MERCADITO board-game

MERCADITO IS A GAME ABOUT SHOPPING ON A BUDGET AND GETTING THE MOST OUT OF YOUR TRIP. DON'T LET OTHER PEOPLE GET YOUR STUFF FIRST!

DURATION: 15-20 min

PLAYERS: 2 TO 4

CONTENTS: 26 CARDS, 1 RULEBOOK

SETUP: 
SHUFFLE ALL THE CARDS AND PLACE THEM FACE DOWN. THIS IS YOUR ACTIVE DECK.

— DEPENDING ON NUMBER OF PLAYERS THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF ROUNDS AND THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF CARDS EACH PLAYER CAN TAKE CHANGES — 

# OF PLAYERS:     2      3      4
MAX # OF CARDS:   8      7      6
MAX # OF ROUNDS:  9      8      8

INSTRUCTIONS ———

TO START A ROUND:
TAKE 5 CARDS FROM THE DECK AND PLACE THEM FACE UP. 

FROM THERE, PLAYERS CAN TOUCH WITH THEIR HAND A SINGLE CARD THEY WANT TO TAKE. PLAYERS CAN ALSO CHOOSE TO PASS THEIR TURN. ONCE EVERYONE HAS MADE THEIR CHOICE, RESOLVE EACH CARD:

IF THE CARD HAS NO PLAYER ON IT: DISCARD IT INTO A DISCARD PILE. THEY MIGHT RETURN LATER.

IF THE CARD HAS ONE PLAYER ON IT: THAT PLAYER TAKES THE CARD. THIS PLAYER'S TURN IS OVER. 

IF THE CARD HAS MULTIPLE PLAYERS ON IT: ALL THE PLAYERS CONTESTING FOR THIS CARD WILL ENTER A CONFLICT AND MUST REACH AN AGREEMENT:

CEDE: A PLAYER CAN WITHDRAW THEIR CHOICE AND PICK A DIFFERENT CARD. LEAVE: IF ALL PLAYERS AGREE, THEY CAN DISCARD THE CARD IMMEDIATELY, BUT CAN’T PICK ANOTHER CARD. LEAVE ALSO HAPPENS IF ALL PLAYERS DECIDE TO CEDE THE CARD.

DESTROY: IF PLAYERS CAN’T REACH CONSENSUS, THE CARD MUST BE REMOVED FROM THE GAME, IT WON’T GO INTO THE DISCARD PILE. PLAYERS ALSO WON’T BE ABLE TO PICK ANOTHER CARD.

— DURING THE ROUNDS PLAYERS CAN’T TRADE CARDS BETWEEN THEM. EXCEPT FOR THE JUICE CARD, WHICH CAN BE GIVEN TO ANOTHER PLAYER IN A CONFLICT, FORCING THEM TO CEDE — 

ENDING A ROUND:

ONCE EVERY PLAYER IS UNABLE TO ACT, PROCEED TO A NEW ROUND.

— IF THE ACTIVE DECK HAS NO CARDS, PICK THE CARDS FROM THE DISCARD PILE AND SHUFFLE THEM. THIS WILL BE YOUR NEW ACTIVE DECK — 

FINAL PHASE:

THE GAME ENTERS ITS FINAL PHASE WHEN EACH PLAYER HAS THEIR MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF CARDS, OR WHEN THE LAST ROUND IS OVER.

IN THE FINAL PHASE PLAYERS CAN TRADE THEIR CARDS FREELY BETWEEN THEM. PLAYERS CAN DISCUSS THEIR CARDS, REVEAL THEM, TRADE THEM, OR VOTE TO END THE GAME. WHEN ALL PLAYERS ARE EITHER VOTING TO END THE GAME OR HAVE NO TRADING OPTIONS, THE GAME IS OVER. THEN EACH PLAYER COUNTS THEIR POINTS. 

THE PLAYER WITH THE MOST POINTS WIN!