Akinai-chu
Currently my Minimal Travel Table Top Game Collection contains these six card games + dice. Here are simplified rules for Akinai-chu.
Cards & Tokens
For this game, you need:
- 3-4 players
- 17 cards (4 of each season, 1 rainy season)
- 5 dice
Setup (for 3 players)
- Shuffle 16 season cards (no rainy season) and randomly put 2 face-down in the middle.
- Add rainy card to the deck and shuffle again.
- Deal each player 5 cards.
- Place a dice with number 3 next to the face-down cards in the middle.
- Deal one dice for each player and place them facing 1 in front of each player.
Setup (for 4 players)
- Shuffle 16 season cards (no rainy season) and randomly put 1 face-down in the middle.
- Add rainy card to the deck and shuffle again.
- Deal each player 4 cards.
- Place a dice with number 3 next to the face-down card in the middle.
- Deal one dice for each player and place them facing 1 in front of each player.
Gameplay
- Play advances clockwise.
- The player who is the most sensitive to seasonal changes is the starting player
- Each turn a player has to choose from two actions: Question or Challenge.
- Question: Player can ask either total number of cards of specific value (eg. 1 or 2) or total value of a specific season
- If player asks the second question, they must place one of their cards face-up in front of them. This does not apply on the first turn. This card will be included when answering another player's question.
- Challenge:If a player thinks they knows one of the cards face-down, they can guess it. In 3-player game, they need to guess both cards and their values.
- After guessing, they secretly peek at the cards. If correct, they show the cards and record their score (what the dice next to card(s) is showing) with their dice in front of them. If player reaches 6 points, they win.
- If incorrect, they reduce the number in the die next to the cards by one. Other players continue playing the game.
- If all but one player has guessed wrong, the last player gets 1 point.
Rainy Season card
- Rainy Season card has no value and is not counted towards any season.
- If player with this card gains points (by guessing or being last player), they gain an extra point.