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How to play

Setup

  • Lay out the three spaces for the hundreds, tens, and ones digits on the table.
  • Shuffle the "Beast" cards into the main deck, with the number of beasts determining the difficulty.
  • Deal each player five cards.

Gameplay

  • On your turn, choose one suit and play all the cards of that suit from your hand to the table.
  • You can play the cards in any order you choose, but the number formed by the digits must be higher than the previous number.
    • For example, if the number is 275, you could play an 8 to make 278, 285, or 875.
  • Communication is limited. You can say things like "I can help," but you cannot show your cards or reveal their suits or numbers.

Beasts

  • When a "Beast" card is played, it is placed above the corresponding digit column (e.g., a club Beast above the tens column).
  • The Beast blocks that suit from being played in the column directly beneath it.
  • If you play a card of the same suit that the Beast represents, you can "startle" the Beast by moving it one column to the left.
  • If the Beast is startled into a column that already has a Beast, it is startled again, and so on.
  • If a Beast is startled all the way to the left and another card of its suit is played, it is removed from play.

Tokens

  • You can use one of your three discard tokens at any time during your turn to discard a non-Beast card from your hand.

Winning and Losing

  • You win if the team plays all the cards from the deck.
  • You lose if you cannot play a card and a player still has cards in their hand.