Penguin Party

After a long, dark winter the sun is shining, and it is party time for the penguins, who celebrate the light by fishing. The penguins build tall pyramids from which they can look out over the water. The more penguins you can get into the pyramid, the better but it is not that easy.

In Penguin Party the players build a pyramid of penguins together while trying to empty their hand of cards along the way. On your turn you either play a card to the left or right of the base of the pyramid, which can be at most eight cards wide, or play a card on a higher level of the pyramid, as long as it is supported by two penguins, at least one of which is the same colour as the card being played. If you cannot play a card, you must discard your hand face down and take as many penalty markers as the number of cards you did not play. If you empty your hand, you may return two penalty markers you collected earlier to the pool.

Play as many rounds as there are players, with each player starting one of the rounds. Whoever has the fewest penalty markers at the end of the game wins.