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STAMPEDE! CARD - GAME RULES
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Object
The object of the game is to earn the most points by collecting
animals made of three parts.
Setup
Have a pencil and paper handy for scoring.
Before playing, take some time getting familiar with the cards.
Each animal is made of three parts and although the rhino and hippo look
alike, be sure to "spot" the subtle differences between them.
Choose a player to be the dealer for the first round. Every player
takes a turn being the dealer and the game ends once all have had a
chance to deal. (In a two-player game, each person deals twice.)
The dealer shuffles the deck of cards.
How To Play
If you are the dealer, hold the deck of cards in one hand and start
the game by saying, "Ready....Set....Stampede!" Then, deal the
cards as fast as you can, one at a time Face Up all over the
playing area. Make sure that the cards don't overlap.
If you're not
the dealer, you're a "wrangler." As soon as the dealer starts
putting down cards, all wranglers, without taking turns, race to collect
as many complete animals made up of three sections - head, middle and
tail - before the dealer says "Stop!"
Rules For
Wranglers
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Use one hand
to scoop up cards and the other hand to hold the cards you've scooped
up, or put one hand behind your back and use the other hand to scoop up
cards and stack them neatly in a pile in front of you. No using
two hands!
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You must collect
all three parts of one animal before starting to collect another.
In other words, don't mix hippo and rhino parts or else you will be
penalized. (See scoring.)
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You may only scoop
up one card at a time.
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You may NOT change
the order of cards once they're in your hand (or stack).
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You may NOT put a
card back once you've scooped it up.
Important Notes:
The cards must be in order in your hand by animal, but you don't
necessarily have to pick up each animal in order from head to tail.
Ending a
Round and Scoring
When the dealer has dealt the last card to the playing area, he
says, "Stop!" and all wranglers must immediately stop collecting cards.
The dealer gathers any leftover cards and sets them off to the side.
Starting from the bottom of the piles, each wrangler lays out and
counts the animals they've collected, displaying them card by card in
the order they were collected. Points are scored as follows:
3
Points for every complete rhino or hippo
-1 Points for every Card that's part of an
incomplete animal
6 Points for the complete pink elephant
-3 Points for every incomplete pink elephant Card.
Remember, the cards
must be in order in your hand by animal, but the three parts that make
up the animal don't necessarily have to be in order.
Write down each
wrangler's score on a piece of paper. The player to the dealer's
left gathers and shuffles all the cards and becomes the dealer for the
next round.
Ending The
Game
When everyone has had a chance to deal, all players add up their
totals for the rounds. Whoever has the most points wins.
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