Las Cobras de Shanghai
Las Cobras de Shanghai Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Objective
Collect the greatest number of sticks and achieve the highest score.
Ways to Play
There are two ways to play:
- By quantity (Por cantidad): Pick up sticks until none are left. The winner is the player who has managed to keep the most sticks.
- By score (Por puntaje): Pick up sticks and count the points obtained. The sticks have different values depending on their colour and shape. The winner is the player who makes the highest score.
Setup
The players sit in a circle around a table where the sticks will be placed.
A random player holds the full bundle of sticks upright, resting its base on the table. Then they release it, letting the sticks fall. Before starting the game, wait until the sticks stop moving.
Gameplay
The first player picks up a stick. If they do not move any other piece, they continue their turn by picking up as many sticks as they can.
If they move a piece other than the one they are picking up, they lose their turn. Play continues this way clockwise around the table until all the pieces have been picked up.
Special Clarifications
- The Sable Corvo (curved sabre) stick is the only one that may be used as a tool to lift all the others.
- The Cobra sticks can only be lifted with the Sable Corvo stick.
End of the Game
The winner is the player who has picked up the most sticks or achieved the highest score.
Piece Values
- Arpón (harpoon): 5 points
- Lanzas (lances): 4 points
- Espadas (swords): 3 points
- Bastones (staves): 2 points
- Lechuza (owl): 10 points
- Cobra (cobra): 20 points
- Sable Corvo (curved sabre): 0 points
Components and Game Information
- Players: 2 to 6
- Age: 7 and up
- Average duration: 20 minutes
- Contents: 28 sticks of different colours and 1 rulebook.