How to Play Friday | Official Rules

Friday is a solo adventure. While playing you are trying to guide Robinson through the game. He must win against two pirates without dying to finally leave the island again.

At the start of the game Robinson is not very cunning. In this game the pile of fighting cards represents his abilities. By comparison Robinson's health is in good shape and he starts with many life points.

You have two possibilities to help Robinson. You can either cleverly beat the hazards of the island and receive additional cards to improve Robinson's fighting abilities, or you deliberately lose against certain hazards and pay with Robinson's life points to remove unwanted fighting cards from play.

During the game you will improve the quality and quantity of your fighting cards thanks to both possibilities and help Robinson with his newly gained abilities and knowledge to win against even more difficult hazards.

However, life on the island is energy-sapping for Robinson so he is forced to always add aging cards to his fighting cards pile. These cards are all cumbersome, so you'd better remember to keep them in mind when planning your next steps.

It is up to you. Use Robinson's life points cleverly and choose the correct hazards to keep Robinson healthy and strong for the final fights against both pirates.

The game offers several difficulty levels. Firstly, we explain the easiest game to you - Level 1. As soon as you win this level, you can try three additional levels and try to play against the next challenge. Do you finally beat the game in Level 4?

Components

• 3 step cards of green, yellow and red
• 59 fighting cards:
• 10 pirate cards
• 22 life points
• 3 Storage Boards

Setup

Your first game starts in Level 1:

1 Sort the step cards and place the pile in front of you. The green card should be visible on top of the pile, below are the yellow and red cards. The game starts with the green step.

2 Remove the aging card "Very Stupid" from the game. Sort the remaining 10 aging cards in two piles ( 7x normal A and 3x difficult B ), shuffle both piles and place them as a single face-down stack on the aging storage board. Place the normal aging cards A on top of the stack. You will need these aging cards later during the game.

3 Shuffle the 18 starting cards and place the face-down stack on the Robinson storage board in front of yourself. These are your first fighting cards.

4 Shuffle the 30 hazard cards and place the face-down stack on the hazard storage board.

5 Shuffle the Pirate cards, draw two random pirates and place them face-up as your final opponents. Place the remaining Pirate cards back in the game box.

6 Take 20 life points for Robinson and place them next to your Robinson stack. Place 2 more life points as the reserve next to the play area.

7 Set aside some space next to the Robinson and hazard stacks for the appropriate discard piles.