Fluttering Souls (Card Game)

Fluttering Souls is a captivating, beautifully illustrated two-player gamebased on the Japanese legend of The White Butterfly. You will compete to collecta kaleidoscope of butterflies in the hope of being visited by The WhiteButterfly; the soul of a lost loved one.

Legend of the White Butterfly
Many years ago an apprentice merchant named Takahama fell hopelessly in lovewith a woman named Akiko. They became engaged, but, tragically, Akiko diedbefore they could be wed.

Takahama was distraught. He had built a life and a successful career, but hecould not bear to be away from his love. Such was his dedication to Akiko thathe abandoned his trade and gave his life to the upkeep of the cemetery where shewas buried.

For 50 years Takahama visited Akiko’s grave every day with a single purewhite rose. One day, Takahama fell so ill he could not go outside. Fearing hemay die, his sister and niece came to care for him. While he lay there, unableto move, a butterfly of the purest white landed gently on his pillow. Annoyed,Takahama’s niece tried to shoo the butterfly, but it would not stray from thepillow of the dying man.

As Takahama’s final breath left his body, so the butterfly flew to thegrave of Akiko and disappeared. White butterflies are believed to be thevisiting souls of loved ones. Worried that Takahama had not visited her gravethat day; Akiko looked over him and did not leave until his soul hadjoined hers.

Overview
Fluttering Souls is a 2 player game, made up of 3 – 5 rounds. In each roundplayers take turns collecting butterflies to earn victory points, either in aset or by themselves. The player that collects the most victory points at theend of a round is awarded a White Butterfly Token; a visit from a lost lovedone. The first player to collect 3 White Butterfly Tokens is the winner.

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