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<p>OncleSnake: Add CHROMA rules help for Alpha review</p> <hr /> <div>== Overview ==<br /> <br /> CHROMA is a colour-placement card game. On your turn, place one card next to cards already on the board by following the colour wheel.<br /> <br /> The goal is to be the first player to finish your turn with no cards left in hand.<br /> You can also win immediately with a perfect placement: placing a card so it touches 4 other cards.<br /> <br /> <br /> == Setup ==<br /> <br /> Each player starts with 5 cards.<br /> <br /> CHROMA uses a 100-card deck: 5 cards in each of the 20 colours. Some cards have powers.<br /> <br /> One random card is placed in the centre of the board. If this starting card has a power symbol, the power is ignored.<br /> <br /> The game board on BGA is fixed at 7 x 11 spaces, and the first player is chosen at random.<br /> <br /> <br /> == Your Turn ==<br /> <br /> On your turn, you must play a card if you have a legal move.<br /> <br /> If none of your cards can be played, draw 1 card and pass.<br /> <br /> After you place a card, resolve the placement result first. If the card has a power, you may then use that power or skip it.<br /> <br /> <br /> == Colour Placement ==<br /> <br /> A card must be placed next to at least 1 card already on the board. Cards must share a side; diagonals do not count.<br /> <br /> Every card touched by the placed card must be compatible with it on the colour wheel.<br /> <br /> A card may not touch another card of the exact same colour.<br /> <br /> White connects to light colours.<br /> <br /> Black connects to dark colours.<br /> <br /> Wild cards connect to every colour.<br /> <br /> <br /> == Placement Results ==<br /> <br /> Touch 1 card: draw 1 card.<br /> <br /> Touch 2 cards: no extra effect.<br /> <br /> Touch 3 cards: place 1 card from your hand face down as a wild card, if you still have a card to place.<br /> <br /> Touch 4 cards: win immediately.<br /> <br /> <br /> == Wild Cards ==<br /> <br /> When a placement touches 3 cards, you place 1 card from your hand face down as a wild card.<br /> <br /> A wild card counts as every colour. Any colour can be placed next to it.<br /> <br /> A wild card may be placed on any empty space. It does not trigger placement effects or powers.<br /> <br /> If the face-down card has a power symbol, that power is ignored.<br /> <br /> <br /> == Powers ==<br /> <br /> Replay: immediately play 1 additional card, if you have a legal move.<br /> <br /> Gift: take 1 random card from an opponent, then give 1 card from your hand back to that opponent.<br /> <br /> Magnet: until your next turn, other players must play next to this card if they can. Wild cards are not forced by Magnet.<br /> <br /> Lock: until your next turn, other players cannot play face-up cards next to this card. Wild cards are not blocked by Lock.<br /> <br /> Powers are optional. You may use or skip them when they are available.<br /> <br /> <br /> == End Of Game ==<br /> <br /> When a player has exactly 1 card left in hand, that card is revealed to opponents. If that player later has more than 1 card again, their hand becomes hidden again.<br /> <br /> The game ends immediately if a player has no cards left in hand at the end of their turn.<br /> <br /> The game also ends immediately if a player makes a perfect placement by touching 4 other cards.<br /> <br /> If the draw pile runs out, the player with the fewest cards in hand wins.<br /> <br /> If no remaining card can be played, the player with the fewest cards in hand wins.<br /> <br /> If no player can play for two full rounds in a row, the player with the fewest cards in hand wins.<br /> <br /> If several players are tied for the fewest cards, they share the win.</div>

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