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DREIst

Three placed, two given away

To get rid of your number cards is the aim of the game! There are number cards of values 1 to 8 in four colors. A set of basic cards of values 1-8 is laid out in a row, these cards define columns for the number values in the display. All number cards are dealt evenly to all players and stacked face-down, you draw five cards for your hand.

The active player can add any number of cards to the display, normally at least one, into rows and columns under the basic cards. In rows you cannot have cards of different colors directly next to each other, they need to be separated by a gap. A single card can only be placed next to a card already in place. Cards placed in additional rows must be connected directly or indirectly to the basic cards.

If you form a Dreier in the display – three cards of the same value and different colors in a column or three cards of adjacent values, e.g.2-3-4, and all of the same color – you draw a card from your stack and and remove – in case of a Dreier in a column – this column from the display and also all cards that are no longer connected to the basic cards due to the removal of cards.

If you can place all cards in hand, you give away two cards from your stack to another player, who puts them on top of his draw pile without looking at them and then you draw five cards. If you get rid of your last card you win, regardless whether you give it away or put it into the display.

DREIst is a nice version of a standard mechanism, quickly explained and quickly played, offering more tactics than you suppose at first glance, a nice filler game for families.

Players: 1-4

Age: 8+

Time: 20+

Designer: Janet Kneisel

Artist: Martina Hillemann

Price: ca. 10 Euro

Publisher: Ravensburger 2016

Web: www.ravensburger.de

Genre: Card shedding

Users: For families

Special: 1 player

Version: de

Rules: de

In-game text: no

Comments:

Standard mechanism

Nicely varied

Good, easy rules

Nice family game

Compares to:

Card shedding games with a bonus for combinations

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 2

Tactic (turquoise): 3

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 2

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0