Mariposas

About the game

What is Mariposas?

Every spring, millions of monarch butterflies leave Mexico to spread out across eastern North America. Every fall, millions fly back to Mexico. However, no single butterfly ever makes the round trip. Mariposas is a game of movement and set collection that lets players be part of this amazing journey. Mariposas is played in three seasons. In general, your butterflies try to head north in spring, spread out in summer, and return south in fall. The end of each season brings a scoring round, and at the end of fall, the player with the most successful family of butterflies — i.e., the most victory points — wins the game. —description from the publisher

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Questions to bring to BoardGameBrain

• How do setup and the first turn work in Mariposas?
• When does scoring happen and what ends the game?
• How should the table resolve an unusual timing or rules interaction?