Official Gracias Rules
How To Play Gracias
3 - 6
Players
9+
Ages
30 MIN
Play Time
$12
Price
To set up the game, one player takes both Start Player cards and then each player is dealt two cards face-up. Then, for each player, take one card face-down and two face-up to form a triplet. The number of triplets should be equal to the number of players.
Beginning with the player possessing the Start Player card, each player chooses one triplet. The player looks at the faced-down card and returns it face-down in front of them. Then, the player takes one of the face-up cards and keeps it face-up in front of them. The remaining face-up card goes to another player of their choice and he must keep it face-up and say "Gracias". The face-up cards are arranged by color but the number needs to be visible.
When the last player has taken a triplet, the small Start Player card is passed to the player on the left. Then there are four hands; in each the players take triplets in the above described manner and then pass the cards. At the end of the fourth hand, there is a scoring.
At score, all the players show all four of their face-down cards. If any player has five or more cards in the same color, he must make a face-down stack of five of these colors. The players who have the most face-up cards in any of the six colors have to discard them. The rest of the face-up cards and each of the face-down stacks count as one point each. After scoring, pass both Start Player cards to the player to the left of the holder of the large Start Player card, shuffle all the cards, and play again.
One game consists of three rounds. After the third round, whoever has the highest total score wins. If any player is tied for the highest score, the winner is the one with the highest score in one round.
Beginning with the player possessing the Start Player card, each player chooses one triplet. The player looks at the faced-down card and returns it face-down in front of them. Then, the player takes one of the face-up cards and keeps it face-up in front of them. The remaining face-up card goes to another player of their choice and he must keep it face-up and say "Gracias". The face-up cards are arranged by color but the number needs to be visible.
When the last player has taken a triplet, the small Start Player card is passed to the player on the left. Then there are four hands; in each the players take triplets in the above described manner and then pass the cards. At the end of the fourth hand, there is a scoring.
At score, all the players show all four of their face-down cards. If any player has five or more cards in the same color, he must make a face-down stack of five of these colors. The players who have the most face-up cards in any of the six colors have to discard them. The rest of the face-up cards and each of the face-down stacks count as one point each. After scoring, pass both Start Player cards to the player to the left of the holder of the large Start Player card, shuffle all the cards, and play again.
One game consists of three rounds. After the third round, whoever has the highest total score wins. If any player is tied for the highest score, the winner is the one with the highest score in one round.
- See The Gracias Game Rules And Instructions
See the Gracias game rules and instructions.
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