Mariposas

• Place the center board on the table.

• Randomly choose 3 season cards (one green from Spring, one yellow from Summer and one orange from Autumn) and place them face down in the corresponding area.

• Shuffle the waystation tiles and place one randomly, face down, on each marked city on the board.

• Place the life cycle board on the side, with the cards from each stage and 3 random life cycle skill tokens at the end of each cycle.

• Give each player the components of their color and 2 action cards.

• Each player places their first butterfly (generation 1) in Michoacán, the starting point of the journey.

• It guides the migration of monarch butterflies from Michoacán to northeastern North America and back. Whoever gets the most prosperous butterfly family at the end of Autumn wins.

• The game is played in 3 consecutive seasons: Spring (4 turns per player), Summer (5 turns) and Autumn (6 turns). Each station has a scoring objective card at the end of it.

• When a butterfly ends its movement on a square with flowers, it collects the corresponding flower token (never from the starting square of the movement or more than once in the same square in a turn). If you end up in a city with a stop token, you get its benefit; if it's the first time that stop is revealed, the flower die is also rolled for an additional bonus.

• When all players have completed their station turns, the played cards are discarded and the station objective card is scored. The player with the fewest points in that round becomes the starting player for the next station. At the end of the Spring, the butterflies of generation 1 are removed (and the remaining ones of generation 2 are added); at the end of the Summer, those of generation 2 are removed (and those of generation 3 are added).

Station Objectives

Score the three objective cards revealed at the start of the game (Spring, Summer and Autumn)

Butterflies in Michoacán

3/7/12/17/21/24 points if you brought 1/2/3/4/5/6 fourth generation butterflies back to Michoacán

Life cycle cards

Each completed life cycle card contributes an additional point

Frequently asked questions

How many players does Mariposas need?

2–5 players.

How long does a game of Mariposas last?

45–75 minutes.

What is the minimum age for Mariposas?

From 14 years old.