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Setting up1. Shufflethecardsanddealthem,face

down,toformtwoequaldrawpiles.

2. Placeonedrawpileinfrontofeachplayer.

3. Placethetopcardfromeachdrawpile,facedown,betweentheplayers.Thesecardsshouldbeplacednexttoeachothersotheyareaccessibletobothplayers.

4. Eachplayertakesthetopthreecardsfromhisorherdrawpiletoformahand.Playersmaylookatthecardsintheirhand.

Playing the Game1. Playerssimultaneouslyturnoverthe

cardsthattheyplacedinthecenterofthetable,andthegamebegins.

2. Withouttakingturns,playersracetoplaycardsfromtheirhand,faceup,oneitherofthecenterpiles.Toplayacard,itmustmatchatleastonecharacteristic(color, shape, or count)ofthecardonwhichitisplayed.

3. Ascardsareplayed,playersrefilltheirhandbytakingcardsfromtheirowndrawpile.Playersmayhaveuptothreecardsintheirhandatanytime.

4. Thegamecontinuesuntiloneoftheplayersiscompletelyoutofcardsfromhisorherhandanddrawpile.

BLINK® Game Designer: Reinhard Staupe

For example, a card with four yellow stars could be played on any card with yellow symbols (color), or on a card with any number of stars (shape), or on a card with four symbols of any kind (count).

What’s in the Box• 60SymbolCards• TravelTin• QuickPlayRules

The ObjectBethefirstplayeroutofcards.

2 Players Ages 7 and Up

Draw Pile

Draw Pile Hand

Hand

CenTer PILeS PLayer 2PLayer 1

Winning the GameThefirstplayercompletelyoutofcardswinsBLINK ®.

Card Game

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Notes1. Aplayermaynotplaymorethanone

cardatatime.

2. Ontherareoccasionwhenneitherplayercanmatcheitherofthetopcardsonthetwocenterpiles,playispausedand—

•ifbothplayershavecardsleftin theirdrawpiles,eachplayertakes thetopcardfromhisorherdraw pile,placesitfaceupononeofthe centerpiles,andplayresumes.

•ifone,orboth,oftheplayershas depletedhisorherdrawpile, eachplayerpicksonecardfrom hisorherhand,andsimultaneously placesthemfaceupononeofthe centerpiles,andplayresumes.

•ifeachplayerhasonlyonecard left,thegameendsinatie.

3. BecauseBLINK®istheworld’sfastestgame,manyplayersprefertoplayabest-of-threeorbest-of-fivematchtodeterminethewinner.

Three Player BLINK®

BLINK®canbeplayedasathree-playergamewiththefollowingchanges:

1. Shufflethecardsanddealthem,facedown,toformthreeequaldrawpiles.

2. Placeonedrawpileinfrontofeachplayer.

3. Eachplayerplacesthetopcardfromhisorherdrawpile,facedown,sothatitisanequaldistancebetweentheplayerandtheplayertotheright.Thecardswillformatriangleandeachplayerwillhaveacardtotherightandtotheleft.

More Ways to Play BLINK®

4. Eachplayercanplaycardsfromhisorherhandontothepiletotheleftorthepiletotheright.

Four or More Players / Tournament PlayWithfourormoreplayers,BLINK®canbeplayedasasingle-eliminationtour-nament.Toadvanceinthetournament,aplayermustwintwo-out-of-threegamesagainstanopponent.

For Balanced PlayIfoneplayerissignificantlyfasterthananother,thefasterplayercanstartthegamewithmorecards.

Card Game