This is a fantastic game for friends and family alike! The aim of the game is to score the most points by playing cards into the middle of the playing area while also getting rid of your "ligretto stack." Each player has a deck of 40 cards- 4 colors numbered 1-10. You shuffle your 40 cards and then lay out a given number based on the number of players face-up in front of you. You then remove another 10 cards from your deck- these ten become your ligretto pile and are set in a stack face-down next to your cards. the remaining cards in your deck become an extra deck you will use to score more points during the game.
Then the game starts- everyone begins trying to get rid of all their cards in play (plus as many of the cards in their extra deck) by placing them in the middle. However, cards can only be placed on top of cards of the same color and have to be placed in numerical order. So, ones can be placed instantly but twos through tens have to be placed in corresponding piles (red 2 on a red 1, green 3 on a green 2, blue 4 on a blue 3, etc.). Thus the challenge is trying to get rid of, say, your yellow 3 before another player places theirs in the yellow pile, forcing you to have to keep yours until a new yellow pile gets started. This can lead to some fun scrambles when 2 or more players are trying to get rid of the same card.
If you can't place any of your cards that are in play, you turn over three cards from your extra deck- if the top card is playable you can place it, and if the one under that is playable you can place it, and so on until the top card is not playable, at which point you turn over another three and repeat until you get an opportunity to play one of your face-up cards on the table. If you run through your entire extra deck and still have cards left in your ligretto pile you start your extra deck over again and continue going through it the same way. Whenever you place a card that's from your face-up cards, you replace it with one from your ligretto stack and continue to do so until all of your ligretto stack has been placed, at which point you can end the round by saying "ligretto stop."
When a round ends, all the placed cards are re-sorted into each player's deck (each player's cards have a different design/color on the back for sorting) and counted up. Every placed card is worth a point, and every card remaining in the ligretto pile takes away 2 points. The player with the most points is the winner! You can choose to play multiple rounds and keep adding the scores of each round together to determine a final champion or you can just play one-round games.
Because you get points for every card played, sometimes it is best to not end a round as soon as you get rid of your ligretto stack, especially if you run through your ligretto stack very quickly. You have to pay attention to how many cards you've placed vs how many cards others have placed and try to end the round when you feel like you've placed enough cards to win once everyone else has their ligretto stack penalty subtracted from their placed points. It becomes an engaging, tense game as you try to monitor other players, your row of cards, your extra deck, and all the piles in the center.
It sounds like a lot to keep track of but it's actually very easy to learn and pick up on! Rounds go very fast- usually someone ends the round within a few minutes, maybe 12 at most and depending on how many are playing. Each ligretto box supports 2-4 players, so you can have up to 12 players if you get all three boxes. I have two, the red and blue, and that is plenty for my needs. I will say the game gets more frantic and fun the more players you have- when I get 7-8 people together it becomes quite a blast with people playing cards left and right and scrambling to play their card before someone swoops in and places the card first. It's a ton of fun for everyone who's ever played with me and I highly recommend it for anyone who likes fast card games. Big hit at group parties!
This set, the blue box, has the blue triangle, purple hexagon, orange square, and green circle decks. The box itself is only 4x4x2.5 inches so it's super easy to take to parties and get-togethers. Grab a box of your choice and try it out!
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Great game, wrong cards in package
We LOVE this game but realized when playing with the red expansion pack that we had duplicate card packs. The BLUE pack should have yellow, orange, gray, light blue but our had red and dark blue which are duplicates from Red. We were missing Orange & Light blue from our blue box game. This enables us to only play with 6 players as opposed to the 8 when playing with 2 boxes.
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- Amazon CustomerReviewed in Australia on August 10, 2019
THE BEST GAME YOU CAN BUY
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AlexReviewed in Mexico on September 17, 2024
El mejor juego de cartas
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JulienReviewed in France on February 18, 2024
Ligretto - super jeu de carte
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Très belle découverte que ce jeu Ligretto.JulienLigretto - super jeu de carte
Reviewed in France on February 18, 2024
Jouable dès 2 joueurs, combiné avec les autres boîtes Ligretto (couleurs différentes), on peut monter a 12 joueurs.
le but est simple, il faut vider sa pile Ligretto le plus rapidement possible (10 cartes de notre paquet de carte)
Pour cela, on doit jeter nos cartes au milieu du plateau de jeu, en respectant la couleur de la carte et le chiffre de celle ci.
le plateau de jeu est identique pour tous les joueurs, chacun joue le plus vite possible.
Cela provoque des parties rythmées et rapides (de 1 a 5 minutes la manche).
Après 1 ou 2 parties pour du beurre, les règles sont vites assimilées par les plus jeunes. Nous y jouons en famille avec des enfants de 7 et 10 ans.
Un peu de chance et de rapidité sont de mise, même les plus jeunes ont autant de chance de gagner que les plus expérimentés.
De bonnes heures de bon temps en famille. Ce jeu de carte a été rapidement adopté par tout le famille. parfait pour les vacances.
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