Scout

Material

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45 cards with numbers

Each card has two values

Only the large number in the top left counts

The small number below shows the value on the other side

It is only active when the card is flipped

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Scout & Show Chips - Bonus turn

Each player gets one chip per round

If you use it, you must give it up

Then you are allowed to perform two actions

Take a card from the table

And additionally play cards from your hand

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Scout Chips - Round points

If someone takes one of your cards from the table, you get a Scout Chip

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Points

The stars are your total score

You collect them in each round

And in the final scoring, you count your stars

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Start player marker

Indicates who starts the round

The player with the 1/2 card in hand starts the first round

The marker is passed on after each round

Setup

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Removing cards

Remove cards depending on the number of players

3 players: Remove 9 cards that contain '10'

marked as a white symbol in the middle

2 or 4 players: only remove the 9/10 card

With 5 players keep all cards in play

2

Shuffling and dealing cards

Flip some cards while shuffling to evenly distribute the numbers

Deal cards as follows:

3 players: 12 cards per player

4 players: 11 cards per player

5 players: 9 cards per player

No one takes the cards into their hands until all cards are dealt

When you take the cards into your hand, you may flip them once

All cards must be flipped together

The order must not be changed

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Distributing chips

Each player receives a Scout & Show Chip (the car)

The chip allows you to take a card and immediately play cards once per round

The chip must then be given up

Find the start player - they get the start player marker

It is the player with the 1/2 card in hand

Goal

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Play sequences of cards from your hand

Outbid the cards on the table

and place the beaten cards with you to collect points

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You also collect points when someone takes one of your cards from the table

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Special feature: cards cannot be rearranged

You may not rearrange the cards in your hand

You may not flip them

Cards must lie next to each other in your hand

When playing, you may only play contiguous cards

For example, you cannot play two 9s if they are not next to each other

Try to get rid of the cards in between first

Points are counted as follows:

+1 point for each card you beat

+1 point for each Scout token

when someone took your card

-1 point for each remaining card in hand

The player who ends the round does not get negative points

Gameplay

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Preliminary information about the cards

Order and orientation of the cards:

The value in the top left of the cards counts

Cards may not be flipped or rearranged during the round

Once at the beginning of the round, you can flip all cards in your hand at once to use the other side

The cards on the table are called: active set

There is always only one active set

So a series of cards that has just been played

All players try to beat this set - with a set from their hand

Or they take a card from the active set

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On your turn, you have two options

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A: Play cards (Show)

This can be one or more cards

Important! They must be next to each other in your hand

You may not sort your cards

No cards on the table?

Then you can play any card

Make it difficult for your opponents by playing multiple cards at once

Cards on the table must be outbid

Which cards beat which?

Find the rules below

2 allowed sets of cards:

consecutive values (e.g., 3-4-5)

or the same values (e.g., 7-7-7)

Sequences can also be descending (e.g., 5-4-3)

But they must land on the table exactly as they are in your hand

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B: Take a card from the table (Scout)

Are there cards of another player on the table?

Then you can take one of them

It must be the far left or far right card

You cannot take cards in the middle

You can insert the card at any position in your hand

You can also flip the card

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Or do A and B in one turn (Scout & Show)

You can give up the car token

Then you may take a card from the table (Scout)

And then play cards (Show)

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End of the round

A round ends when:

1. A player has no cards left in their hand after playing cards

2. The owner of the active set is next in turn

so no player has beaten their cards

If it is your turn and your cards are still on the table

then you have won the round

and you get no negative points for cards in your hand

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Count your points and start the next round

Find out how to count below

Then the next round begins

The start player marker is passed on

Everyone gets their car - not a second one if they haven't used it

And the same number of cards as before is dealt

There is one round per player in total

Until everyone has had the marker once

Scoring

1

Count the points after each round

For each point, you get a star

The stars are counted after the last round

The player with the most stars wins

+1 point for each collected card

Points stack: The stack of cards you won by showing and outbidding sets

+1 point for each Scout Chip

-1 point for each remaining card in hand

The player who triggered the end of the round receives no negative points

2

Take stars equal to the collected points

For each Scout Chip, there is one star

And for each card in the points stack, there is one star

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End of the game

Number of rounds = number of players

When everyone has had the marker once, the game ends

Then the stars are counted

The player with the most star points after the last round wins

Infos

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Trick rules

1. More cards beat fewer cards

Two cards beat a single card

Three cards beat two cards and so on

2. Same values beat a sequence of numbers

1-1-1 beats 2-3-4

2-2 beats 8-9

3. Same cards with higher values beat cards with lower values

3-3 beats 2-2

9-9-9 beats 8-8-8

4. Sequence with higher values beats a sequence with lower values

2-3-4 beats 1-2-3

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Same numbers with examples

A higher number beats a lower number

Higher numbers beat lower numbers with the same number of cards

More cards always beat fewer cards

Three cards beat two cards, even if they have higher values

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Sequences of numbers with examples

More cards always beat fewer cards

A sequence with higher values beats a sequence with lower values

Same cards always beat sequences with the same number of cards