SuperTAKI – Game Rules
Playing with
Action Cards
2-10 Players, Age: 5-Adult
All the cards which are not regular number cards are Action
Cards. An Action Card can affect the player who uses it, the
next player or all the players. These cards are the heart of
the game and using them wisely is the key for winning.
Stop - The next player loses his turn.
The Game Contains
112 cards (2 identical sets of 56).
Card distribution: All numbers – 2 in each color,
Switch Direction, Plus, Taki – 2 in each color. Switch Color – 4,
SuperTaki – 2, King – 2.
Game overview
Each player must follow with a card of the same color or
figure. Special cards may change the direction of play, skip
a player’s turn, make other players draw cards, change the
color and allow a player to discard of more than one card.
The Object of the Game
To discard all cards of one’s hand.
How to Play the Game
Shuffle all the cards and deal 8 cards to each player.
Put the remainder of the deck in the center as a draw pile.
Turn over the top card of the draw pile and place it face up
next to the draw pile to form a discard pile. The upper card
of the discard pile is called the Leading Card.
The youngest player goes first.
Each player in his turn (starting clockwise) is allowed to
discard of a card (or cards) onto the leading card, in one of
the following ways:
1. By matching its color.
2. By matching its number or figure.
3. By using a Switch Color or a King.
A player, who cannot play, must draw one card from the
draw pile and may use it only in the next round.
A player who is left with one card in his hand must
announce “Last card!”.
If he fails to do so before the next player made his move, he
must draw 4 cards from the draw pile.
The game ends when the first player has discarded his last
card.
+2 - Forces the next player to draw 2 cards or discard
another +2 which forces the next player to draw 4 or
follow with a +2 as well, etc. The player who cannot
follow with a +2 must draw 2 cards for every +2 card
which has been played. After he collected the cards,
the last +2 card in the draw pile is free to be used as a
color or a number.
Switch Direction - Reverses the direction of the play.
Switch Color - Allows the user to determine the color
to be played by the next player. This card may be
played at any time except after 2 which is still active.
TAKI – Discarding a “TAKI” card allows a player to
follow with all the cards of the same color as the TAKI.
Important: a TAKI card must be closed at the end of
its use by declaring “Closed TAKI!” after the last card. If
the player does not close the TAKI, it is considered still
“Open” and the next player may use it to get rid of all
his cards of the same color as well. The TAKI remains
open until one of the players who made use of it
declares “Closed TAKI” or if a card of a different color
has been played.
SuperTaki - A wild TAKI which gives the user the
right to choose its color but the color must match the
leading color.
Plus – A player who discards of a Plus must play again.
If he cannot play another card he must draw.
King - The King cancels the need to obey the leading
card, including any action it may have, and grants the
player another free turn.
+3 - The combination of the card Plus and the card 3
creates a special action. A player who discards of this
combination forces all the other players to draw 3 cards
from the draw pile. The players can avoid it if one of the
players holds such a combination (in any color). He may
play it (even out of turn), “save” everybody and “punish”
the first player who must then draw 3 cards himself.
End of the game
The first player to get rid of all his cards is the winner. The
winner opens the next round.
Scoring points
The points scored are ‘bad’ points. At the end of each round
the winner scores (-100) points. All the others score the sum
of the cards remaining in their hands as follows: For each
Number Card - The value of the card. For each Action Card – 10
points for each card.
Have fun
Haim Shafir