Editing Minecraft: Builders & Biomes (section)

=== Actions ===

==== Collecting blocks ====

Players are allowed to take two blocks from the cube. Blocks can only be collected if their top side plus at least two other sides are exposed. The emerald blocks are wildcards (e.g. they can be used as a substitute for other blocks when building structures). Players are also free to rotate the block base to find any blocks they need for structures.

==== Exploring the Overworld ====

Players are allowed to move their character anywhere between zero, one, or two spaces. "Spaces" are the crossing points in the grid of tiles and weapon tokens. Characters are '''not''' to be placed on a tile or token.

Once the character has been moved, the player is to reveal the top tiles of the stacks around the character's position. Tiles that are already face-up are to remain as is.

Crossing points can be occupied by multiple characters. Tile stacks / weapon tokens may also be depleted during the course of the game. Nonetheless, players can move their character, even if stacks are empty.

==== Building ====

Players may only build a structure if their character is next to a building tile on the grid. The number of blocks needed to build the structure are shown on the bottom right of the tile. Players '''must''' possess the necessary blocks to build the structure. Any blocks used are to be returned to the game box.

Emerald blocks can be used as a substitute for any other block (e.g. if the structure requires three wood blocks, and the player has two wood blocks and one emerald block, the emerald block can also be used in addition to the two wood blocks).

Once the structure is built, it can be placed on any space on the player board.

Some structures will require several blocks and have an icon consisting of a lightning bolt and an experience counter on the top right of the tile. When said structure is built, the player immediately gains that many experience points, and is to move their experience counter that many spaces on their experience point tracker.

Structures can be built in any biome (e.g. a forest structure doesn't have to be placed on a forest space), however, players may place structures next to spaces that share the same characteristic (e.g. the same biome) to gain more experience points. Players may also build over existing structures by placing the structure tile over one they no longer need.

==== Fighting hostile mobs ====

If the character is next to a revealed mob tile, the player may attempt to defeat it. To fight a hostile mob, the player is to shuffle their weapon tokens face-down and reveal three of them. Then, the player is to compare the number of hearts on the revealed weapon tokens to the number of hearts on the mob tile. Poisonous potatoes have no hearts and are considered "blank".

If the number of hearts on the weapon tokens are equal or greater than the hearts on the revealed mob tile, the mob is defeated. The player is to then remove the mob tile from the grid and place it face-down next to their player board. In addition, the player immediately gains the number of experience points printed next to the lightning bolt and experience counter.

However, if the number of hearts on the weapon tokens are less than the hearts on the revealed mob tile, the mob stays where it is.

After the fight, the player shuffles their revealed weapon tokens back into their pile.

There are two kinds of mob tiles:

* A mob tile with a hunger icon ([[File:Hunger.svg|16px]]) can be traded to gain one additional action during a turn (e.g. when its the player's turn, the player executes their two different actions as usual; then, the player returns as many mob tiles with the hunger icon to the game box, allowing them to execute additional actions. As opposed to a normal turn, the player is allowed to execute an action that had already been executed earlier in the same turn).

* A mob tile with an experience counter and icon are to be kept until the end of the game, in which they will gain the player additional experience points for all spaces with matching characteristics (e.g. mob tiles with an experience counter of two and a forest biome gain the player two experience points for each forest space on the player board).

==== Collecting weapons ====

Players are allowed to collect a weapon token if their character is next to a weapon token. Once collected, it is shuffled into their pile of weapon tokens.

Players are allowed to look at their weapon tokens at any time during the game, such as making sure they have enough hearts to defeat a mob.

There are four weapons with special abilities:

* {{ItemSprite|Bow}} '''Bow''': The player can reveal one additional weapon token.

* {{ItemSprite|Golden Hoe}} '''Golden hoe''': The player immediately gains two experience points.

* {{ItemSprite|Stone Pickaxe}} '''Stone pickaxe''': The player may collect one additional block from the cube.

* {{BlockSprite|TNT}} '''TNT''': The player is allowed to detonate TNT if necessary. TNT tokens have five hearts.