Description
Created by Tucker Smedes
Inspired by Laura Garcia, Bridal Beauty Coach
Illustrated by Artist Ashritha Nancharla
Rulebook | Story | Kickstarter| FAQ
How to Play
Wedding Countdown is a “draw-and-play” style card game where all cards stay in play; nothing is kept in-hand. Each player tries to have the lowest total from the numbers on their cards at the end of the game.
Shuffle all 81 cards and deal out 9 per player.
Tell players not to look at their cards!
Each player will lay their cards face down into a 3×3 field.
The remaining cards will form a draw deck in the
center of the table. Flip the first card over to start
the discard pile next to the draw deck.
To start, all players flip any two corner cards face up. The player with the highest combined total will play first.
On your turn you always take 1 card. You may draw from the top of the deck, or take the top card from the discard pile.
Look at the card you draw, then decide if you want to keep & place it, or discard it. To keep it, place the card face up in your field replacing any other card. You may replace an already face up card, or replace a face down card. The card you replaced goes face up into the discard pile.
Your goal is to set up pairs of cards next to one another, up, down, left, or right. Diagonal does not count! When two of the same card are adjacent, they cancel out for 0 points. This is good! You want the lowest total points.
The game ends when a player has all of their cards face up, or if a player chooses to end it early.
Clear all pairs, add up your remaining cards, and see who has the lowest score!
Check out the rulebook linked above for full rules and details.
Up to 8 players can play on a single box, and multiple boxes may be combined if you want to play with a larger group.
