Place those tiles face up on the game board on the

marked spaces. When complete, the board should

have the correct number of tiles for the numbers of
players in the form of a square.
The players in “Butterfly” help Hudson hunt high
and low (and left and right) to accumulate the best
collection of pretty prizes! By skillfully moving him to
the right spots on the board, players can grab rare items
while leaving fewer choices for their opponents. The
player who accumulates the most valuable collection at
the end of the game is the winner!

Components
100 Tiles (11 Red Butterfly Tiles, 11 Blue
Butterfly Tiles, 11 Green Butterfly Tiles, 11 Yellow
Butterfly Tiles, 13 Flower Tiles, 9 Dragonfly Tiles,
9 Lightning Bug Tiles, 9 Cricket Tiles, 6 Bee Tiles,
6 Honeycomb Tiles, 4 Wasp Tiles)
1 Double-Sided Game Board
1 Wooden Hedgehog (Hudson)
1 Draw Bag
5 Player Boards
Example setup for 3 players.
Setup
Pick the correct board to use based on the number Leave the rest of the tiles in the bag. More tiles
of players. Use the front side of the board for 3 or might be drawn later in the game.
5 players. Use the back side of the board for 2 or 4
players. The player who can do the best impression of a real
hedgehog goes first. If this cannot be determined,
feel free to use whatever method you like.

The start player takes the wooden hedgehog and puts

in it front of them.

Playing the Game

Please note the markings on each board that indicate The player to the right of the first player places the
the size of the board for number of players. hedgehog on any tile in the square, facing in any
direction they choose. This player does not move the
Place all 100 tiles in the draw bag. hedgehog nor do they collect a tile. The first player
begins the game as described below.
After verifying that you are using the correct side
of the board for the number of players in the game,
draw the appropriate number of tiles from the bag
using the chart below:

2 players 6x6 board (36 tiles)

3 players 7x7 board (49 tiles)
4 players 8x8 board (64 tiles)
5 players 9x9 board (81 tiles) Facing direction of the hedgehog.

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 On their turn, each player must move the hedgehog: Lightning Bug Tiles (+1-9). Players only
score the lowest value Lightning Bug tile
1. First, they must turn the hedgehog to the left or
right or leave it in the direction it was already
they took. 8 *
facing at the start of the turn.
2. Next, they may move the hedgehog in the facing Flower Tiles (*). Each Flower tile is
direction as far as they like, landing on any tile. worth the number of Flower tiles taken
They may skip over empty spaces but they may by that player. So, the number of flower8
9
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not stop on an empty space. The hedgehog never tiles taken is squared. For example, if
goes outside the boundaries of the grid established 3 flower tiles are taken, the player scores 9 points (3
by the initial number of tiles. It must stop once it tiles x 3 point per tile).
reaches the edge of the grid.
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3. The player collects the tile where the hedgehog Grasshopper Tiles (+1-9). Every time a
lands. They must always move to a space that player collects a Grasshopper, the one
allows them to pick up a tile if possible. 8
they took previously
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hops away and is
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discarded back to the box. A player only
scores the last Grasshopper they took. * *
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Butterfly Nets
As the tiles start being removed from the board, Bees (−3) / Honeycomb (0 / 10-15).
butterfly nets will start to appear in the spots where 9 *
• Bees and Honeycomb tiles work
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tiles were removed. together to make valuable honey! *-3 0 *
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• For each pair of Bee and Honeycomb
Any time a player moves Hudson tiles a player has, they score the
over a previously uncovered
butterfly net, that player may
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higher value of the Honeycomb 2 7
tile (10 or 15 points.)
remove a random tile from the • For each Bee tile that they cannot *-3 0
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bag and add it to their collection. match to a Honeycomb tile, they
This is optional; however, if they
choose to take a tile from the bag they must keep it. *
score −3 points. * 3 8
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