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Varmints! is a head-to-head contest between two crowds of critters as they race to devour all the trash in the neighborhood. Populate three alleys with fluffy, adorable pests and use them to raid the bins on the other side of the block. Defend your own bins with careful critter placement and tricky abilities. Call for backup and boost your Varmints! to outmaneuver the competition. Swoop, sneak, and scurry your way to dumpster-diving dominance, and may the fullest belly win!

As a player, you will defend three Trash Bins filled with Scraps of tasty garbage. During the game, you and your opponent will whittle away at each other's hoards of rubbish, depleting the Scraps from each Trash Bin until there's nothing left to munch. When you manage to empty all of your opponent's Trash Bins before they empty yours, you win the game!

The stars of the show are your Varmint Cards, including classic trash-eating creatures such as Skunks, Raccoons, Rats, and Birds. Each Varmint Card has a Level (at the top-left), a Speed (in the middle), a Boost (at the bottom-left, with a plus-sign), and a special Effect. You'll play your Varmint Cards in front of your three Trash Bins, across from your opponents. Varmint Cards use their numbers and abilities to play both offense AND defense in this trashy contest!

Strategically positioned throughout the alleys and back streets, each of your Varmint Cards will compare their Speed value to the opposing Varmint Card directly across from them. The larger number wins, and the player with the smaller number loses one Scrap from that Trash Bin. Simple, right?

Fortunately for your Varmint Cards, they don't need to race for the rubbish alone. You'll also be playing Backup behind your Varmint Cards to help them out. Backup consists of face-down Varmint Cards that increase the Level of a lane and give you the opportunity to Boost your Varmint Card's Speed when the time is right. Your Backup cards will come and go, but your Scraps are the difference between winning and losing. Make sure that you use the Trash Bin cards to help keep them separate!

So, you've got your Trash Bins and Scraps, you've played your Varmint Cards to defend them, and those varmints have plenty of Backup. What if your Speed numbers are still too small? That's where Boosting comes in! As your Varmint Cards face off against the competition, you can play additional cards from your hand to add their Boost value to your Varmint Card's Speed value. But be warned: Every time you Boost, you'll need to pay for it by discarding a Backup. If you run out of Backup in one of your Alleys, that Varmint is on their own for rest of the night!

With careful placement of your Varmint Cards, clever use of your cards' Effects, and sneaky Boosts at the perfect time, you and your garbage gang will munch your way to victory. With snappy back-and-forth turns, exciting "Take That" gameplay, and unimaginably cute illustrations, Varmints! will leave your living room littered with laughter.

For more detailed rules information, make sure you read the illustrated Rules Insert that comes included in your box of Varmints! You can also check out the wonderful playthrough videos produced by Dads and Dice and Card Game Crypt, included below in the "Reviews" section!

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