The Rules of Roast
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Campfire Roast: The Rules
🔥 Setup
1 Place the Campfire Card face up in the center.
2 Give each player 2 Stick Cards (your roasting slots).
3 Deal 7 cards to each player. (Redraw instantly if you hit "Fire Burns Low" or "Hungry Bears").
4 First Player: Whoever last ate chocolate!
🕒 Your Turn
1. Replenish: Draw until you have 7 cards.
2. Actions: Take 2 Actions from this list:
Load Up
Place up to 3 marshmallows on an empty stick.Special Mallow
Play a card for its effect, then move it to the discard pile.Cycle Hand
Discard up to 3 cards; draw that many new ones.Make S'mores
Combine roasted mallows with 1 Chocolate and 1 Gram card from your hand.
3. Roast: At the end of your turn, slide all marshmallows up one level on their sticks.
🍢 Roasting & Scoring
- The Wait: Mallows must be on the fire for at least one turn (until they are "Raw") before becoming a S'more.
- Efficiency: Placing or removing marshmallows from a stick counts as 1 action, regardless of how many (up to 3) are on that stick.
- Multipliers: Your score = (Number of Mallows) × (Roast Level). Check your Stick card for the math!
🏁 End Game
The game ends when the required number of "Fire Burns Low" cards are drawn:
| Players | Required "Fire Burns Low" Cards |
|---|---|
| 2 Players | 1 Card |
| 3 - 6 Players | 2 Cards |
| 7 - 8 Players | 3 Cards |
Most points from completed S'mores wins the night!
The Rules Of Roast
🔥 Setup
Place the Campfire card face up in the middle.
Give each player 2 stick cards (your roasting slots), remove all other stick cards from the deck
Deal 7 cards to each player. (Redraw instantly if you hit "Fire Burns Low" or "Hungry Bears").
Last player to have eaten chocolate goes first
🕒 Your Turn
Draw from the deck until you have 7 cards. (If you draw a Fire Burns Low or Hungry Bear card, your draw phase ends immediately, even if you have fewer than 7 cards)
Take 2 of any of the following actions :
Place up to 3 marshmallows on an empty stick.
Play any special mallow as an action and activate its effect (if played as an action, this mallow is then sent to the discard pile).
Discard up to three cards and draw the same number of cards you discarded.
Combine all mallows from one stick (must be at least "Raw") with one Chocolate card and one Graham card from your hand.
3. Before passing the turn, move all your marshmallows one level higher on their Stick Card.
🍡Roasting & Scoring
Each marshmallow is worth 1 point multiplied by the amount of time you leave it cooking on the fire. Check your stick card to see how many points your mallows are worth after each turn.
To begin Roasting your marshmallows place them on top of an empty stick card(you may place up to 3 marshmallows on a single stick).
All Marshmallow cards on a Stick card must be placed in the fire on the same turn. All marshmallows on a single stick must be removed from the fire on the same turn.
Placing and removing marshmallows on a stick consumes 1 action regardless of how many marshmallows are on the stick.
You score points when you remove Marshmallows from your sticks and combine them with Chocolate and Gram Crackers to make S’mores.
Before you can combine your cards into a S’more, your Marshmallow card must be placed on the fire for at least one turn.
To remove your Marshmallows from the fire, you must have at least one chocolate card and one Gram Cracker card in your hand when you remove the stick from the fire.
⚠️ If you leave your Marshmallows on the fire for more than 5 turns, your Marshmallows will catch fire and burn up completely. (All marshmallows on that stick are discarded for zero points)
🏁End Game
The game ends when the required number of Fire Burns Low cards are drawn:
| Number of Players | "Fire Burns Low" Draws |
|---|---|
| 2 Players | Draw 1 time |
| 3–6 Players | Draw 2 times |
| 7–8 Players | Draw 3 times |
⚠️ The deck is reshuffled with the two fires in it after the deck runs out if there are 7-8 players.
At the end of the game, each player adds up all the points they have earned from their S’mores.
The player with the most points wins.
FAQs
Can I put another marshmallow on a stick that already has marshmallows roasting on it?
No. All mallows must go on together. All mallows must come off together.
When I draw “Fire Burns Low” for the last time, does the game end immediately?
Yes. The game ends as soon as the card is revealed.
Can I retrieve ANY card from the trash when using the “Trash Panda”?
No. You can retrieve any card except “Fire Burns Low”.
What happens if I don’t have any marshmallows in my hand when “Hungry Bears” appear?
If you don’t have any mallows in hand, you can feed the bear all mallows from a single stick of your choice. If you don’t have any mallows roasting, you may feed the bear one of your S’mores. If you don’t have any S’mores the bear eats…..you. Yes, if you don’t have any mallows at all, the bear eats you and you are out of the game.