Neu
Neu Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
The Game
Name: Neu (read as Noi) Players: 2-7 Age: 7 and up
Component: 21 chips and cards as described below.
Number cards
| Card | Quantity | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| 1 – 9 | 3 cards each | Plus the number to the sum |
| 10 | 6 cards | Plus 10 |
| 50 | 2 cards | Plus 50 |
| -10 | 4 cards | Minus 10 |
| -1 | 2 cards | Minus 1 |
| 101 | 5 cards | Regardless of the previous sum. Now, the sum is 101. |
Designation cards
| Card | Quantity | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| PASS | 4 cards | Pass through and continue with the previous sum |
| TURN | 4 cards | Reverse the direction (CW -> CCW or CCW -> CW) |
| SHOT | 2 cards | Choose a player; next turn is that player's turn. |
| DOUBLE | 2 cards | Next player must play 2 cards instead of 1 |
Total 58 cards (as printed under the designation cards).
How to play
- Deal out 3 chips to all players. The chips are kept close to each player.
- Randomly choose the dealer, then that player deals out 3 cards to each player in clockwise direction. Put the cards left on the center of the table; treat them as the draw pile.
- First, the dealer puts a card in his or her hand face down near the draw pile, and then turns that card up. Calls out the number of the card, then draws a card from the draw pile.
- The turn is passed to the player on the left (clockwise direction). Whenever a player plays a TURN card, reverse the direction.
- Each player must play a card in his or her turn. After he or she has played a card, he or she must call out the card. If it is a number card, add the number of that card to the previous sum. If the played card is a -1 card or -10 card, subtract its number from the sum instead of adding. Then, that player calls out the sum to all players.
- When a player has played his or her card, he or she must draw a card. If a player played more than 1 card that turn, that player must draw cards to keep his or her hand exactly 3 cards at the end of the turn.
- The sum will be increasing but it cannot exceed 101. Any player can prevent the sum from exceeding 101 by playing one of the following cards: -10, -1, PASS, TURN, SHOT, DOUBLE and 101.
- A player who is forced to play a card that makes the sum exceed 101 is the loser of that round. That player must put a chip on the center of the table near the draw pile.
- The loser of the last round is the dealer of the next round.
- The player who runs out of chips must leave the game. The next round's dealer is the player on the left of the leaver.
- The game ends when only one player remains with chips. That player is the winner of the game.