Flip 7

1.Setup

• The deck has 94 cards: 79 Number cards, 6 Modifier cards and 9 Action cards.
• Number cards: a single 0, a single 1, two 2s, three 3s… and so on up to twelve 12s. The higher the number, the more common it is.
• Modifier cards: x2, +2, +4, +6, +8 and +10, one of each.
• Action cards: Freeze, Flip Three and Second Chance, three of each.
• Shuffle the deck and draw lots for the first round's Dealer.
• The game plays 3 to 18 players; beyond that, add a second deck.

2.How to play

• Starting on their left and ending with themselves, the Dealer asks each player still in: stay or hit?
• Stay: the player leaves the round, turns their cards face down and will keep their points for the end of the round.
• Hit: the Dealer gives them one card face up.
• A number you do not have yet: you stay in the round. Line up your Numbers in front of you to keep track.
• A number you already have: you bust. The round ends for that player, who scores nothing and turns their cards over.
• A Modifier card goes above your Numbers: it never makes you bust, but it does not count as a Number.
• An Action card applies immediately (see the notes).
• The round ends when all players are out (stayed or busted), or as soon as a player makes a Flip 7: seven different Numbers in front of them.
• The round's cards are set aside without being reshuffled; the deck passes to the player on the left, who becomes Dealer.
• When the deck runs out, shuffle the set-aside cards to make a new one; cards in front of players during the current round stay in place.

3.Scoring

• Only players who did not bust score points.
• First add up the value of your Number cards (the 0 is worth nothing).
• With the x2 card, double that Number total.
• Then add the +2, +4, +6, +8 and +10 Modifier cards.
• Finally, a Flip 7 scores 15 more points.
• The x2 doubles neither the Modifiers nor the 15 points of the Flip 7.
• Example: 3, 5, 7, 10 and 11 make 36; with the x2, 72; with a +10 instead of the x2, 46.

4.End of the game

• At the end of a round, if at least one player has 200 points or more, the game ends and the best total wins.
• There is only one winner: if players are tied in the lead, play one more round to break the tie.

House rules and pitfalls

• Freeze: target a player still in the round, who leaves it at once, keeping their points. If you are the only one still in, you target yourself.
• Flip Three: target a player still in the round (yourself included, and necessarily if you are alone); they receive the next three cards. Dealing stops if they bust or make a Flip 7. An Action card drawn during those three cards counts among them, but only applies once the three cards have been dealt or the player has busted — and in that case, it is they who choose another player still in.
• Second Chance: keep it in front of you. If a duplicate number comes later in the round, discard that number and the Second Chance, and stay in.
• You can only hold one Second Chance at a time: a second one is given to another player still in who does not have one; if nobody can take it, it is discarded.
• All Second Chances are discarded at the end of the round, even if unused.
• In Marquoir, enter each player's total every round: 0 for anyone who busted.

Variants

chosen when starting, the scorer follows

Frequently asked questions

The box

Released

2024

Age

Ages 8+

Designer

Eric Olsen

Artwork

O'Neil Mabile

Publisher

The Op Games

Mechanics

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Contents

• 94 cartes

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