Official Circus Flohcati Rules
How To Play Circus Flohcati
3 - 5
Players
7+
Ages
30 MIN
Play Time
$12
Price
In *, the players collect acts from the flea circus in order to score points. There are ten different types, or colors, of acts in the game; these are valued from 0 to 7 points each. You need to strategically decide which ones to collect to have the highest valued acts at the end of the game to get the most points.
On your turn, you basically have two choices. You can either take one of the face-up cards from the table and add it to your hand or flip the top card off the deck to add to the display. If you reveal an action card, you must perform the action on it-usually something like stealing a card from an opponent-before your turn ends. If you flip a card matching the color of any of the face-up cards, you must discard and your turn ends with no reward. Otherwise, pick up one face-up card or flip a new card from the deck.
As for the trio in your hand-three cards of one value-you might show a trio on your turn by putting three cards on the table to constitute an automatic score of 10 points. It ends either at the revelation that one player had all ten acts in hand from the start, or it concludes when the deck is fully run through. Scoring is based on the highest-valued act of each color, so it’s important to either avoid collecting duplicate colors or get rid of them in trios for maximum points.
At the end of the game, if you’ve managed to collect all ten acts, you’ll earn a 10-point "gala show" bonus. The player with the highest total score, factoring in their collected acts and bonuses, wins the game.
On your turn, you basically have two choices. You can either take one of the face-up cards from the table and add it to your hand or flip the top card off the deck to add to the display. If you reveal an action card, you must perform the action on it-usually something like stealing a card from an opponent-before your turn ends. If you flip a card matching the color of any of the face-up cards, you must discard and your turn ends with no reward. Otherwise, pick up one face-up card or flip a new card from the deck.
As for the trio in your hand-three cards of one value-you might show a trio on your turn by putting three cards on the table to constitute an automatic score of 10 points. It ends either at the revelation that one player had all ten acts in hand from the start, or it concludes when the deck is fully run through. Scoring is based on the highest-valued act of each color, so it’s important to either avoid collecting duplicate colors or get rid of them in trios for maximum points.
At the end of the game, if you’ve managed to collect all ten acts, you’ll earn a 10-point "gala show" bonus. The player with the highest total score, factoring in their collected acts and bonuses, wins the game.
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