22 questions players ask about dnup, answered in plain words and graded by where the answer comes from. See also the full rulebook.
Updated 2026-10-29.
The rulebook's 2-Player Game setup states this directly.
Remove every card with a circled one-dot, two-dot or three-dot symbol; the 2-player game uses only the cards with no player-count symbol.
A single forum reply explains it; no official text.
It lists how many cards of each value are in the deck at each player count, and its last line gives the hand size for each player count.
The rulebook names the star 1/5 card as the starting marker and places no restriction on the first play.
The player holding the 1/5 card with the star symbol starts every round. The star only marks who goes first; their first play can be any legal set from hand.
The rulebook explicitly allows rearranging but not rotating.
Yes, you may reorder your hand at any time. What you may not do is turn a card over, except through rotation actions or when taking cards from the table.
The rulebook forbids rotating except via the actions, and forum replies agree.
No. Rotating your hand is action D, which you take as your turn's one action; cards must stay in the orientation you picked them up in until then.
The rulebook's turn order and 2-player rules both say so.
No, not in a 3+ player game: the set you played is discarded at the start of your next turn, before you act. In a 2-player game you have two play areas and may hold one set in each.
Several players explain the discard mechanism; no official text addresses it.
Nothing special happens. Each set in front of a player is discarded when play returns to them, so rotating never blocks anyone, and the table simply empties. The rulebook has no separate rule for it.
One worked explanation, which the asker accepted; no official ruling.
No. Sets are discarded when play returns to their owner, so the table always opens up and some play (such as a set of a size not on the table) stays available.
Action A in the rulebook states this directly; the publisher post and replies agree.
No. Only one set of any size can be on the table. A new set of a size already present must have a higher value; the lower-valued set returns to its owner's hand, rotated. A same-size play that is not higher is illegal.
The rulebook's example shows that sets of any other size are free to play.
Yes, as long as no other set of two cards is on the table. Sets only conflict with sets of the same size, never with other sizes.
Several players agree and it follows the rulebook's return-to-owner wording.
To the player in front of whom the set was laid, not the player who added the card. They take all the cards rotated; nothing leaves the game.
Stated in the note under Action A.
No. You may play any number of cards of the same value, including just some of those you hold.
A publisher confirmed it, matching the rulebook's Action B text.
Only if the enlarged set would match the size of another set on the table. Then it must be higher in value, and the lower set returns to its owner. If no set of that size exists, the play is legal as long as the card matches the set's value.
Action B's wording limits it to an opponent's set.
No. Action B targets only a set in front of an opponent, and your own set is discarded at the start of your turn anyway. In a 2-player game, see the 2-player entries.
The rulebook says to take the set of cards, not individual cards.
No. Action C takes the whole set, and you rotate every card as you add it to your hand.
The End of the Round text says the first player to play their last cards wins.
You win when you play your last cards. They stay in front of you for one round of turns and are then discarded, unless a higher set beats them first.
The End of the Round text says such cards are simply discarded.
The winner's beaten set is simply discarded; it does not return to anyone's hand. The winner keeps their points.
The rulebook says your sets can conflict with your own.
Yes. Any set can conflict with any same-size set on the table, including your own in the other play area. If a new set beats your other one, that one comes back to your hand, rotated.
Players disagree and no official text rules on it; the rulebook wording is ambiguous.
Probably not. Replies treat playing a set as one action, so if your new set beats your own set in the other area, that set returns to your hand and you have not gone out. The 2-player rule says you win when you have "played the last card(s)", and one player reads that as an immediate win, so this is not settled.
The 2-Player Game section describes the turn structure.
Treat it as four seats: each player takes two consecutive turns, one for Play Area 1 and one for Play Area 2, discarding that area's set first. The starting player only takes a single turn using Play Area 2 in the first round turn.
Yes. The area you are playing from does not limit which opponent area you target; only your own areas are tied to your turn.
The rulebook wording favours opponent-only, but there is no official ruling and reports conflict.
Most likely no: both actions say a set "in front of an opponent", and replies read that as opponent-only. Reports about the Board Game Arena implementation conflict, so this is not settled.