Rules

1. Register your family

Every family starts by creating an account. Registration lets you add players, enter ages, choose your game mode, and keep your family game organized.

2. Choose your game mode

Choose Online Park Draw, Physical Board Game, or Hybrid / Both. You can change this later from the Edit Family page.

3. Add player ages

Ages are used to determine the first player. The youngest player draws the first park deed or starts the first online park draw.

First park draw

The youngest player draws the first park. If you are using the physical board, they pull the first park deed from the pile. If you are playing online, they use the dashboard to draw the first random park.

After the first park

After the first park is claimed, the player who most recently earned ownership of a park draws the next park.

1. Go to the park

Visit the real Midland park that was drawn. This is a real-world game, so the park visit is part of the play.

2. Scan the QR code

Scan the QR code for that park to open park details, challenge options, and tracking tools connected to that park.

3. Complete challenges

Complete 3 approved challenges at that park to win ownership of the park deed. Challenges may include movement, observation, creativity, teamwork, or photo-based tasks.

When to use Community Chest

Draw one Community Chest card during each park visit, before starting the park challenges. The card adds a twist to that visit.

Where to draw it

Online and Hybrid families use the Community Chest button inside the Family Dashboard. Physical Board families may use printed Community Chest cards, or switch to Hybrid mode if they want to draw cards online.

What cards can do

Community Chest cards may reward memory points, take points away, give a bonus challenge, trigger a trade, affect a park deed, or create Midland-specific chaos like weather, road construction, fairs, festivals, or “Ask Midland” drama.

Offline play rule

If you are playing with the physical board, resolve the Community Chest card immediately and write down any point changes, ownership changes, or special effects before beginning the park challenges.

Claiming a park

A player wins ownership of a park deed after completing 3 challenges at that park. The deed belongs to that player unless a later challenge, trade, or Community Chest card changes ownership.

Revisiting parks

Parks can be revisited. A later visit may create new challenge opportunities, bonus memory points, ownership battles, trades, or special family rules.

Primary Goal

The main goal is to earn the most Memory Points and control the most park deeds by the end of the season, vacation, challenge period, or family-agreed finish line.

Memory Points

Players earn Memory Points from completed park challenges, Community Chest rewards, bonus activities, revisit bonuses, and special events.

Families may decide whether to score individually or as one combined family team.

Park Deeds

Each owned park deed increases a player's control of the board. Some Community Chest cards, trades, challenges, or future expansion rules may allow parks to change ownership.

Ways to End the Game

• End of summer
• First player to a target Memory Point total
• All parks visited
• Most deeds after a set number of weekends
• Family vacation challenge mode

Official Midland Edition Winner

The default Family Park Clash winner is the player with the highest combined total of:

• Total Memory Points
• Total park deeds owned
• Bonus achievements completed

If there is a tie, the tied players compete in one final sudden-death park challenge chosen by the family.

Online Park Draw

The website chooses parks, tracks players, remembers whose turn it is, and keeps game activity connected to your family dashboard.

Physical Board Game

Use the printed board, deed cards, and physical Community Chest cards. Registering still gives your family a profile and lets you track or update your setup later.

Hybrid / Both

Use the printed board but also use online tools for random park draws, Community Chest, tracking, or family stats.