13 Animals

Will you be the first to place all your animals in sets? Or will you be the legendary player who collects all different animals for a rainbow victory?

To set up 13 Animals, deal each player a hand of ten cards, then turn three cards face up to start three discard piles. Split the remaining deck into two draw piles. The cards in the deck show five types of mammals, three types of birds and five types of legendary creatures, each with its own colour on front and back: green, blue and yellow.

On a turn, draw a card from the top of a discard pile or one of the draw piles, then discard a card. Each card shows one or more scoring sets; three peacocks, for example, are worth 5 stars, while one bird of each type is worth 3 stars. As soon as every one of your cards is part of a scoring set, whether before or after you discard, you can reveal your hand and end the round. Each player scores 1 point for every 5 stars in their scoring sets.

Alternatively, if a player has eleven different animals in hand, they can end the round and score 5 points; everyone else earns points based on the stars in their sets. In both cases, the player who ends the round receives 1-3 points depending on the number of the round just finished. After three rounds, the player with the most points wins.