How to play
You have a plot on the shore of a Finnish lake and a road from the village gate down to the water. Build cabins, and every summer week holidaymakers arrive to book them. Every cabin needs a path next to it that leads to the gate, or the guests won’t find their way.
The holidaymakers pick the coziest cabins, and a happy guest pays more rent. A cabin is cozy when the lake, a sauna, a jetty and a campfire are close by and there are trees around it. A neighbor too close and the noise of a café or a playground spoil the mood. The Happiness button shows on the map where a new cabin should go.
Couples like a small cabin best, while families with children need a family cabin or a villa. As the summers go by, new buildings unlock: the family cabin, the café, the villa, the playground and mini golf. The weather changes every week: in a heatwave the lake and the jetty draw people in, in the rain the sauna and the café. Midsummer week, Finland’s big summer holiday, brings the most guests.
With tokens you can unlock the smoke sauna, a traditional Finnish sauna whose soft steam cheers up cabins farther away than an ordinary sauna. The smoke sauna is unlocked once and stays on your account. Building one costs the village’s money like any other building.
Scoring
The game lasts three summers of ten weeks each. Your score is all the rent plus the sales of the café and the mini golf. Money spent on building doesn’t lower your score.
Tips
- Start with small cabins near the shore and build a sauna between them. A sauna on the shore is even better.
- Leave room for a path or a tree between the cabins, as cramped cabins are less cozy.
- The weekly summary tells you if holidaymakers were left without a cabin. If families with children are left out, build family cabins.
- A good reputation brings more guests the next week.
