Mondrian: Color in Motion
Mondrian: Color in Motion Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Setup
Shuffle the deck and deal three cards to each player. Each player secretly views their own cards.
Take the top card from the deck and place it face up in the center of the playing area. This is the card that the first player builds on. Place the deck face down, outside the playing area.
Place the markers in a community pile where all players can easily reach them.
Choose which player will go first.
Play
There are four steps to each player's turn:
- Place a Card
- Place Markers
- Jump Markers
- Draw a Card
Proceed to the next player in a clockwise pattern. If a player cannot play a card, or chooses not to play a card, they must skip their turn and they cannot draw another card, nor discard a card from their hand.
Place a Card
Each of the 80 cards has three colored squares. Cards must be placed on top of other cards so that at least one square overlaps the same color square underneath (red on red, blue on blue, yellow on yellow, and white on white). Cards may overlap multiple squares as long as they match the squares underneath. Adjacent cards (that don't overlap any squares) must also match all adjacent sides.
Figure 1 and Figure 2 show examples of valid card placements.
Figure 3 shows a valid card placement: the end squares cover two matching squares and the middle yellow square matches the yellow square next to it.
Figure 4 shows an invalid card placement: the yellow square doesn't match the adjacent red square, even though the white square on the end matches the white square in the playing area.
You may not place a card on a square containing a marker.
Place Markers
Players put down a white marker wherever a colored square from their card overlaps a matching colored square on the play area. Players may put down up to 3 markers in one turn, if they play a card that overlaps 3 matching squares.
If a player puts down one card as shown in Figure 5A (one card placed on top of three matching squares), that player would then put a white marker on top of each matching square (3 total), as shown in Figure 5B.
Jump Markers
Players get points by jumping and capturing markers. A player can jump a marker over any other marker next to it (in any direction) as long as there is an empty square to jump onto. Players can make multiple jumps in one turn.
Figures 5A through 5F all take place in one turn.
Figures 5C through 5F show several jumps a player might make in one turn. There are other jumping combinations not shown.
Players can make jumps anywhere on the board during their turn and are not limited to using only one marker to make all the jumps in a single turn.
Ending the Game
The game ends when all the cards are placed, including those in the players' hands. The player who captured the most markers wins.
Quick Mode
Players can predetermine a number of markers to capture (30 is recommended) instead of playing all the cards for a shorter game.
Single Player Version
The game can be played with a single player. The player is competing with themselves to see how high they can score on captured markers in a single game.
Warning
Choking hazard. Pieces are not for children 3 years and under or for individuals who tend to place inedible objects in their mouths.