Monad
In stock at the following stores: Games København, Games Aarhus
The object of the game is to collect round cards known as "monads", which resemble yin-yang symbols. Players do this by trading, buying and leaping with other cards.
Monad uses a deck of cards in six colours (red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple). Half of these are called "warm" colours (red, orange and yellow) and the others are "cool" colours (green, blue and purple). Most of the cards carry one symbol (known as "commons"), but there is one card in each colour with 2-5 colours on it (known as "Bis", "Tris", "Quads" and "Quints"). At the start of the game each player is assigned one of the six colours as their "identity" and is dealt six commons and a "Bonus" card (which shows three pairs of colours). The Bis, Tris, Quads and Quints are placed face up in separate piles in the middle of the table.
On their turn, a player tries to get cards with higher numbers into their hand. The easiest way is by "trading". To trade, a player turns in a pair of cards with the same number of symbols but in opposite colours (one warm and one cool) and takes the top card from the pile with the second-highest number of symbols. When they turn in two Quints, they get a monad. If the two cards turned in match one of the pairs on their Bonus card, they may also draw the top card from each of the lower piles. They can also use cards in the same colour as their identity as wild cards, which are treated as having any number of symbols.
A player can hand in more than two cards and "leap" to a higher pile. This lets them choose a card with a higher number of symbols. Finally, they can "buy" a card. Buying uses the numbers on each card. The player hands in a number of cards whose total is greater than the number on the card they are after. Monads can be bought for 80 points.
A player can also draw the top card from the deck, but this prevents them from taking any other action on that turn.
The first player to accumulate a given number of monads (which varies with the number of players in the game) wins.
| Age | 10+ |
| Players | 2 - 4 |
| Playing time | 45 - 60 |
| Text in the game | No |
| Rulebook | English |
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