Nuts and Squirrels – How to Play Nuts and Squirrels 
To start the game, each player is dealt a dog die. Five squirrel dice are placed in the middle of the playing area. The player who ate the last nut has the first turn. He or she rolls all five dice at the same time. Each other player has one turn to roll the dog die. The player whose turn ended with the last nut scores acorns. Play then passes to the player on his or her left.
Rolling a squirrel wipes out your score
NUTS is a new game developed by a team composed of artists and developers from different backgrounds. In the game, players become field researchers of squirrels. It is a fast-paced action-platformer where you must guide a group of squirrels and collect nuts to raise their populations. However, you will need to use patience as rolling a squirrel can wipe out your score and cause you to lose points.
If all the players roll a squirrel at once, it will be a Go Nuts! round and you will lose all of your previous points. After this, you need to roll two squirrel dice and place the three cars aside. Eventually, all players will roll a dog or a car, and the next player must place the three cars aside and roll two squirrel dice.
Value of a nut nut squirrel
Nut is an abstract card game where you try to gather clusters of colored nuts. The game involves drafts of cards from a deck of thirty cards, six squirrel cards, and four wild nuts. A dealer shuffles the deck and makes three columns of equal numbers. They then keep the rest of the deck face down. Once the game has begun, each player begins by choosing one nut to play, and the next player then plays their cards.
Scoring in a Go Nuts! round
Scoring in a Go Nuts round depends on the number of nut and dog symbols rolled by each player. A player scores points when all of their dice land on the same symbol, but the number of nut and dog symbols that he or she rolled before the dog symbol appears will determine the winner. Scoring in a Go Nuts round is a game of luck and strategy. It’s best to roll the dice carefully in order to score as many points as possible.
The first player to roll all the acorn and nut-and-dog die wins. The next player to roll all the dice gets a turn. The goal is to gather all of the nuts before your opponent does. In one minute, he or she must roll as many acorns and nut-and-dog dice as possible. This way, he or she can determine who’s next in line.
Adding a nut nut squirrel to a cluster
Adding a nut squirrel to a cluster is a fun strategy card game that requires players to shuffle and draft cards from columns in a unique layout. The goal of the game is to build clusters of colored nuts by connecting them with each other. Each cluster of nuts can have a single nut or may contain several different shaped nut clusters. When these clusters form a cluster, players are awarded a point for each nut they connect to.
To study this behavior, researchers recruited 45 campus squirrels and tracked their behaviors. One squirrel was given an almond, and then followed it until it buried it. The other two squirrels were coaxed back to the nut dispenser. Each squirrel was given four different nut varieties. Once the squirrel had a cluster of nuts, it was rewarded with the almonds. The study found that a cluster of nuts containing one nut is much more likely to contain a large number of nuts than one with a small number of nuts.
Value of a nut nut squirrel to a cluster
The value of a nut consists of the number of nuts within a cluster. Players earn points for the largest cluster of the same color. When the players have multiple clusters of the same color, they count the largest cluster first. While wild nuts have no value on their own, they can connect to other smaller, same-colored clusters to create one larger cluster. Wild nuts, on the other hand, have no value and cannot be counted by themselves, but they do double the value of the clusters they attach to.
Scientists have studied how squirrels store and retrieve food. Researchers recruited 45 campus squirrels and enticed them to bury nuts by providing compensation in the form of nuts in shells. They then tracked the squirrels until they found one that was buried and coaxed them back to a nut dispenser. Each squirrel was given four different nuts. A single almond is worth about four centimeters, so it will take more than one almond to get one nut.
How do you set up the game?
You will need the game board 4 acorns 24 nut cards and 4 squirrel cards.
Place the game board in the center of the play area.
Each player chooses a squirrel card and places it in front of them.
squirrels go next to the matching colored space on the board.
The player who most recently sat in a tree goes first.
Give that player the acorn closest to the space with the start on it.
How do you win the game?
The game is won by being the first player to collect 4 acorns.
How do you get acorns?
You get acorns by playing nut cards.
How do you play nut cards?
You play nut cards by matching the number on the card to the number on the space.
What do you do if there are already acorns on the space you want to put your acorn?
You can either put your acorn on the space with the acorns or you can bump the acorns off the space and put your acorn there.
How do you bump acorns off a space?
You can only bump acorns off a space if there are more acorns than the number on the space.
For example if there are 3 acorns on a space and the number on the space is 2 you can bump the acorns off the space.
Do you have to put your acorn on the space with the most acorns?
No you can put your acorn on any space you want as long as there is room.
What happens if you can’t play a nut card?
You can either draw a new nut card or play a squirrel card.
How do you play squirrel cards?
You can play squirrel cards to move your squirrel or to move acorns.
Can you move acorns off the board?
Yes you can move acorns off the board with a squirrel card.
How do you know when it’s your turn?
It’s your turn when all the other players have either played a card or drawn a card.
What happens when you can’t draw a card?
When you can’t draw a card you must play a squirrel card.
What is the order of play?
The player who most recently sat in a tree goes first.
Play then proceeds clockwise around the table.
What happens if there are no more nut cards?
If there are no more nut cards you must play a squirrel card.
Can you play more than one squirrel card in a turn?
No you can only play one squirrel card per turn.
Jessica Watson is a PHD holder from the University of Washington. She studied behavior and interaction between squirrels and has presented her research in several wildlife conferences including TWS Annual Conference in Winnipeg.
