Meeple Circus

The goal is to earn the most applause by building successful circus acts across 3 acts (two rehearsals and a main performance). Setup places the clap-o-meter board, each player's ring and score token, 2 starting acrobats, shuffled Public Demands piles, 6 Component tiles, and act tiles plus the measuring ruler and Speed tokens as described in the setup steps (page 1).

Before the presentation all your components must be outside your circus ring and you are not allowed to manipulate them; when the music starts all players build their acts simultaneously and may then place components (page 2).

Yes — every component must be placed inside your ring, placed on its side except for beams and barrels (which may stand upright), and any component on the ground must support at least one other component; pieces that fail to meet ALL these rules are not counted (page 2).

Each blue (beginner) acrobat touching the ground scores 1 applause; each yellow (intermediate) acrobat that does NOT touch the ground scores 1 applause; each red (expert) acrobat carrying no element scores applause equal to the height it reaches, measured with the ruler (page 3).

The first and second players who finish their act before the music ends take the Speed tokens (the single‑star and double‑star tokens, respectively), and each Speed token grants the amount of applause printed on it (pages 2–3).