mountains above them. In Phase 2, each player simultaneously determines the order they plan to resolve their action cards, they place these cards face down in a stack from first action, to last. Once the order is set it cannot be changed! Carefully planning will help ensure you take control of the most valuable Molehills, but be careful as your opponents may block your path, throw a Rock in your way, or even cause your best Mountains to Topple over, spilling the pieces onto other Mountains! In Phase 3 players take turns revealing the top card from their stack and resolving its action. In Phase 4 players score the round. Each player controls the Mountains that have their color Molehill on the bottom, and they earn 1 point for each piece in the Mountains they control. After scoring, players draft the turn order for the next round, starting with the player who has the most pieces on TOP of each Mountain. The player who goes first gets first choice when drafting cards, but the player who acts last gets the final movement of the round. After six rounds players total up all their points from the 6 rounds and the player with the most points is dubbed the Top Tunneler and wins the game! https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/354395/mountains-out-molehills