Description

Twisted Trumpets is a competitive tile-laying game where players compete to earn the title of "Royal Bugler" by building the most outrageous trumpet in all the kingdom!

Smooth, quick turns and crunchy decisions are the cornerstone of this whimsical family-friendly game.

On your turn, you'll take your choice of two actions: draw a basic pipe tile from a face-down stack, trade for face-up premium tiles, or lay tiles on your player board and build out your trumpet. As you go, you'll assemble a crazy-looking Dr.Seuess-like horn that branches off in different directions. The pipes of your trumpet will also be adorned with flags, birds, and notes that will help you meet various scoring criteria.

While building your trumpet you'll trigger special bonus actions by covering "King's Favor" scrolls on your player board. These scrolls will let you choose which of the King's Favor bonuses you'd like to receive: take a free premium tile, take two additional actions, or gain an additional Private Goal card. The next time you trigger the same favor, it becomes less powerful and then is no longer available to use. Which favors you use, and when you choose to use them, can make or break your prospects of winning...so choose wisely!

The game ends when either the basic tile stack runs out or a player completely fills their player board. All remaining players take one final turn and then players tally up their scores which include length of completed pipes, collecting sets of flags depicting the various houses of the kingdom, notes surrounding birds, tiles left in hand, public objectives, and private goals. The player with the most points is the winner!

The game includes a family variant which removes the King's Favors and Private Goals to make the game much more accessible to beginners and younger players.

-description from designer