Butts on Things
Butts on Things Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Contents
72 cards (featuring 39 unique Butts on Things)
Overview
Collect cards by matching two butts on opposite ends of any lines in play. (Cheek-to-Cheek!) Keep an eye out for an opportunity to Grab a Buttload of cards when you spot a dump truck on a card! Whoever collects the most cards wins.
Set Up
- Shuffle the deck and deal each player a hand of five face-down cards. (Look at your cards but keep them secret from opponents.) Note that on each card, the number of dots under the butt in the top left corner indicates how many cards of that butt are in the deck.
- Stack the rest of the cards in a face-down draw pile within easy reach of all players.
How to Play
The person with the biggest cheeks (the ones on your face, silly!) goes first and play continues to the left. Each turn, do the following three steps in order:
- Place a Card: Take any one card from your hand and place it face up on the playing surface.
- Collect Butts: If you match the butt on the other end of any line, you get to collect all of the cards in that line.
- Draw a Card: Finish your turn by taking the top card from the draw pile into your hand.
Placing Cards
Choose any one card from your hand and place it face up on the playing surface. If there are no face-up cards in play, simply place your card in the center.
If there are face-up cards already in play, place your card face up abutting one of them. Cards may be placed above, below, to the left, or to the right.
For example, the gray spaces indicate all the possible locations you could place a card. (Diagram in the rulebook.)
Collecting Butts
You may collect cards if you place a butt at the end of any line that matches the butt at the other end of the same line. Collect the whole line, including the matching butts, and place them in a face-down pile in front of you.
For example, in each of these three situations, if you placed the card highlighted by the blue stars, you would collect the green line of cards. (Diagrams in the rulebook.)
Matching butts must be at the very end of a line, NOT somewhere in the middle.
Also, you may NOT collect diagonal lines.
For example, if you played the cards highlighted by the pink stars, you could not collect the red line. (Diagram in the rulebook.)
Wild-One Butts
Ordinarily, you cannot make a match with any of the "one" butt cards in play. (Cards that only appear once in the deck.) Except if you have a Wild-One Butt! Play it opposite any "one" butt card to collect that line.
Note that all other rules apply for collecting a row or column.
Keep the Butts Together!
As the game progresses, the grid of butts will grow in the middle. However if the grid is ever split into several smaller groups when a player collects a line of cards, all players must use their turns to place cards to join the butts back together by the shortest possible link. No player may collect butts until they are once again connected.
For example, the gray spaces indicate all the possible locations you could place a card to connect back all of the butts. (Diagram in the rulebook.)
Note: While rare, it's possible that by joining two split groups together, you create a line with matching butts on opposite ends. Collect that line of butts!
Drawing Cards
If you forget to draw a card at the end of your turn you may draw at any time.
Grab a Buttload!
If, after you draw a card, the top card of the draw pile features a dump truck butt, that triggers an instant race to "grab a buttload" of cards! All players — without taking turns — should grab as many face-up cards as possible from the middle of the playing area until they have all been claimed. (Add any collected cards to your face-down pile.) Then, restart the round by flipping over the card with the dump truck icon into the center of the playing area. The game continues with the player whose turn was next.
Ending the Game
When the draw pile runs out, continue playing the cards in your hands until everyone is out of cards. At that point, the game ends and whoever has collected the most butts wins!