How to play:
A PDF form of rules can be found
HERE or if you like to have someone talk to you, a video can be found
HERE
How this specific challenge will work:
The goal of the game is to have the most points after two rounds. Each player will start the round with 8 cards in their hand. You will be playing cards in front of you in ascending order.
Investment Cards
will let you double, triple, or quadruple your earnings. But beware, starting an expedition costs points and may end up costing you more than you earn!
On your Turn:
Each player starts with 8 cards in hand. On your turn you will PLAY a card and DRAW a card in that order.
You can play a card in two ways:
-Lay it down on an expedition (it must be higher than any other previously played expedition cards of that color. Investment Cards can only be played if there are no other non-Investment expedition cards previously played there)
-Discard it on the matching discard pile
Laying a card on an expedition:
Laying a card must be done in ascending order but do not need to be consecutive (so if I have a yellow 4 down I can play any other yellow that is higher than a yellow 4, but not the yellow 3 or 2 or any yellow investment cards)
Drawing a Card:
After you play a card you must draw another one. This can be from the main deck OR from any discard pile you did not discard a card to this turn (so you cannot pick up the card you just discarded)
Investment Cards:
Investment cards must be laid before an expedition is started. They will double, triple, or quadruple your earnings depending on if you have 1/2/3 Investment cards played down.
End of Game and Scoring:
A round will end when a player draws the last card of the deck.
Each expedition with at least 1 card costs 20 points. This cost is subtracted from the total value of cards on that expedition. The total is then multiplied by the investment cards on the expedition.
If the expedition has at least 8 cards on it, a bonus of 20 points (not multiplied) is awarded.
SCORES CAN BE NEGATIVE SO BE CAREFUL WHEN DECIDING TO START AN EXPEDITION!!!
Example:
A player plays 2 Yellow Investment cards, followed by a yellow 5,9,10. The total value of the cards is 24. The expedition costs 20 so that leaves them with 4. You then multiply by the investment cards (which since there are 2, the score is tripled) leaving the player with 12 points for the yellow expedition.
A player plays 1 Pink Investment card but no other cards. The total value of the cards is 0. The expedition costs 20 so that leaves them with -20 points. You then multiply by 2 because there was 1 investment card. Their score for the Pink expedition is -40 points.
A player plays no cards for a green expedition. They do not lose any points or gain any points.
Deck content:
In each color there are:
ONE card for each value between 2-10
THREE Investment cards
After 2 Rounds
the game will end. The player who has the lower score will be eliminated from the game.
Random, since you are the challenger you will decide the starting player for the first round. The other player will start the 2nd round.