ipso
In Ipso, players build a pyramid of number cards and try to form rows of ascending numbers to score the most points. On your turn, take one of the two face-up cards in the center and use it to replace a face-down card in your pyramid, then place the replaced card face up in the center. When all pyramids are revealed, you can either keep your Star card for 3 bonus points or discard it to draw one last card and improve your pyramid. You score only for ascending rows: mixed colors give 1 point per card, single-color rows give 2 points per card, plus 1 point per star and 3 extra if you kept your Star card. The player with the highest total wins.
LB_NUMBER_OF_PLAYERS: 2 - 6
Game duration: 6 mn
Complexity: 1 / 5
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Rules summary
IPSO
There are 96 cards, divided as follows:
90 cards numbered 1 to 90
18 green cards
18 magenta cards
18 blue cards
18 yellow cards
18 orange cards
and 6 Star cards
Goal of the game:
Build rows of ascending numbers to score the most points possible.
Choose one of the two cards available and place on your pyramid.
A row must be in ascending order to score. Not the entire pyramid, but each row separately.
Scoring
- For each row that is in ascending order;
- Rows of the same colour score 2points for each card
- Rows with more than one colour score 1 point for each card
- Count the number of stars on the cards
At the end
- The pinnacle star may be scored at 3 points
- Or you can choose to discard your star and take the first card from the drawpile and replace a card already placed. This may useful when only one card is non-ascendant
- If you don't choose to use the new card, discard it and forfeit your star
- If the row is now compliant, score as usual