Parade
Included in
Cards & Tokens
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2-6 players
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A-10 + K in 6 suits (A = 1, K = 0)
Setup
- Shuffle the cards, deal 5 to each player face down.
- Place 6 cards face up in a row in the middle to start the parade.
- Place remaining cards as a drawing deck next to the parade.
Gameplay
- During their turn, player plays one card to the end of the parade.
- They then calculate the number of cards from the end (not including the newest card) equal to the numeric value of the card played. These cards are safe.
- Of all the remaining cards, player picks up all the cards with a numeric value equal or smaller than the played card and all cards that share a suit.
- All picked up cards are placed face up in front of the player.
- The cards in parade shift to close any gaps.
- Player fills their hand to 5.
End of game
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The game ends when either
- the last card is drawn from the deck
- one player collects at least 1 card in each suit
- After the game end triggers, each player takes one more turn.
- Each player then simulaneously chooses 2 of the 4 cards in their hand to add to their collection (face down) and discards the other two.
- These cards are then revealed and added to the collection.
Scoring
- Score each color at a time.
- Determine which player has most cards of that color.
- That player (or players in case of a tie) flip over all cards of that color.
- After all suits are gone through, each player calculates final score.
- Final score is the sum of the values of face up cards + 1 point for each face down card.
- Player with the lowest points win.