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PILOTTA

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  PILOTTA OBJECTIVE OF PILOTTA:  The objective of Pilotta is to be the first team with 351 points.   NUMBER OF PLAYERS:  4 players  MATERIALS:  A modified 52-card deck, a way to keep score, and a flat surface.  TYPE OF GAME :  Trick-Taking Card Game  AUDIENCE:  Adults  OVERVIEW OF PILOTTA   Pilotta is a trick-taking card game for 4 players. The goal is for your team to reach 351 points before your opponents.   Pilotta is a partnership game. There will be two teams of 2 with partners sitting opposite each other.   SETUP   First, the deck is modified. All cards ranked 6 and lower are removed from the deck. This leaves a deck of 32 cards.   The dealer first dealer is chosen at random and passes to the left for each new deal. The dealer will shuffle the deck and deal each player 8 cards.   Card Ranking and Point Values   The ranking and point values dep...

PINOCHLE (DOMINOS)

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  PINOCHLE (DOMINOS) OBJECTIVE OF PINOCHLE:  The objective of Pinochle is to be the first player with 250 points.   NUMBER OF PLAYERS:  3 players  MATERIALS:  A double-6 domino set, chips for scoring, and a flat surface.  TYPE OF GAME :  Trick-Taking Domino Game  AUDIENCE:  Adults  OVERVIEW OF PINOCHLE   Pinochle is a trick-taking domino game for 3 players. The goal is for you to reach 250 points before your opponents.   SETUP   The dealer first dealer is chosen at random and passes to the left for each new deal. The dealer will shuffle the tiles and deals each player 9 dominoes 3 at a time. There will be 1 tile left, this is the widow.   Tile Rankings and Melds   The tiles’ rank changes slightly depending on if you are in the melding or trick-taking phase of the game. For the melding phase, the doubles of each suit are either separated into their own suit or ranked within their suit in numeri...

CAPER

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  CAPER OBJECTIVE OF CAPER:  The objective of Caper is to be the player with the most points when the game comes to an end.   NUMBER OF PLAYERS:  2 to 4 Players  MATERIALS:  3 Location Maps, 1 Caper Catalogue, 10 Coins, 4 Wooden Cubes, 5 Reference Cards, 48 Gear Cards, 24 Thief Cards, 23 Location Cards, 1 Score Board, 1 Round Tracker, and Instructions  TYPE OF GAME :  Drafting Card Game  AUDIENCE:  Ages 13 and Up  OVERVIEW OF CAPER   Caper is a game in which players will act as leaders that hire thieves, equipping them with gear, and stealing from various popular locations around Europe. Players may choose different cities to compete in, changing the game each time they play. Over the course of six rounds, players will see who can steal the most treasures.   SETUP   Players will begin setup by choose between Paris, Rome, or London as the playing area. The cards that match the chosen ...

CALIMALA

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  CALIMALA OBJECTIVE OF CALIMALA:  The objective of Calimala is to score more points than any other player.  NUMBER OF PLAYERS:  3 to 5 Players  MATERIALS:  1 Game Board, 8 Action Tiles, 55 Playing Cards, 15 Scoring Tiles, 5 Player Mats, 65 Wooden Discs, 200 Wooden Cubes, 15 Ships, 15 Houses, 10 Workshop Tiles, 1 Active Player Token, 10 White Discs, 5 Victory Point Tiles, and 2 Rulebooks  TYPE OF GAME :  Area Control Board Game  AUDIENCE:  Ages 10 and Up  OVERVIEW OF CALIMALA   During Calimala, players become merchants of cloth throughout medieval Florence. They will collect employees, assigning them to varying places throughout the city, ensuring that they stay there for as long as necessary. While their employees are working, the merchants will produce and deliver cloth throughout the city, aiding in the decoration and construction of many buildings in the city. The winner will have accumulated more p...

UNTANGLE

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  UNTANGLE OBJECTIVE OF UNTANGLE:  The first player to complete two of their pattern cards wins  NUMBER OF PLAYERS:  2 – 6 players  CONTENTS:  7 bulbs from each color, 6 bubble bulbs, 5 broken bulbs, 18 pattern cards  TYPE OF GAME:  Set Collection Card Game  AUDIENCE:  Ages 6+  INTRODUCTION OF UNTANGLE   Untangle is one of the eleven bonus games that come with Christmas Lights Card Game.  It uses some of the contents from the original game, but the game is unique.  In Untangle, players are trying to sort the bulbs in the knot in order to match their pattern cards.  On each turn, players will get to perform one action with the hope of arranging the bulbs to their advantage.  If the player creates an arrangement that matches their pattern card, they score!  The first player to match two mattern cards wins.  SETUP   Shuffle the pattern cards and deal three to each player.  Opponent...

CACAO

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  CACAO OBJECTIVE OF CACAO:  The objective of Cacao is for the player to lead their people to prosperity and glory by earning the most gold and winning the game.   NUMBER OF PLAYERS:  2 to 4 Players   MATERIALS:   1 Overview Sheet, 1 Rulebook, 48 Golden Coins, 12 Sun Tokens, 20 Cacao Fruits, 5 Temples, 2 Sun Worshippers, 3 Waters, 3 Gold Mines, 7 Markets, 8 Plantations, 28 Jungle Tiles, 4 Village Boards, 4 Water Carriers, and 44 Worker Tiles  TYPE OF GAME:  Tile-placement Board Game  AUDIENCE:  Ages 8 and Up  OVERVIEW OF CACAO   In Cacao, players are quickly immersed into the world of the “fruit of the Gods”. Each player will act as a chief of their tribe, leading their people to prosperity by cultivating and trading of cacao. Players will attempt to place their workers in the right spot to make the most of their efforts. Will they succeed in collecting the most cocoa and earning the most gold?  SE...

CAIRN

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  CAIRN OBJECTIVE OF CAIRN:  The objective of Cairn is to win the game by building three megaliths before the other player while ensuring that you are able to make an action move during every turn.   NUMBER OF PLAYERS:  2 Players   MATERIALS:  1 Gameboard, 5 Forest Shamans, 5 Sea Shamans, 3 Action Tiles, 1 Transformation Tile, 14 Megalith Tiles, 2 Score Tokens, and Instructions  TYPE OF GAME :  Tile-placement Board Game  AUDIENCE:  Ages 10 and Up  OVERVIEW OF CAIRN   Each player acts as a tribe leader who is attempting to overpower the opposing tribe. Shamans from each tribe will allow their inhabitants, those of the forest or of the sea, to inhabit their bodies. They will build megaliths in order to expand their power and dominate over the rival tribe. Who is stronger, the land or the sea?  SETUP   To begin setup, each player will choose a tribe, collecting the five shamans and victory tokens...