Mandala: My Reference

Game

  • Play cards into each mandala, each colour can only be in one section of each mandala
    • it’s in opponent Field OR Mountain OR your Field
    • there can be more than one card of a colour in that section
  • A mandala is complete when it has all 6 colours in it – it is then destroyed
    • The player with the most cards in their field takes first turn to:
      • Choose a colour from the mountain and take all cards of that colour
      • If that colour isn’t in your river already place 1 card face up in the leftmost available space.
      • Place remaining cards face down in your cup
    • If a player has no cards in their field the process is still followed however all cards they claim go to the discard pile
    • Once all Mountain cards claimed then Field cards of that Mandala get discarded
    • Put 2 cards in the Mountain from the Draw pile
  • Turn: perform 1 of 3 actions
    • Build Mountain and Draw
      • Place 1 card into the mountain
      • Draw 3 cards (strict hand limit of 8 – do not draw over and then discard)
      • Destroy Mandala if it is complete
    • Grow Field, No Draw
      • Place 1 or more cards of one colour into one of your fields
      • You must keep at least 1 card in your hand
      • Destroy Mandala if it is complete
    • Discard and Redraw
      • Place 1 or more cards all of the same colour into the discard pile
      • Draw the same number of cards
  • Game End, either:
    • Draw deck is exhausted
      • Shuffle the discard pile to create a new draw deck so play can continue
      • The next Mandala completed is the final one
    • A player adds a 6th colour to their River
      • Finish destroying the current Mandala
  • Initial Setup
    • Put 2 cards in each mountain
    • 6 cards to each players hand
    • 2 cards, face down, to each players cup

Score Points From

  • Cards in your cup, multiplied by their value as dictated by the River
    • The card in the River does not score, only cards in the cup
  • Ties won by player with fewest cards in their cup

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