COLORETTO - Anniversary edition
Game play in Coloretto is simple: Either draw a card to play
to a row, or take a row of cards to add them to your collection. A row can have
at most three cards, so at some point everyone is forced to take a row. Once
all the rows have been claimed, players start a new round, drawing or taking
once again.
What are you trying to do with these cards? Collect huge
sets - but only in three colors as every color beyond the third will cost you
points. Jokers are highly-prized as they always match what you want, and +2
cards provide sure points, giving you a back-up plan if everything goes south
in terms of the colors you're collecting.
Once only a few cards remain in the deck, the round ends and
everyone tallies their score, choosing three colors of cards to score
positively while any other colors count against you. Each color is scored using
a triangular number system: the first card in a color is ±1 point, the second
card is ±2 points, and so on. The player with the high score wins!
A two-player variant is included with some versions of
Coloretto, with the only change being that rows can have only 1-3 cards placed
in them, depending on the icons on the row cards.
Details
- Author: Michael Schacht
- Publisher and year of publication: ABACUSSPIELE [2003]
- Number of players: 2 - 5
- Playing time: 30 minut
- Recommended age by publisher: 8+
- Recommended age by players: 6+
- Language and instructions: Neodvisna od jezika / Nemška / Angleška pravila