FAQ
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Rules questions from the BoardGameGeek forum. Answers marked Official were confirmed by Asmadi Games or the designers. No official rulings are included in this FAQ.
Common mistakes
- Do not use an unrelated high card to break a tie: compare only cards qualifying for the active rule. Ruling · Rule
- A card in the Canvas sets the rule but does not join your Palette. Ruling · Rule
- Do not count an eliminated player’s Palette in later comparisons. Ruling · Rule
- Only banked cards stay out of the next Advanced deal. Ruling · Rule
- The seven’s Action discard gives no Advanced bonus draw in v1.3. Ruling · Rule
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No qualifying cards
A high card outside the current rule cannot help. With no even card under Green, or no card below 4 under Violet, you cannot win; the usual highest-card tie-breaker only compares qualifying cards. This agrees with v1.3 page 4.
Source: BGG Rules discussion
Eliminated Palettes
Turn an eliminated player’s hand and Palette face down and exclude that Palette from later comparisons. Only players still in the round can block a win.
Source: BGG Rules discussion
Can one card form an Indigo run?
Yes. A single card is a length-one run. Any two-card consecutive run beats it; equal-length runs use their highest qualifying card to break the tie.
Source: BGG Rules discussion
Which cards return for the next round?
Keep banked scoring cards out. Reshuffle the other numbered cards, including eliminated players’ cards, for the next deal. The rulebook says the next hand excludes scored cards; it does not remove every card used in a previous round.
Source: BGG Rules discussion
Is there a final-score tie-breaker when the cards run out?
The rules end the game with highest score if another full deal is impossible, but do not specify a further tie-breaker. A suggestion in this discussion is a house rule, not a published rule.
Source: BGG Rules discussion
Does the seven prevent a later normal Canvas discard?
Resolve the seven’s Action as part of the Palette play. The normal hand-to-Canvas discard remains available afterward. In v1.3, discarding through the seven’s Action does not trigger the Advanced bonus draw; do not use a wording from an earlier booklet to add that draw.