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Soda Jerk

Overview

Soda Jerk is a quick card game of flavor manipulation and hidden information.

Each round:

• Players place Flavor cards face-down below the 5 taps
• Players later flip cards to reveal their effects
• Matching flavors increase a tap’s value
• Non-matching flavors decrease it

At the end of each round:

• Players score the cards remaining in their hand based on each flavor’s final value

After 3 rounds:

• The player with the highest total score wins.

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Goal

Mix matching flavors to make the cards in your hand worth more...

...or sour the batch for everyone else.

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Components

• 5 Tap cards (double-sided)
• 45 Flavor cards
  • 5 flavors
  • 9 cards each
• 4 Player aids
• 1 Scorepad
• 2 Switcheroo cards (2-player only)

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Setup

1. Give each player a Player Aid.
2. Lay out the 5 Tap cards in a row with the A side up.
3. Shuffle all Flavor cards.

Deal starting hands:

Players	Starting Hand
2	13*
3	13
4	10

2-player games:

• See 2-Player Variant

1. Set aside leftover cards face-down.
2. The player who most recently sipped a drink is first player.

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Gameplay

Players take turns clockwise.

On your turn, choose ONE action:

• Place a Flavor card
• Flip a Flavor card

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Important First Turn Rule

During each player's first turn of the round:

• They must place a card below a tap that has no cards yet

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Action 1: Place a Flavor

Choose any Flavor card from your hand.

• Place it face-down below any tap

Cards remain hidden until flipped.

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Flavor Values

At each tap:

• Matching flavor cards increase the value
• Non-matching flavor cards reduce the value

Only the player who placed the card knows its effect until revealed.

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Action 2: Flip a Flavor

Choose any face-down card below any tap.

• Flip it face-up

Once flipped:

• It remains face-up for the rest of the round

All players now know its effect.

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End of Round

The round ends immediately when ANY of these conditions are met:

A. Low Hand Size

Any player has:

• 3 cards left in hand

at the start of their turn.

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B. Consecutive Flips

All players choose to:

• Flip a card

on consecutive turns.

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C. All Cards Revealed

• All cards at all taps are face-up.

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Round Scoring

When the round ends:

1. Reveal all remaining face-down cards.

1. Determine each tap’s final value:

• Add matching flavor cards
• Subtract non-matching flavor cards

1. Each player reveals their hand.

Each card in your hand is worth:

• The final value of its matching tap

Important:

• The number on the card does NOT matter for scoring
• Scores may be negative

1. Record scores.

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Starting Next Round

If fewer than 3 rounds have been played:

1. Shuffle all Flavor cards
2. Deal new starting hands

First player:

• Player with the lowest total score

Tie:

• Decide randomly

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Game End

After 3 rounds:

• Add all round scores

The player with the highest total wins.

Tie:

• Victory is shared

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2-Player Variant

Before setup:

1. Remove any 1 Tap card
2. Remove all 9 matching Flavor cards

At the start of each round:

• Each player adds 1 Switcheroo card to their hand

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Switcheroo

When played at a tap:

• Positive becomes negative
• Negative becomes positive

Example:

• +2 becomes -2
• -4 becomes +4

Two Switcheroos at the same tap:

• Cancel each other

If kept in hand:

• Worth 0 points

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Advanced Play (B Sides)

Advanced play adds special tap powers.

All taps begin on the A side as normal.

When a tap flips to the B side:

• Its special effect remains active for the rest of the game

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Setup

Before Round 1:

• Flip 1 random tap to the B side

Start of Round 2:

• Flip 2 more random taps

Start of Round 3:

• Flip all remaining taps

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Strategy Tips

• Sometimes hurting a flavor is stronger than helping your own.
• Hidden cards create bluffing opportunities.
• Flipping a card may reveal useful information—or end the round early.
• Keeping valuable flavors in hand can create huge swings.

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Credits

• Design: Chris Yi
• Development: Taylor Reiner
• Illustration: Sai Beppu
• Graphic Design: Anca Gavril & Co.
• Rules Editing: Jeff Fraser, Eric Slauson
• 3D Artist: Filip Gavril