Welcome to [I]Under the Sun[/I], the game. This game has been played for aeons uncounted in Equestria. We have the pleasure to introduce it to our earthly customers. We hope you will enjoy it. It is best savoured sitting on a hayrick with cider galore during a bright summer day, but it is also meant to be played in almost every other surroundings. We even provide a small, magnetic board version for rocket rides, for example during your next jaunt to Mars. A mobile app for iPhone and Android is currently under development, stay tuned or subscribe to our Facebook™ or Twitter® accounts to keep being posted about the latest news. The game is played with a single six-sided die (included). Every player choses a token that will represent him(her) during the game (sold separately). Please check you nearest convenience store for high quality, customisable tokens (£1 each). Do not place tokens in microwave ovens or try to clean them in dishwasher. Boards and tokens are flammable, so please keep away from any source of heat or fire. Do not submerge the playing room under water as colour may wash out and foals may drown, leading to unforeseeable consequences with their mother. For ages 3+. Please consider foals under three of age could either swallow the die or one of the token. So, if you intend to play with a foal under 3, please use plugs instead of tokens. [b]Rules[/b] There are fifty squares on the game board, numbered from ① to ㊿. All players start from square ①. Before starting the game, each player throws the die once. The one who gets the highest number starts first. If two or more players draw, the youngest is awarded precedence. The next player is the one located to the right of the first player, and so on around the board. The first player throws the die and moves the token forwards the number of squares indicated by the die. When the player puts its token on the new square, he must consult the following table to know if (s)he has hit a special event square: ② [I]Discord’s unexpected meddling[/I]: The chaos lord is nosy, did you know? But this time, he tries to help you progress. Throw the dice. Go then to the square whose number is the result multiplied by 5. E.g. if you get 3, you go to square ⑮. No, no, don’t thank him, he’s already gone to enjoy a cup of tea with Fluttershy anyway. ④ [I]Running of the leaves[/I]: You try to outstrip Rainbow Dash at the start of the Running of the leaves, but you jump the gun. The start is invalidated and all players must get back to the beginning on square ①. Also, Celestia frowns at you, and that makes you feel very unhappy. You bad boy. ⑦ ⑭ ㉑ ㉘ ㉟ ㊷ ㊾ [I]Celestia’s squares[/I]: The benevolent tyrant gives her blessing to you, you feel so elated you may play again. ⑩ [I]Daring Do’s temptation[/I]: You fly so high that you burn the tip of your wings, tailspin and crash on the ground. You must start over at ①, after skipping one turn to leave the doctors time to pick up and put your bones back together. ⑬ [I]Banishment square[/I]: You suddenly turn evil, giving no choice to Celestia but to exile you to the Moon. You must stay there until another player stumbles on the same square, in which case that player takes your place and you are free to carry on. Don’t forget to take a duvet, the nights are pretty cool over there. ⑰ [I]Twilight’s friendship lesson[/I]: Twilight Sparkle lectures you on the merits of friendship. To prove your goodwill and (most of all) avoid a lengthy repeat, you accept to exchange your position with one of the players that currently stand behind you. If there is none, well, nothing happens, you lucky guy. ⑳ [I]Sonata’s voice trap[/I]: You were suffering from loneliness when suddenly you inherit Sonata’s voice. You’re eager to try it, and… it works. As the other people get mesmerised by your song, they all gather on your square. You enjoy their company. ㉒ [I]Fluttershy’s mishap[/I]: You were about to give the start of a flying race when Rainbow Dash unexpectedly crashed into you, bumping you down. You helplessly fell, fell, fell, desperately wriggling and flapping your tiny wings that refused to bear you… but hopefully were rescued by a shoal of butterflies just inches over the ground. Go back to square ③ and consider you lucky to be alive. ㉕ [I]Cutie Mark Crusaders’ weird contraption[/I]: In an effort to gain their cutie mark as blimp pilots, the Cutie Mark Crusaders have build a strange flying contraption using balloons inflated by Pinkie Pie. You accept to embark with them, but a strong wind pushes you backwards before you can safely land. Throw the die again and go back the number of squares given by the die. ㉗ [I]Starswirl the Bearded’s secret tunnel[/I]: You discover in a dusty shelf of a remote library Starswirl the Bearded's long lost spell compendium. You open the book and pick a spell at random. It opens a trans-dimensional portal that seems to lead into the future. Curious to know what Equestria will look like centuries ahead, you rashly step in and find yourself displaced to square ⑭. Sorry, all trans-dimensional wormholes do not end into the future. You rue your decision, but it’s too late. Also, you lose the book. ㉛ [I]Starlight Glimmer’s evil eye[/I]: Starlight Glimmer tries to enslave you into her private little utopia. You resist her spell, but that costs you two rounds delay. When finally you recover your composure, the evil mare has scooted off, of course. However, you feel you must warn Twilight Sparkle something shady is going on with this mare, so you go to square ⑰ to meet her and speak your fears up. ㉞ [I]Sunset Shimmer’s demoniac curse[/I]: You go bonkers over the possession of a gold plated toy crown set with garish rhinestones and morph into a menacing devil. Everyone is terrified and recoils three squares from you (either backwards if the player is behind you, or forwards if (s)he is ahead). Hopefully, Twilight and the Mane 6 intervene and a good shower of rainbow power returns you to your previous, true form. Darn, we nearly lost you. ㊲ [I]Buckle up![/I]: You are enrolled to help Applejack harvest pears for the upcoming Fall Pear Cider Celebration. You must skip the next round while enjoying fresh air and the delicious shadow cast by the pear trees. Also, something sounds weird with that, but you can’t place it. ㊵ [I]Minuette’s magic leap[/I]: Minuette is so bubbly and pert she carries you four squares ahead with her to meet Lemon Curd. ㊸ [I]Flim Flam brothers’ fake pick-me-up[/I]: The Flim Flam brothers coax you into tasting their new mixture. Miracle: it works! You feel so much better and energetic now, you add 2 to your next die roll. But… Alas! It turns out the effect wears off almost immediately, and you suffer from a dire comedown, so you have to deduce 4 from the die roll after the next one. ㊻ [I]Pinkie Pie’s unending party[/I]: You’re invited to a Pinkie Pie’s party. You eat so much cake and candy you feel sick and must divide the result of your next throw by two, rounding towards zero (1 → 0; 2, 3 → 1; 4, 5 → 2; 6 → 3). ㊿ [I]The End![/I]: You won! Celestia elects you as her next precious pupil. Enjoy your years under the protection of the Sun monarch! To win, a player must get to square ㊿ precisely. If when reaching square ㊿ the player has still a number of moves unused, (s)he must go back that amount. For example, if the player is at square ㊽ and throws a ⚄, he goes to ㊿, which consumes two pips, then back to ㊼, i.e. back three squares. Good luck and enjoy the game. [hr] [size="0.8em"]© 2017 by the WriteOff participants, all rights reserved. Any reproduction of this entire document, or part thereof, by any means, analog or digital or otherwise not yet discovered means of duplication, is hereby authorised, unless to plan to sell it to extraterrestrial forms of life, in which case we may revise our policy depending on the colour of the sun the aliens originate from (no, we aren’t racist, what makes you think that?). 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