Pizza Party Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Equipment
• Objective
• Initial Setup
• Setup
• Playing
• End of Game and Winning
• Suggestions for Simpler Play

Equipment

• 4 pizza-slice game boards, each with a different color handle
• 24 topping pieces: 6 each of onion, pepper, mushroom, and pepperoni
• 8 switch pieces, 2 each matching the color of each pizza handle

Objective

Be the first player to fill your pizza slice with all six of the same topping pieces.

Initial Setup

1. Carefully remove the extra cardboard that surrounds the handles on the 4 pizza slices and discard.
2. Carefully remove all the topping and switch pieces from the perforated sheet.

Setup

1. Place all of the topping and switch pieces face-down in the center of the playing area. Mix them up thoroughly.
2. Each player takes a slice of pizza and sets it in front of themselves. If fewer than 4 are playing, place the extra slices around the playing area as if they are in front of imaginary players. As you'll see, these slices will be used as slices get switched around the table.
3. The youngest player goes first. Play then passes, in turn, to the left.

Note: To remove the topping pieces from the pizza slices at the end of the game, simply turn the slice upside down.

Playing

1. On your turn, pick up a piece from the center and turn it over so that everyone can see it. Then do one of the following:
   • a. If it is a topping (and your slice has no topping on it), place it face-up in one of the openings on your slice. This becomes the only topping that can be placed on that slice. END YOUR TURN.
   • b. If it is a topping that matches the kind on another player's slice, place it back where you found it, face-down. END YOUR TURN.
   • c. If it is a topping that matches the kind already on your slice, place it face-up on your slice. END YOUR TURN.
   • d. If it is a switch piece and the color of it matches the handle of another slice, you must switch your slice with the color-matched slice (even if it belongs to no one, as in a 2- or 3-player game). Now you've got a new topping to find! Place the switch piece out of the game. END YOUR TURN.
   • e. If it is a switch piece that matches the handle of the slice in front of you, you must switch your slice with any other slice. Place the switch piece out of the game. END YOUR TURN.
2. When a topping piece is placed face-down again, you should try to remember where to find it in case it's a topping you're looking for!

End of Game and Winning

The first player to fill up their slice with one kind of topping wins the game.

Suggestions for Simpler Play

1. Set aside the extra slices, out of play, in a 2- or 3-player game. Likewise, use only 2 or 3 kinds of topping pieces, and use only those switch pieces that match the color of the handles in play.
2. Leave out the switch pieces altogether so that there is no switching.