Board game · 2021

ツクルテン (Total Ten)

In Tsukuruten, you score points in a round if you can add up the eight cards in front of you to sum to 10. This challenge is complicated by the deck containing eight cards each of numbers 1-7, with half the cards being red and half blue — which means almost every set of eight cards will sum to more than 10! The trick is that certain combinations of cards are worth less than their face value: Three cards of the same color and number = 0 Three red cards in sequence are worth only the highest number in the sequence, so a red 345 = 5. Three blue cards in sequence are worth only the lowest number in the sequence, so a blue 345 = 3. Each player starts with a hand of eight cards. On a turn, draw a card from the deck, then (if you don't have a sum of 10) discard a card in a row in front of you; alternatively, you can pick up the discarded card of the player before you, add two cards from your hand to this card, play it beside you as a special sequence (a