Card games
SCOUT
Oink GamesKei Kajino2019
- players
- 2–5
- minutes
- 20
- years
- 9+
In the box
45 two-value cards · Scout tokens · Scout & Show tokens · Point tokens
Box details
- Designer
- Kei Kajino
- Publisher
- Oink Games
- Mechanics
- Ladder ClimbingHand ManagementMelding
Where to buy it
Near you and online
In a shop
Within 50 km.
Online
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The basics
Get rid of your cards by beating the set in the middle, with a hand you are never allowed to rearrange. On your turn, either Show, playing adjacent cards from your hand that beat the set in the middle, which you win, or Scout, taking a card from either end of that set and inserting it into your hand. The round ends when a player empties their hand; after as many rounds as there are players, the highest total wins.
The rules, step by step
Setup
Deal the cards, Hand can flip once, 1 Scout & Show token
- Each card shows two numbers, one at the top, one at the bottom.
- Deal the cards. Without rearranging them, each player may turn their whole hand upside down, once, before play begins.
- Each player receives a "Scout & Show" token.
How to play
Show: beat the middle, Scout: take 1 card, Scout & Show: once
- On your turn, choose one action.
- Show: play adjacent cards from your hand that beat the set in the middle. You then win the beaten cards, face down.
- Scout: take a card from either end of the set in the middle and insert it wherever you like in your hand, whichever way up you like. The owner of the set gains a Scout token.
- Scout & Show: once per round, using your token, Scout and then immediately Show.
- Strength: more cards beat fewer cards. With the same number of cards, a set of matching numbers beats a run of consecutive numbers, then the higher value wins.
Scoring
Card won: +1, Scout token: +1, Card in hand: −1
- +1 point per card won and per Scout token.
- −1 point per card left in hand, except for the player whose set was not beaten.
End of the game
1 round per player, Highest total
- The round ends when a player empties their hand, or when all the other players have scouted in a row and play comes back to the owner of the set.
- Play as many rounds as there are players; the highest total wins.
Going further
Frequently asked questions · In the same family
Frequently asked questions
Can you rearrange your hand?
No, never. Only a card taken by scouting can be inserted wherever you like.