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Coles

(Self-Published) · 2017
3–640–45 min8+ yrs7.4 BGG5
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CONTENTS OF THE BOX: 1 rulebook, 86 cards, 6 help cards, 1 Purple 4-sided dice and 1 score papers. Coles is a fun card game aimed specifically for children for his easy subject and at the same time makes them working memory and the development of the strategy.

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CONTENTS OF THE BOX: 1 rulebook, 86 cards, 6 help cards, 1 Purple 4-sided dice and 1 score papers.

Coles is a fun card game aimed specifically for children for his easy subject and at the same time makes them working memory and the development of the strategy.

It is easy to play, since every player will have to go down letters by order of turn one by one from his hand to the table for it linking types of cabbages in groups. Everything is seemingly easy but we will have to consider some rules at the end of the round: the sum of odd of the same type of cabbage groups not scoring, only scoring the pairs group (as this group of two, four, six...). If you manage to collect one of each type you will have an extra points. On the other hand, there are cards that have a skill modifier since I could throw a die and exchange that number by another rival cards to avoid or undo it groups, and we add them to our convenience, other letters of discard and others bid on the table to the fastest pinch it with your hand over.

The mechanics is go down cards of different types of cabbage from the hand to the table turns and try to form peer groups or quintets (odd no total points).

There are some cards that have a special ability:

"Coles de Bruselas" (Brussels sprouts) --> allow Brussels sprouts that have bids in the center of the table.

"Col blanca" (White cabbage) --> finally the extra cards are double points.

"Repollo" (Cabbage) --> when you throw a card, you can throw another card.

"Lombarda" (Red cabbage) --> it to table you can launch a 4-sided die indicating the number of cards to exchange with another rival.

"Coliflor" (Cauliflower) --> it's the key for the lombarda ability.

"Col podrida" (Rotten cabbage) --> allows to discard cards to remove points to rivals.

"Comodín" (Joker card) --> it's copy other cabbage.

At the end there will be a count of points noted in a book and win that most points obtained in 2 rounds of play.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE (SPANISH):

CONTENIDO DE LA CAJA: 1 reglamento, 86 cartas, 6 cartas de ayuda, 1 dado morado de 4 caras y unas hojas de puntuación.

Coles es un divertido juego de cartas dirigido especialmente para los niños por su fácil temática y al mismo tiempo les hace memorizar y desarrollar estrategias.

Es fácil de jugar, ya que cada jugador tendrá que bajar cartas por orden de turno uno por uno de su mano a la mesa para así ligar a los tipos de coles en grupos. Todo es aparentemente fácil pero tenemos que tener en cuenta algunas reglas al final de la ronda: la suma de impares del mismo tipo de grupos de col no puntúa y los pares sí (grupo de dos, cuatro, seis...). Si se consigue un tipo de cada col positiva, que son cinco, se obtendrá una bonificación de puntos extra. Por otro lado, hay cartas que tienen un modificador de habilidad ya que permiten lanzar un dado y cambiar un número de cartas con otro rival hasta un máximo según el número que salga en el dado para evitar o deshacerse de grupos, y añadimos a nuestra conveniencia, otras cartas permiten hacer a los demás descartes y otras permiten pujas sobre la mesa según se ponga antes que los demás la mano rápidamente sobre la carta.

La mecánica es ir bajando cartas de diferentes tipos de col de la mano a la mesa y tratar de formar grupos de pares o quintetos (los grupos impares no suman). Hay algunas cartas que tienen una habilidad especial:

"Coles de Bruselas" --> permiten pujar cartas en el centro de la mesa.

"Col Blanca" --> al final de la partida, las cortas sobrantes pares tienen valor doble.

"Repollo" --> al bajar un repollo puedes bajar otra carta de tu mano a la mesa.

"Lombarda" --> cumpliendo un requisito (tener al menos dos parejas de tipos de col diferente y una de ellas ha de ser de coliflor) permite lanzar el dado de 4 caras morado, indicando el número máximo de cartas que se pueden intercambiar con otro rival.

"Coliflor" --> es la llave para activar la habilidad de la lombarda.

"Col podrida" --> permite descartarle cartas a los rivales para romperles sus agrupaciones y estrategias, permitiendo quitarles puntos.

"Comodín" --> copia la habilidad de otra col.

Al final habrá un recuento de puntos en una libreta de puntuación y ganará el que más puntos haya conseguido en 2 rondas de juego.

game anatomy
BGG rating7.4 / 10
Language dependence
No in-game text needed
🌐 plays without English
Play time
40–45 min
Players
3–6
Recommended age
8+ yrs
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Q4How many players does Coles support?
Coles is played by 3–6 players.
Q5How long does a game of Coles take?
A game of Coles takes about 40–45 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Coles for?
Coles is recommended from age 8.
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