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=== Actions === | === Actions === | ||
On your turn you | On your turn you may either skip your turn and draw 2 cards, or do as many of the following actions as you want before passing. You may not skip your turn twice in a row. When you run out of cards you'll have to end your turn. | ||
==== Shift Stones ==== | ==== Shift Stones ==== | ||
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Reveal a card from your hand that matches a pattern on the tile grid. Place it face-up in front of you. (The card must match exactly, and may not be rotated or flipped.) | Reveal a card from your hand that matches a pattern on the tile grid. Place it face-up in front of you. (The card must match exactly, and may not be rotated or flipped.) | ||
==== | ==== Ending your turn ==== | ||
Draw back up to 4 cards. | Draw back up to 4 cards. | ||
=== | === Shuffling === | ||
If the Draw pile runs out, the Discard pile will be shuffled back in. | |||
=== End Game Condition === | === End Game Condition === | ||
After any player has scored a certain number of cards, the game will end after that round is completed (all players have had | |||
an equal number of turns / start of the first player’s turn). The number of cards depends on the number of players: | |||
* 2 Players, 10 Cards | |||
* 3 Players, 9 Cards | |||
* 4 Players, 8 Cards | |||
* 5 Players, 7 Cards | |||
=== Final Scoring === | |||
Each player's score is the total of all the points in their scored cards, plus the player with the most 1-point cards gains a bonus 3 points (in case of a 1-point card tie, each tied player gets 3 points). | |||
In case of a total-score tie, players share the victory (there is no tie breaker). | |||
2 | === Solo Game Variant === | ||
3 | Cards: 8 x 1 Point, 4 x 2 Points, 3 x 3 Points, 1 x 5 Points | ||
4 | Goal: To win you must score all 16 Pattern cards | ||
Strike: If you end a turn without scoring at least one Pattern card you get a Strike. If you get 4 Strikes the game ends in a loss | |||
Latest revision as of 09:22, 14 May 2023
Actions
On your turn you may either skip your turn and draw 2 cards, or do as many of the following actions as you want before passing. You may not skip your turn twice in a row. When you run out of cards you'll have to end your turn.
Shift Stones
Discard a card, then switch any two adjacent tiles. (No diagonals.)
Flip Stones
Discard a card, then flip over a tile.
Score a Card
Reveal a card from your hand that matches a pattern on the tile grid. Place it face-up in front of you. (The card must match exactly, and may not be rotated or flipped.)
Ending your turn
Draw back up to 4 cards.
Shuffling
If the Draw pile runs out, the Discard pile will be shuffled back in.
End Game Condition
After any player has scored a certain number of cards, the game will end after that round is completed (all players have had an equal number of turns / start of the first player’s turn). The number of cards depends on the number of players:
- 2 Players, 10 Cards
- 3 Players, 9 Cards
- 4 Players, 8 Cards
- 5 Players, 7 Cards
Final Scoring
Each player's score is the total of all the points in their scored cards, plus the player with the most 1-point cards gains a bonus 3 points (in case of a 1-point card tie, each tied player gets 3 points).
In case of a total-score tie, players share the victory (there is no tie breaker).
Solo Game Variant
Cards: 8 x 1 Point, 4 x 2 Points, 3 x 3 Points, 1 x 5 Points Goal: To win you must score all 16 Pattern cards Strike: If you end a turn without scoring at least one Pattern card you get a Strike. If you get 4 Strikes the game ends in a loss