BLINK® "The World's Fastest Game" • Stock #92222 • Suggested Retail Price $5.99 RULES VARIATIONS More Ways to Play BLINK Go BLINK   Number of Players: 2-6     Object of the Game: Be the first player to play all of your cards by making matches of three-of-a-kind   Setting Up:   • Shuffle the Cards and deal four cards to each player face down. Players may look at their cards.   • Place the remaining cards face down as a single draw pile in the center of the table   • Place the black card tray next to the draw pile (for the discard pile)   Game Play:   • Players attempt to create "matches" of cards by asking opponents for a type of card. "Matches" consist of three or more cards with any one of the same attributes on the card: shape, color, or quantity.   Starting the game   • Once everyone's cards have been dealt, any player can lay down a match-set in the discard pile that they currently hold from the deal. However, if they happen to have more than three cards matching, they can only lay three down; they have to retain one card from the deal. (i.e. Nobody can win only with the cards they receive in the deal.)   • The first player starts by asking any opponent, "Do you have any…?" and states a particular color, shape, or quantity on the card. For example, "Do you have any four of a kinds? Do you have any stars? Do you have any yellows." Each player only gets to ask for one type of card on his or her turn whether or not they receive any cards. They must have at least one of the cards in their own hand that match what they're asking for.   • If the opponent does not have that type of card, he or she says, "Go Blink" and the player draws one card from the center draw pile. If the card drawn forms a match, it can be played onto the discard pile immediately, even if it causes that person to win.   • If the opponent does have that type of card, he passes all of that type of card to the player face down, so that other opponents do not see the other attributes of that card. If the card or cards passed forms a match, the match can be played onto the discard pile immediately, even if it causes that person to win.   • Game play proceeds in a clockwise direction.   Other Rules   • Players are not required to play any matches they have in their hands. For example, it might serve a player well if he receives two of the same shape, but the other attributes of the card help fill out a match of a different attribute in their hand.   • Players may play more than one match at a time, as long as each match consists of its own minimum three-of-a-kind.   • If opponents deplete a players entire hand, he must draw one new card from the draw pile. A player cannot win unless he is laying down a match and uses all his cards.   To Win   • Play ends when one player lays down the last of his or her cards in a match set and exclaims, "I Blunk!"   Game Variation by Steven Reames       Three Player BLINK   BLINK can be played as a three-player game with the following changes:   1. Shuffle the cards and deal them, face down, to form three equal draw piles. (If you have the original 56 card deck, remove two cards before dealing.)   2. Place one draw pile in front of each player.   3. Each player places the top card from his or her draw pile, face down, so that it is an equal distance between the player and the player to the right. The cards will form a triangle and each player will have a card to the right and to the left.   4. Each player can play cards from his or her hand onto the pile to the left or the pile to the right.   Four or More Players /Tournament Play   With four or more players BLINK can be played as a single-elimination tournament. To advance in the tournament, a player must win two-out-of-three games against an opponent.   For Balanced Play   If one player is significantly faster than another, the faster player can start the game with more cards.