aquarius
The groovy card game that's kind of like dominoes (only better!) Aquarius features three types of cards: Elements, Goals, and Actions. Element cards are played kind of like dominoes, with each player trying to win by connecting seven panels of one particular element. Goal cards determine which element each player is going after, and Action cards allow players to shake up the action in five different ways. The game is fast, fun, colorful, and easy to learn.
LB_NUMBER_OF_PLAYERS: 2 - 5
Game duration: 8 mn
Complexity: 1 / 5
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Rules summary
Setup
Each player gets a different secret Goal (Air, Earth, Fire, Space, Water), along with 3 cards as their initial hand.
The remaining Goals are placed as invisible players.
The centre starts with a non-Action card.
Gameplay
On a player's turn, they must draw a card, then play a card.
If the played card is an Element card, place it such that at least a portion of one edge matches an Element of a neighbor card's edge.
Cards may not be placed perpendicular to one another, skewed, or misaligned.
If the Element card played cause 2/3/4 different Elements to form connections at the same time, draw 1/2/3 extra card(s).
If the played card is an Action card, discard it and activate its function.
End of Game
At any time, if a chain of seven connected panels of a (visible) player's Goal's Element is in place, that player wins.
Special Cards
Action Cards
- Trade Goals: Swap your Goal with another player's (including invisible players).
- Shuffle Goals: Shuffle all Goals and redeal them.
- Trade Hands: Swap your hand with another player's.
- Shuffle Hands: Shuffle all cards in players' hands and deal them back evenly, starting with yourself.
- Zap a Card: Select an Element card on the table and add it to your hand.
- Move a Card: Select an Element card on the table and move it to a new legal position. The card can be rotated.
Zap a Card or Move a Card can be used to create isolated cards.
Wild Cards
When played as an Element card, Wild cards are all Elements at the same time.
However, you cannot draw extra cards when playing a Wild card as an Element card.
Wild cards can also be played as any Action card.