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ComBine cards for stars

Lay out rows of one color on the board, made up from cards in hand and cards already on the board. There are 72 number cards in four colors as well as five jokers, nine number jokers and 12 cards Draw +3. All cards but the five Jokers are shuffled and stacked face down; then five cards are placed on the respective color + number position on the board; special cards drawn for this are discarded openly.

Then all players are dealt five cards and take turns for one action out of four options, options 2, 3 and 4 can only be selected if you earn minimum one small star or one big star with them.

1. Play a number card from hand on a free slot on the board and draw two cards; if the slot is taken, you discard the card - albeit never a number joker - and take one of the jokers on display; if there are none available, you draw a face-down card from stack. Or you draw three cards from the stack if you played a Draw +3 card. 2. Form a row of 4-8 cards of the same color and take 1 to 3 small stars for this, depending on the length of the row; then the cards in the row are discarded. 3. Play a four cards with the same number on each slot of that number on the board and take a small star; the cards are discarded. 4. Use cards of the same color from your hand, cards already on the board and, if necessary, small stars you own to form a row 1-9 and take a big star. Again, the cards involved are discarded, Joker cards are placed openly next to the board and - as always when cards were discarded - two are placed.

Nice and simple, quickly explained and needing the exactly right amount of tactics for an entertaining family game.

Players: 2-4

Age:8+

Time: 30+

Designer: Klaus-Jürgen Wrede

Artist: Stephanie Geßler

Price: ca. 20 Euro

Publisher: Noris Spiele 2018

Web: www.noris-spiele.de

Genre: Combine, collect, cards

Users: For families

Version: multi

Rules: de en fr it

In-game text: no

Comments:

Simple rules

Attractive, abstract design

Good family game

Compares to:

Rummy and other straight/group collecting games

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 1

Tactic (turquoise): 2

Strategy (blue): 1

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 2

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0