COLORETTO PREPARATION PLAYING THE GAME

a game by Michael Schacht - Place one row card for each player in the game in the middle On a players turn, he must do one of the two following
for 3 to 5 players aged 8 and up. of the table. actions:
Place the unused row cards back in the box. They will not be
OVERVIEW A. draw and place a card or
used in the game.
B. take a card row
The players draw cards from a card supply in the middle of - Each player takes one summary card. Place the rest in the box.
the table.During the game, the players try to specialize in a Then the player's left neighbor takes a turn.
- With 3 players, remove the cards of one color from the game.
few colors, as at the end of the game, a player can score plus
- Each player takes one card of another color and places it on When each player has taken a card row, the round ends and
points for only 3 colors; the rest score minus points. The more
the table in his play area. a new round begins.
cards a player has of a color, the more points he scores.
The player with the most points wins. - Remove the "last round" card from the deck and set it aside
CONTENTS for now. A. draw and place a card
63 color cards (9 cards each in 7 colors), 10 "+2" cards, - Shuffle the remaining cards face down and place them as a The player draws the top-most card from the supply and
1 "last round" card, 3 jokers, 5 row cards, supply face down in the middle of the table.
places it face up next to any of the row cards.
5 summary cards, and 13 blank cards. - Now deal 15 cards from the
supply face down in a stack. Players may place at most 3 cards next to a row card.
Place the "last round" card When there are 3 cards next a row card, a player may not
on top of this stack of 15 place another card next to the row card.
cards. Then, place the rest of When all row cards have 3 cards next to them, a player
the card supply on top of may not choose this action. The player must then take a
this. card row.
- The players choose a starting
color +2 last round joker row summary player by lot.
B. take a card row GAME END AND SCORING Each player chooses which 3 of his colors score plus points.
The player takes any of the row cards and all the cards next When the "last round" card is drawn, this indicates this is All other colors score minus points for the player.
to it and places them face up in his play area. The player then the last round. Place the card to the side to remind all
sorts the cards by color. Each "+2" cards scores 2 plus points.
players. Then the player draws the next card.
If a player has taken a joker, he sets it aside for now. Andreas has 1 Joker, 1 "+2" card, 6 green cards, 4 yellow
At the end of the round, the players decide which color
He must decide which color to place it with at the end of the cards, 3 red cards, and 2 blue cards. As he already score the
their jokers ar (each may be different).
game, but not sooner. most he can for his 6 green cards, he places his joker with
Each player counts the cards he has in each color. The table
A player may only take a row card if it has at least one card his yellow cards.
below shows the number of plus or minus points a player
next to it. Andreas scores 2 ("+2") + 21 (green) + 15 (yellow)
scores for the number of cards in each color.
+ 6 (red) - 3 (blue) = 41 points.
After a player has taken a card row in a round, he takes no A player score no extra points for more than 6 cards in a color.
more turns in this round, but plays again in the next round. The player with the most points after four games is the winner!

When a player has taken a card row, he has a row card in his cards points
play area, so that all can see that he can take no more turns 1 1 The blank cards are not used with this game, but may be
in this round. 2 3 used in other games like Knights.

End of a round 3 6
4 10
When every player has take a card row, the round ends.
5 15
Graphics: Michael Schacht
Place the row cards back in the middle of the table and begin 6 21 © 2002 ABACUSSPIELE Verlags GmbH & Co. KG, 63303 Dreieich
the next round with the player who took the last card row in All Rights Reserved.
the round just ended. each "+2" +2 Made in Germany