They mention that it's a set of cards, so it' s very compact to transport, and can be taken with you anywhere. Sometimes you pick up a moon card, and this permits you to draw a card from the ‘night deck’ – these are otherwise normal mushrooms that count for two when you fry or sell them. Along your journey you might well find some butter or cidre to spice up your meal and cook yourself up some more points; or a chance to pick from the night deck of mushrooms that have grown larger and tastier in the night and are worth double flavour or trade points. Fungi is like the essence of an autumn forest: full of warm colours, slightly damp mossy ground and, of course, delicious mushrooms sprouting after a gentle rain. All were first created for the original Keepers of Tradition expansion 2008, since long out of print and in great demand among players.

Mushrooms comes in many shapes, sizes and rarities, with latter being the most victory-point giving.Just make sure you avoid the dangerous Fly agaric; this poisonous mushroom will reduce your hand size as you focus on recovering from your ailment. The latter adds a gentle splash on a push-your-luck mechanic: it allows you to draft more in one turn, but not all the cards might be good, indeed they may contain poisonous mushrooms!

With poisonous mushrooms wielding their wrath and a hand-size limit to manage, card selection is a tricky proposition at every turn. This is carried out only to confirm your identity in preventing fraud and credit checks are not performed.One of these is a poison mushroom that forces you to halve your hand (and in the process, get rid of any cards that you regret picking up). Or perhaps that you’ve spent so much time lost in the forest that you’re fermenting your own apples and churning your own butter. With the forest disappearing into decay behind you as you pass, you only have a limited time to run back and pick things up before they are gone for good!

Sell porcini to local aficionados for information that will help you find what you seek deep in the forest.

A mushroom risotto cooked in the world of Fungi is clearly served at a temperature high enough to inflict second degree burns at a distance. They master the art of sculpting flesh and bone into deadly weaponry, and they are the depraved spiritual leaders of the Sabbat sect. Although the game can be played by two players, there’s more fun to be had with three or four players.