Finally, you have one joker – which you can use at any point in the game – that changes one of the dice rolled. Keep going until you choose to stop or you get six missed die markers. When you’re done, tally your scores and the highest score wins! Rustling leaves has you playing one of four seasons and encircling various icons on your sheet to try and maximise your score. Be careful though as every shape has to be joined to the last and especially at the end of the game, you could possibly shoot yourself in the foot by not being able to place a required shape. It’s your choice when to stop, do you carry on? Or do you gamble for a few more tasty points? The Set-Up

Okay, so this is where Rustling Leaves gets surprisingly thinky. A little bit like Trek12 (another awesome roll and write), the special sauce is spread all over the scoring in this game. Rivers and streams have their own sound words. We use the words burble, babble and gurgle to refer to the pleasant, low, bubbling sound of water moving along:

Synonyms

Of course, birdsong isn’t the only sound we hear outdoors. The wind in the trees may cause the leaves to rustle (=make a soft dry sound): Rustling Leaves is one of those wonderful, light, puzzly games where you’re left thinking “ if only I had one more roll” or “ if only I had gone for x”. Because you can’t score everything, and you won’t score everything in a single game. Turns are trade-offs between what you think you might be able to collect, and things you know are going to give you at least some points. Rustling Leaves is a one to six player roll and write game form Paolo Mori and published by Kosmos Games. The box states the player count is two to six but you can play this as a solo game with “beat your own score”. The game comes with four different roll and write pads for Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Each game sheet is themed to its respective season and has different scoring parameters/objectives depending on the season.

Your sheet, as with all games of this ilk does have a way to change die faces. You have one joker per game which allows you to change the number of pips on the green die. Having only one joker and losing points for not being able to place your enclosures is tense. This combined with the fact you choose when to stop creates this little ecosystem of being concise and planning efficiently. So how does it play? As it is basically multiplayer solitaire, exactly the same as the MP mode – it is a simple BYOS solo experience therefore the description below works just as well for one as it does for a whole room of rustlers! Want to know how to add autumn colour to your garden? Here, we explore the best autumn trees for vibrant leaves and rich autumnal shades.A bird was tweeting away outside my window. / You could hear the birds chirping in the hedgerow. / It sounded like the cheeping of a baby bird. You can also find unique words that aren't necessarily synonyms of "rustling" to graft in emotions or moods, like this for a frightening scenario: Rustling leaves has you playing one of four seasons and encircling various icons on your sheet to try and maximise your score. Be careful though as every shape has to be joined to the last and especially at the end of the game, you could possibly shoot yourself in the foot by not being able to place a required shape. It's your choice when to stop, do you carry on? Or do you gamble for a few more tasty points? The Set-Up

As days grow shorter and temperatures begin to fall, the brilliant colours of autumn really shine through, capturing attention in the garden. The familiar greens give way to multi-coloured trees in vivid shades of yellow, gold, bronze, red, purple and copper, ultimately resulting in piles of deep brown leaves providing winter homes for wildlife. Each player takes a map of a season. The dice are rolled. The numbers give you one of the lengths of a rectangle (field) you will draw on your map. For example, a green 2 and a yellow 3 gives you a 2×3 field. In the opening round, you place your field so that one of the squares contained within is one of the six starting boxes. From the second turn onwards, you must have at least one square connected with a previously drawn field. At this point I just want to mention how everything ties in so well with the seasonal settings – the icons, how they score…..it’s all connected and very cool! Staying with the weather theme, the sudden, loud noise of thunder is often described as a clap of thunder, while the low noise of thunder in the distance is a rumble of thunder: In my last ‘sounds’ post, I looked at noises often heard in a city, such as the ‘hum’ of traffic and sirens ‘wailing’. Today I’m focusing on some more pleasant sounds – those often heard outdoors.

Seasons in the forest just got puzzlier in the lovely, light roll and write, Rustling Leaves, by KOSMOS

Do you ever come across a game that has flown under the radar and there’s no obvious reason why? Well I can think of one reason why Rustling Leaves may have missed many tables, but only one. Under its original title “ Blätterrauschen”, it might just have been too complicated for us non-German speaking gamers to request! Due to the 4 game plans, 4 different challenges await you in one app. Because even though the very simple basic principle is the same in all 4 game plans, the different ways of awarding points always ensure an individual gaming experience. The cloud faces on the die and including the normal pips add a wrinkle to all four seasonal sheets. They increase certain scoring icons or stop you from scoring them completely. Every time a cloud is rolled, everyone is interesting as it may affect their strategy positively or even negatively. The End Of The Game Now, I should mention that when I solo a game, the fewer bits and bobs to organise, shuffle, lay out, count out, and generally arrange the better in my book! After all, when stealing moments to play games alone, I don’t want to be wasting it organising! As such, a game with a pad and 2 dice is pretty much bang on for a sneaky solo session! You could come up with unlimited creative descriptions for the sounds of rustling in a forest. I'm sure your readers would actually prefer to discover the sound instead of being told so straightforwardly and blandly what it is. Of course there is the time for that but painting a picture is almost always more interesting and beautiful.

Each player takes a map of a season. The dice are rolled. The numbers give you one of the lengths of a rectangle (field) you will draw on your map. For example, a green 2 and a yellow 3 gives you a 2x3 field. In the opening round, you place your field so that one of the squares contained within is one of the six starting boxes. From the second turn onwards, you must have at least one square connected with a previously drawn field. A graceful tree, silver birch grows in most soils although it does have a preference for sandy, acidic soil. Delicate branches create dappled shade, ornamented by small elegant leaves turning golden yellow as temperatures begin to fall. The foliage shines against the distinctive white, pink or brown peeling bark. As the days grow shorter, the bark gleams in the late autumn sunlight. Growing up to an ultimate height of 30m, silver birch trees are quite compact and can fit into smaller areas of the garden, providing a lovely combination of height, colour and beauty. 6. Sorbus Aucuparia Rowan The game is very simple. 2 dice are thrown. The numbers on the dice determine the size of the fields to be marked. Now select a forest symbol to be included in the scoring and the next move is made. Thanks to the cleverly designed game plans and the matching scoring rules, this simple principle always results in new exciting decisions. Most of the time, you have the choice between safe points and a riskier variant, which allows you to score significantly more points, but only if there are still suitable rolls afterwards. Here you have to decide wisely! Roll the dice and watch the forest change over the course of a year. From the bud to the last leaf - it starts all over again. For spring, summer, autumn and winter, there is a suitable playing field in this game, each with different rules.

Word History

If there is a sudden, loud noise in a place that was quiet, we may say that the noise shatters or breaks the silence: A sharp burst of gunfire shattered the silence. Finally for birds, the word warble suggests a continuous sound, with rapidly changing notes: She loved to hear the birds warbling in the spring.