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* CONTENTS 72 cards 1 rules booklet * NUMBER OF PLAYERS 3 to 6 * HOW TO WIN At the end of the game, the player with highest score wins. Points and penalties are applied depending on how you finish the game, so the player with the best strategy and a sharp eye will win in this ever-changing game. * STARTING THE GAME Shuffle all cards and deal out six cards per player. All remaining cards are placed as one face-down deck to draw from. Randomly select who is going to go first for the first game. From that point on, the winner of the previous game gets to go first. Then each player takes his turn clockwise. * HOW TO PLAY During his or her turn each player performs one of these two actions: 1. Draw a card. Draw one card from the deck. After your draw, you may declare end of the game if you can. Otherwise, pass the turn to the next player. 2. Play a card from your hand. Play one card from your hand to your field. Each player has their own field for scoring. If a card refers to "cards in a field", it means card in any one player's field. When you play a card, if you have any cards with the same name in your hand, you may play any number of these at the same time. Follow the text on every card. You resolve the text of only one card even if you played multiple cards at once. If the effect is applied to two or more players, resolve it for each player in the order of the current direction, beginning with you. You cannot ignore the text on the card you played. When any cards are discarded, put them into one discard pile, face up. After you resolved the text, you may declare end of the game if you can. Otherwise, pass the turn to the next player. Current direction of the turn order can be changed, depending on an icon on lower left of the card you played. No icon: Turn is passed to the next player in the current direction. Reverse: Direction is reversed (clockwise to counter-clockwise and vice versa) and the turn goes to the next player in that direction. Skip: Turn for the next player in the current direction is skipped. Turn goes to the next player after him. Again: You take another turn after this one. * END OF THE GAME After you draw or play, you may declare end of the game if any of these conditions are met. You must declare end of the game if condition #3 is met. In every case, the game is finished and each player tallies the score. The player with the highest score wins. If two or more players are tied, the player whose turn is up next wins. #1: Your hand is empty. If you played any card from your hand, you must resolve the text before you declare end of the game. Thus, if you get any cards while you resolve the text, you cannot declare end of the game. If you begin the turn with an empty hand, you cannot play any cards, so you must draw a card. You cannot declare end of the game, because you have one card you've drawn in your hand. After declaring, each player counts his or her score. In this case, the points on each card in his or her field are added, and the points on each card in his or her hand are subtracted. #2: You have 20 or more points in your hand. You reveal your hand, and declare end of the game. If you played any cards, you have to resolve the text first, then reveal your hand and count the scores. If you drew any cards, you count any points on those cards just you've drawn. In this case, the points on each card in his or her field are subtracted, and the points on each card in his or her hand are added. #3: No cards left in draw pile. In this case, you must declare end of the game. If there are no cards left in the draw pile finish resolving any parts of the rules text you can, then the game ends. If you met condition #1 or #2, and no cards are left in draw pile at the same time, the game is ended via condition #3. In this case, the points on each card in his or her field are added, and the points on each card in his or her hand are subtracted. * LONG GAME For a long game, all players add each point of the game, and the first player who gets 50 points total at end of any game wins. If two or more players get 50 or more points at the same game end, the player with the highest score wins. If two or more players are tied, go on to the next game until only one winner is decided. In a long game, the winner of each game gets additional 10 points added to his or her score. * OPTION RULE For more skill-based game, we offer you this option rules. 1) On second game and later, the player sitting left of the winner of last game plays first. 2) Deal out five cards at the beginning of the game instead of six. 3) In long game, maximum number of games is equal to number of players by two (ex. In 4 player game, long game is ended if a player gets 50 or more points or 8 games are played). If two or more players are tied, go on to the next game until only one winner is decided. |