Halli Galli
Halli Galli Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preparation
Put the bell in the middle of the table, on a cloth or a piece of felt to protect your table. Select a dealer. He shuffles the cards and deals them out to the players, one at a time until all of the cards have been used up. Each player then lays his pile of cards face down on the table in front of him, without looking at them.
The Game
The player to the left of the dealer starts the game. Each player turns over the top card of his pile and places it face up on the table. These cards are his revealed discard pack. Each card is placed on top of this pack in such a way that it covers the previous card and only the top card is visible.
Turning over your card: Turn the card over away from you to ensure that you do not see the card before the other players. The faster you turn over the card, the sooner you will also see it.
When Do You Ring the Bell?
Each player must try to ring the bell first as soon as the revealed cards show exactly 5 fruits of the same type.
The situation in a game involving 4 players: the revealed cards show exactly 5 bananas.
You need lightning reflexes! The first player to ring the bell when the revealed cards show exactly 5 fruits of the same sort wins all of the open discard packs. He then puts these cards face down under his pack and starts a new round by turning over the first card.
... goodbye! When a player has run out of cards he must drop out of the game. His open discard pack stays on the table, however, until it is picked up by the player who wins the round.
Sorry!
If a player rings the bell by mistake, and the revealed cards do not show exactly 5 fruits of the same type, he must give each other player one card from his concealed pack as a penalty.
End of the Round
The game is over when only 2 players are left in the round. They continue to play until one of them wins the revealed discard packs. There is a special ruling for this situation: if a player rings "Sorry!" by mistake, his opponent wins all of the cards in the revealed discard packs and the game is over. The players may continue until one of them wins all of the cards if they wish, however.
Winner
The player who is holding the largest number of cards at the end of the round is the winner.