In the land of the four elements there are sprites, little magic butterflies, white witches, enchanting elves, fantastic imps and warrior gnomes, in a landscape of clear rivers and blue seas, bright skies and enchanted forests, magical and astonishing nights…
The old king has recently died, with no heir, leaving a letter where he pointed out as his successor on the throne of the enchanted world the contender who would excel. Recruit the sea gnomes, the light ones, the forest ones and the fire ones… fight for the enchanted world, and you will win a battle and then the war to become the king of the enchanted world! For 3-4 players.

Contents
80 cards of 4 kinds:
Gnome with arch and dagger;
Gnome with arch and shield;
Gnome with sword and shield;
Gnome with sword and dagger.
For each kind there are 5 cards for each element [light, fire, sea, forest]

Object of the game
Recruit the bravest gnomes, make unbeatable combinations of three cards and destroy the opponent’s defense to conquer the land of the four elements!

Preparation
After shuffling the cards, give 5 face down to each player. The rest of the cards is the drawing rack. Turn the first card face up, to start the discard rack.
Each player chooses an element [light, fire, sea or forest]: the cards of that element will be that player’s joker. The youngest player starts the game, then the game is played in turns in clockwise order.

The game turn
At the beginning of his turn, the player can make one of these actions:

· draw 2 cards from the rack.
· take the first card on the discard rack, discarding two cards.
· take the first four cards from the discard rack, discarding two jokers.

In any case, at this moment your hand can’t be larger than 7 cards, or you will have to discard – randomly – giving the discarded card(s) to the player who has fewer cards (if there is a draw the cards are discarded).

Later on, the player on his turn can play one or more combinations of three cards as follows:

· 3 cards of the same element (element combination).
· 3 cards of the same kind (gnome combination).
· 3 cards of the same element and of the same kind (it is both element and gnome combination).
· 2 cards of the these combinations + a joker card (it is an element or gnome combination).
· 3 joker cards (joker combination).

The other players, in turns in clockwise order, can prevent him from playing the combination as follows:

· if it is a gnome combination, through playing a card of an opposite kind of one of the three in the combination (for example, if Anna plays a combination of three gnomes with arch and dagger, Frank can stop her through playing a gnome with sword and shield).
· if it is a gnome combination, through playing a card of the same element of the played one.
· if the combination is made with a joker, through playing a joker.

In all these cases, the player on his turn will have to discard the combination, but he can draw the last card from the discard rack. Immediately after that, the card played to stop him will be discarded too.

End of the game and victory
The game ends when the last card is drawn from the rack, or when a player closes the game playing:

· 1 gnome combination
· 1 element combination
· 2 more combinations (any)

Each player gains points as follows:

Three games must be played. In the next game the player with the worst scoring is the first one (if there is a draw, choose randomly).
After three games, the player with the highest score is the winner!

4-players game
In this case it is possible, before the game, to make 2 couples. The scorings of each couple will be summed up and there will be a winning couple.

To play Gnome sweet Gnome download the cards from here.