Where's the Gold Board Game for St. Patrick's Day

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A leprechaun-themed St. Patrick's Day board game has two to four players race character pieces up a board divided into four printable sections, drawing from a deck of luck cards, coin cards, picture cards, and ‘set a trap’ cards to collect gold coins along the way. Before play, four leprechaun cards are hidden in secret spots on the board, and players who land on a clover space and choose the right ‘set a trap’ location can catch a hidden leprechaun to win its coins. The rules explain shuffling, placing pieces, special movement restrictions such as not being able to travel up the rainbow to the pot of gold, and how the game ends once all luck cards are gone, at which point whoever collected the most gold wins. A separate instructions sheet covers assembly: folding and laminating the character and gold-coin pieces, taping the four board sections together onto cardboard, and folding and gluing the game cards.

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Learning objectives

Students practice turn-taking and following multi-step game rules with a partner or small group.
Students count and compare gold coins to determine a winner at the end of the game.
Students make strategic choices about which of four trap locations to guess when trying to catch a hidden leprechaun.

Teaching tips

Have a single die on hand before play, since the rules explicitly list a die as needed but not included in the download.
Laminate the character pieces, gold coin, and board sections before first use, following the assembly sheet's own recommendation, since the game is meant for repeated play.
Read the ‘Special Notes’ section with students before the first game, since a few rules (two characters can't share a space, no traveling up the rainbow) are easy to miss if only skimmed once.

Skills covered

Turn-based game play — students follow a shuffle-and-place setup, then take turns moving and drawing cards according to written rules.
Basic counting and comparison — students count collected gold coins to determine the winner at the end of the game.
Strategic guessing — students choose among four trap locations to try to catch a hidden leprechaun card.

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Questions teachers ask about this resource

What happens if a player lands on a space another character already occupies?

The rules state that two characters cannot be on the same space at the same time, so a player who lands on an occupied space moves to the next block instead.

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turn-taking
counting
game strategy

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