GoTown
摩天大楼
Two cards that add up to 9 make a floor. First to five floors wins, if nobody steals or wrecks them first.
- 2–4 players
- about 20 min
- Learn it in a minute
- Cards
- Family
- Building
The goal
Be the first to finish a tower of five floors, or four for a short game.
How it plays
- 1Deal 5 cards each. Start your turn by drawing one (not if you already hold 8), then play as many cards as you like in any order. At the end of your turn draw back up to 3 if you have fewer.
- 2Build: play two floor cards that add up to 9 side by side in front of you as a floor; each new floor goes on top of the last. A question-mark card is wild and pairs with any floor card, but not with another question mark.
- 3Steal: play one floor card and take one card from the top floor of an opponent's tower; the two must add up to 9 and become a floor of yours at once, and the other card of their floor is discarded. A question mark can't be used to steal.
- 4A Dog placed beside one of your floors keeps it from being stolen or destroyed; a Bone removes a Dog. A Jack-hammer destroys an opponent's top floor unless a Dog guards it; the Wrecking Ball destroys it even then.
- 5A Thief takes one card unseen from an opponent's hand, and the Super-Thief one from each opponent. A Milkshake is put in front of an opponent, who can do nothing next turn but discard it, and doesn't draw. The Donut Food Truck makes every opponent skip a turn: you draw up to 3 and play again at once.
How you win
The moment someone completes a fifth floor (the fourth in a short game), they win.
First time?
- A Dog does most good on your top floor, which is the only one others can touch.
- At four floors everyone turns on you, so hold a Wrecking Ball or a Thief before you go for it.