5211

Let me tell you about this game called 5211. It’s all about majority rules. When you play, you start with a deck of five cards. On the first turn, you play two cards face down. And then on the next two turns, you also play two cards face down. Exciting, right?

The trick is, you want to have the majority of cards of the same color to win points. But be careful! If you go over the limit, those points don’t count. It’s like a delicate balancing act. Playing strategically is the key to victory.

Here’s how it goes: you keep playing rounds until there are no more cards left in the draw pile. At the end, the player with the most points is declared the winner. Perfect for those who love a bit of friendly competition!

SETUP

Now, let’s talk about setting up the game. It’s pretty simple, really. First, you need to shuffle all the cards. But depending on how many players there are, you might need to remove some cards. Let me break it down:

• If there are two players, take out ten cards.
• If there are three players, take out thirteen cards.
• If there are four players, you don’t need to remove any cards.
• If there are five players, take out fifteen cards.

Once you’ve done that, you’re ready to start playing! Get those cards on the table and let the game begin.

So here’s how the game gets started: each of us gets 5 cards. We keep them facing down. The rest of the cards go in the middle of the table, face down too. That’s our draw pile. Now we’re all set to begin.

Ready to Play

Now let’s talk about how we actually play the game. It’s made up of a bunch of rounds. In each round, we all play four cards. But here’s the thing: we play two cards during our first turn, and then one card during each of our next two turns. Simple enough, right? After each turn, we’ll refill our hands so that we always have five cards to work with. And that’s how the game goes.

Alright, here’s how the game goes. First, we each pick two cards and place them face down. When we’re all set, we flip the cards over together. Then, we draw two more cards. For the next two turns, we only pick one card each and keep it face down. After that, we reveal all our cards and draw one more. At the end of the three turns, we should have four cards face up.

Now, it’s time to score. We start by counting how many Kododo cards we played. If we played the same number as the total number of players plus two, then only the Kododo cards count. The other cards get tossed, and we start a new round right away.

If you don’t play the right number of Kododo cards, we have a way to determine which color was played the most. Let’s count how many cards of each color were played during the round. You will gather the cards that match the most popular color in front of you. These cards will go into your score pile. The rest of the cards will be thrown away, and we can start a new round.

If the most popular color has more cards than the limit, which is the number of players plus three, then all those cards will be discarded. We’ll move on to the next most popular color. We keep playing like this until we use up all the cards in the draw pile.

END OF GAME

When we run out of cards in the draw pile, we’ll have a final round. You’ll use the five cards you have and won’t get any more. Add up the values of the cards in your score pile. The player with the most points wins!