When you draw a 'Skip' card, you may discard it immediately or save it for a later turn.Ī 'Skip' card may never be used in making a Phase.Ī 'Skip' card may never be picked up from the discard pile. To use, simply discard the 'Skip' card on your turn, then choose the player who will lose a turn. Skip cards have only one purpose: to cause another player to lose a turn. If the dealer starts the discard pile with a 'Wild' card, the card may be picked up by the first player. Once a 'Wild' card has been played in a Phase, it cannot be replaced by the intended card and used elsewhere, but must remain as that card until the hand is over. Players can use as many 'Wild' cards as they want as long as they use one natural card. More than one 'Wild' card may be used in completing a Phase. Or, a player has 6 green cards, and uses a 'Wild' card as a green card, to complete Phase 8. The player uses a 'Wild' card as a '5' to complete the run. EXAMPLES: A player wants to make a run of four, but only has cards 3, 4, and 6. Wild CardsĪ 'Wild' card may be used in place of a number card, or may be used as any color, in order to complete a Phase. The cards do not need to be in numerical order. EXAMPLE: Phase 8 requires seven cards of one color, which could be seven red cards or seven green cards, etc. ' The cards may be in any combination of colors.

EXAMPLE: Part of Phase 2 requires a run of four, which could be '3, ' '4, ' '5, ' '6. RunsĪ run is made of four or more cards numbered in order. The cards may be in any combination of colors. The two sets could also be the same number, e.g., three '10s'and three more '10s'. EXAMPLE: Phase 1 is two sets of three, which could be three '7s' and three '10s'. These are the ten Phases:Ī set is made of two or more cards with the same number. Phases are made of sets, runs, cards of all one color, or a combination of sets and runs. During the play of the first hand, each player tries to complete Phase 1.Ī Phase is a combination of cards.

On your turn, draw one card, either the top card from the draw pile or the top card from the discard pile, and add it to your hand.Įnd your turn by discarding any one of your cards onto the top of the discard pile. The player to the left of the dealer plays first. Turn the top card of the draw pile over and place it next to the draw pile, to become the discard pile. Place the remaining deck face down in the center of the play area to become the draw pile. Players hold their 10 cards in hand, so that the other players cannot see them. The dealer shuffles the deck and deals 10 cards, face down, one at a time, to each player. In case of a tie, the player with the lowest score is the winner. To be the first player to complete all 10 Phases.

Phase ten card game outline