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AsmodeeKei Kajino (梶野 桂)2025
- players
- 2–5
- minutes
- 15
- years
- 8+
In the box
40 double-value cards · 5 player aids · 16 Letter tokens
Box details
- Designer
- Kei Kajino (梶野 桂)
- Artwork
- Gilles-Romain Fonteny, Shohei Asaoka (浅岡昇平)
- Publisher
- Asmodee
- Mechanics
- Hand ManagementLadder Climbing
Where to buy it
Near you and online
In a shop
Within 50 km.
Online
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The basics
Round after round, empty your hand before the others to win Letter tokens, and be the first to collect D, N, U and P. On your turn, play a set of cards of the same value, which only beats a set of the same size if its value is strictly higher; each card has two values, and cards taken back from the table return to your hand upside down. The first to empty their hand receives 2 tokens, the second 1, and the first to 4 tokens wins.
The rules, step by step
Setup
Double-value cards, Starred 1/5 starts
- The box contains 40 double-value cards, 5 player aids and 16 Letter tokens.
- The number of cards used depends on the number of players (see the rulebook).
- The player with the starred 1/5 card starts the round, without having to play it first.
How to play
Set of the same value, Same size, higher
- Each card has two values, depending on which way up you hold it.
- On your turn, play a set of cards of the same value: single, pair, three of a kind…
- A set only beats a set of the same size already in play if its value is strictly higher.
- Cards taken back from the table return to your hand turned upside down: their value changes.
- There is no hand limit.
Scoring
1st to empty: 2 tokens, 2nd: 1 token
- The first to empty their hand receives 2 Letter tokens.
- The second receives 1.
- The others receive nothing.
End of the game
First to 4 tokens
- The first to collect 4 Letter tokens wins.
- If two players reach 4 in the same round, the one who has just received two wins.
House rules and pitfalls
In Marquoir, enter 2, 1 or 0 for each player every round.
- In Marquoir, enter 2, 1 or 0 for each player every round.
- The details of the actions available on your turn are in the game's rulebook.
Going further
Rules on video · In the same family
Rules on video
Videos in French, hosted on YouTube.