Rules to Folder

Contents

60 Folder cards

4 file folder boxes

 

Goal:

Be the first to organize your folders from high to low

Game Setup:

1.      Cards: The Folder cards are numbered 1 to 60. Depending on how many people are playing the game you will use a different amount of cards.

 

2 player – cards 1-40

3 player – cards 1-50

5 player – cards 1-60

 

Remove any unused cards and place them back into the box.

 

2.      File folder boxes. Each player takes one file folder box. This is where cards will go when they are dealt to the player.

3.      Choose a dealer. The dealer shuffles all the cards and deals them into the player’s file folders starting with the farthest slot and moving towards the player.

4.      The undealt cards are placed face down in the center of the play area. The dealer flips the first card face up and places it to start the draw pile.

Gameplay

Folders is played in a series of rounds. In each round players want to arrange their folders from low to high.

To play a round

1.      Start with the player left of the dealer.

Players choose 1 of two actions-

 

a)      Draw from discard. If a player chooses to draw from the discard they take the top folder card and exchange it for a folder card in their file folder. The card that they exchange is placed face up.

b)     Take the top card from the draw pile. Once a player draws it they can look at it and either choose to discard it face up or exchange it with a folder card in their file folder and discard that card instead.

If the draw pile is exhausted after a player draws a card the deck is shuffled and a new draw pile is formed. The top card from the draw deck should be flipped to create a new draw pile.

 

After taking their action, if the player has all of their cards in accending order they MAY declare “FILED!” and end the round. They do not need to if they wish to go for run bonus points.

If the player did not end the round it continues to the next player in clockwise order.

Scoring.

SCORING

Each player scores 5 points for each folder they have in ascending order starting with the card nearest to them. If any of the cards are in the wrong order, they stop scoring.

The player who has all of their cards in order and triggered the round end gains a bonus 25 points.

Additionally if they have a run of cards in exact numerical order the player who triggers the round end can get bonus points

#un of 3- 50 bonus

Run of 4- 100 bonus

Run of 5: 200 bonus

Run of 6 or more: 400 points

 

Round end:

After scoring, all the cards in play are gathered up and a new round begins.

The first player to 500 points wins the game.