Picture Day
Designed by Richard Skifton
Players 2-3
Length 10 minutes
Extra Material None

A trick taking game about the perfect outfit.

Introduction

Its picture day! Will you wear the green shirt or the blue one? Unfortunately your clothes are all over the place. Quickly get dressed and catch the bus… don't forget to put on some pants!

Setup

Shuffle the basic deck and deal out twelve stacks of three cards each at random locations around the table top. Keep the piles of three towards the central play area so all can reach.

Game Play

The last person who did laundry goes first. The game is played in two rounds. Round 1 lasts as long as there are piles of threes on the table. Round 2 starts when the discard from round 1 is re-dealt to the table in piles of three cards each. The game ends when round 2 doesn't have anymore piles of three remaining.

Turn Order

Pick up any stack of three cards and secretly look at them. Pick a single card from the stack. Place the other two cards in the shared discard pile. If it is the first turn of the game start the discard where everyone can reach it but off to the side enough it doesnt look like just another pile of three in the center. Play continues to the left.

Laundry Basket

If at anytime there are equal number of piles of three cards as players, the remaining cards are all turned face up. The next player then chooses which card they want directly out of the face up cards. Play continues until all the cards are gone.

Clothes

The following card ranks are tied to certain articles of clothing

Rank Clothing
A Accessory (belt, glasses, bracelet, necklace, etc.)
2-3 Underwear
4-5 Socks and Shoes
6-7 Bottoms (Pants/Skirt)
8-9 Tops (Shirt/Blouse)
crown.png Hairdo (bun, gel, clip, bow, etc.)

By the end of the game you may or may not have everything in the list. There are many paths to victory.

Scoring

The following table shows the points earned from cards and card combinations. The scoring is cumulative - e.g. having the essentials gets you +10 and being dressed and ready gets you +20 for a total of 30.

Style Condition Points
Clothing, Accessory, or Hairdo Score once per category +5
Accessories/Hairdo (A, crown.png) 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-, 6-of-a-kind +5, +10, +15, +25, +40 (respectively)
Fashion Statement any # rank clothing, 3-of-a-kind +20
Just the Essentials No hairdo or drip (Just clothes rank 2-9) +10
Dressed and Ready At least one of every clothing, accessory, and hair +20
My Worst Nightmare Just Undies, Accessories, and Hairdo +30
Winnie the Pooh and Confidence Just Tops, Accessories, and Hairdo +30
Killed it! Same suit throughout clothing and accessory +40

The best part of the game is adding up your score at the end of Round 2 and realizing you may not have pants on for picture day or some other embarrassing event like you spent so much time on your hair that nothing else mattered.

Credits

This game was playtested by Ashley and Colette

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