PAGODAS

INTRODUCTION
Card game for 2-4 Players. 
Unique Deck. 

GAME END
The game ends when there are no cards left in the Deck and 
No players have any Pagodas left to play. 

WINNING
The player with the most points at the end of the game is the winner. 

THE DECK
There are 60 Basic cards in the Deck. 
There are 5 Suites. 
Each Suite has 12 Cards numbered 1 to 12. 
Each card represents a Floor of a Pagoda. 
Higher numbers indicate a lower (and wider) floor. 
The 5 Suites are: Red, Blue, White, Black, and Green. 
The Deck also contains 4 Special Cards. 

SETUP
Shuffle the Deck. 
Deal each player 6 random cards. 

TURN SEQUENCE
Players take turns. 
On your turn draw 1 card from the Deck or the top of the Discard. 
The Deck is Facedown. The Discard is Faceup. 
You may play a Pagoda (See Pagoda Rules).
All Pagodas you play are kept face up in front of you on the table.  
At the end of your turn discard cards from your hand in excess of 6. 

PAGODA RULES
A Pagoda must be composed of 3, 4, or 5 cards. 
A Pagoda must have all cards the same color or all different colors. 
Exception: You can do 2 colors only if the colors are on alternating floors. 
The number sequence of the cards must show one of the 
Following Repeating Patterns: 
1. Sequential (1,2,3 or 5,6,7,8 or 8,9,10,11,12 and so on)
2. Twofold (2,4,6 or 1,3,5,7 or 4,6,8,10,12 and so on)
3. Threefold (1,4,7 or 2,5,8,11 or 3,6,9,12 and so on)
4. Fourfold (1,5,9 or 2,6,10 or 3,7,11 or 4,8,12) 

SCORING
Size 3 Pagodas score 1 Point
Size 4 Pagodas score 2 Points
Size 5 Pagodas score 3 Points

SPECIAL CARDS
Emperor Card: Discard to discard your hand and draw 6 new cards. 
Dragon Card: Discard to look at an opponent's hand and steal 1 card. 
Architect Card: Discard to change the Numerical value of a card you play.  
Artisan Card: Discard to change the Color of a card you play. 


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