Choose tiles from shared displays and fit them into rows before moving them onto your palace wall. Taking more tiles can help you complete a row, but leftovers cost points.
Play style
Competitive
Suggested age
8+
Time to teach
About 5 min
Time to set up
About 3 min
Player elimination
No
How it plays
Tile draftingPattern building
Rules at a glance
Your goal
Score the most points after the round in which someone completes a horizontal wall row, including end-game bonuses.
The flow of play
1
Take all tiles of one color from a factory or the center; move a factory’s other tiles to the center
2
Put the chosen tiles into one legal pattern line, sending any excess to the floor
3
After drafting ends, move one tile from each completed line to the wall, score it and subtract floor penalties
A quick introduction to the base game. Use your edition’s rulebook for full setup, card effects and exceptions.