Line-it

In Line-it, you build an ascending or descending line of numbered cards toscore points. Will you play safe and bank the points to start a new line, orwill you keep trying to add to the line to claim a jackpot?

The deck consists of cards in four colors numbered 1–100 and six “Bet”cards numbered 3–5. Shuffle the deck, then lay out cards in the market equalto two more than the number of players. Starting with the first player, eachplayer must pick a card, then either start a line/add it to their line or placeit in their hand. Your maximum hand size is two, and if you can't add the cardto your hand or to your line (because it would break the ascending/des­cendingpattern), you must score your line, then play that card to start a new line. Youcan add one Bet card to your line without regard for its ascending/des­cendingstatus or the value of your end card.

After drafting a card, you may choose to play one card from your hand intoyour line, then you may choose to score your line. When you score, if you have aBet card in the line, see whether you've added a number of cards to your lineafter the bet that at least equals the value of the Bet; if so, take a positivenumber token equal to the Bet card, and if not, flip that token to its negativeside instead. Next, discard three cards from the line, then flip all theremaining cards face down and place them in your scoring pile.

After everyone one has drafted (and optionally played and scored), discardunchosen Bet cards, then place unchosen number cards under the jackpot tokenthat matches their color: yellow under the star, green under the leaf, etc. Ifduring your turn, you add the third card of a color to your line, youimmediately claim the cards under the matching jackpot token and place them inyour scoring pile.

When you can't lay out enough cards, each player in turn plays one card fromtheir hand, then scores their line and tallies their points. You earn 1 pointfor each scored card, then gain/lose points from the Bet tokens you collected.Whoever has the highest score wins.

Features:

• 2–5 Players
• 20mins
• Ages 8+