Action cards

Each Action card shows three things: an action (strut, break wind, disapprove, mark your territory, bark, sniff), either the letter S ("socialization") or C ("charisma"), and a number of spaces.

The actions let you claim Activity cards. The letter only comes into play during a corgi meetup.

Moving farther

Corgis can't sit still: move your corgi at least one Place card over, horizontally or vertically only, never diagonally.

To go farther, play one — and only one — Action card and move an additional 1 or 2 cards, according to the number on it. The card is then discarded.

Example — your Action card shows a 2. You can move two extra Place cards… or just one, if the closer spot suits you better.

Corgi meetup

If one or more corgis are already on the Place card where you land, draw an Action card for each corgi present. The letter on the card you draw tells you what to do.

"S" for socialization

Take one Action card from the hand of the other corgi's owner, then decide whether to return it, if unwanted, or keep it and replace it with a card from your own hand.

"C" for charisma

Steal an Action card from the other player's hand. Nothing given back. That's charisma.

Place cards

A Place card shows the name of the place and an effect, in the bottom right corner. Place cards are two-sided: a symbol reminds you to flip the card once its effect has been applied, and the purple border marks the back, which carries a different effect. The player who just flipped the card cannot act on the new instructions — they are for whoever comes next.

The eight places in the standard game: the Neighborhood, the Sandbox, the Lounge, the Theme park, the Restaurant, the Sandcastle, the Music festival and the Library. A few of the effects you'll run into:

• The sandbox — front: "Exchange one of your Action cards for another from the row." Back: "Take back the Action card of your choice from the discard pile."
• The neighborhood — "Steal an Action card from a corgi that has more than you." / "Take 1 Hug from a player who has more than you."
• The lounge — "Take a card from the Action card row."
• The theme park — "Draw an Action card that is face down."
• The restaurant — "Charisma with the player of your choice."
• The sandcastle — "Take an Action card from a player who has more than you."
• The music festival — "Exchange your hand for that of another player who has as many or fewer Action cards as you."
• The library — "Discard 1 or 2 Action cards and take 1 or 2 from the row."

The Basket card

There is only one Basket card, in the centre of the gameplay area. It has a front and a back depending on the option played: purple border for the standard game, blue border for the Black cat and Bad dog option. It never gets flipped and its instructions stay the same all game. Standard game: "Draw a card that is face down."

Activity cards

An Activity card shows the activity, the number of hugs it provides (heart icon), and the Action cards needed to earn them.

Claiming an Activity card

With the right Action cards, you can claim an Activity card in your corgi's line of sight from the Place card it stands on.

Discard the required Action cards and place the Activity card in front of you, in view of the other players. Discarded cards go face up on the discard pile — which cannot be inspected. The total hugs on your Activity cards make up your score.

Leaving a poo

If you do not claim an Activity card on your turn, you can mark your territory instead by placing one of your poos on an Activity card in your corgi's line of sight.

If another player claims that card, you receive a Hug card worth 1 hug, and the poo is discarded. If you claim a card you had marked with your own poo, no extra hug is awarded: you simply take the poo back.

Example — you leave a poo on Photo shoot. Two turns later, an opponent claims Photo shoot: they pocket the card's hugs, and you pick up a Hug card worth 1 on the way.

Longer game

Players can choose to play to twelve hugs instead of ten.

Black cat and Bad dog

The Basket card is placed blue side up for the whole game. The three Place cards with blue borders — the Supermarket, the Pool and the Slide — replace three standard Place cards of your choice.

• The basket (blue side) — "Take away one of your dogs OR draw a card that is face down."
• The supermarket — "Put a cat in a spot where there isn't one OR put a dog on a player who doesn't have any."
• The pool — "Discard an Action card and draw two that are face down."
• The slide — "Exchange one of your Action cards for another from the row."

Black cat

If your corgi lands on a Place card with a black cat, you can neither claim an Activity card nor leave a poo. Your only option is to carry out the Place card instructions. Once the corgi has left the card, the black cat is discarded.

Bad dog

If your corgi lands on a Place card with a bad dog, take the meeple and place it in front of you. You can no longer claim Activity cards or leave a poo until you reach the Basket card, which lets you discard the dog. If you have several, they are all discarded at once.

Two-player game: double up

You still move your corgi one Place card over, but you apply that card's effect directly, even if you intend to play an Action card to move further.

You can then play a single Action card to move again, and you also follow the new Place card's instructions — two Place effects in the same turn. As soon as you claim an Activity card, your turn is over.