Gamehelpstarcatcher

Overview

Play cards from your hand to catch cards from the table and collect as many stars as you can.

Your turn

Play one card from your hand face up to the table, and then if a catch is possible:

• Match: your card's number equals one card on the table. Take both.
• Sum: your card's number equals the total of two or more table cards. Take all of them.
• Magnet: take every diamond card on the table. Circle cards can't be caught by a magnet.

If more than one catch is possible, you pick which one. If your card catches nothing, it stays on the table and anyone can catch it later. You can play a card that catches nothing on purpose, but if the card you played can catch then you must catch.

Clear the table: if your catch leaves the table empty, you also get a bonus card worth 1 star.

Hands and rounds

Each player gets 4 cards at a time. When everyone has played their hand, 4 new cards are dealt to each player, and cards left on the table stay where they are. A round ends when the deck is empty and every hand has been played. Nobody scores the cards still on the table.

Scoring (each round)

• 1 point for each star on the cards you caught (bonus cards count as 1 star each).
• +3 points to whoever caught the most cards with no stars. Tied players all get the +3.

Your stars are hidden from the other players until the round is scored.

Winning

The game has one round per player. The highest total score wins. If players are tied at the end, then another round is played.