Pop-Tarts Game Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Object
• Contents
• Setup
• On Your Turn
  • 1. Play
  • 2. Plate
  • 3. Eat (Score)
• Bonus Cards
• End of a Turn
• Tracking Points
• Ending the Game

Object

Be the first to eat 30 points worth of Pop-Tarts!

Contents

1 Arrow card, 1 Toaster card, 1 Freezer card, 1 First Player card, 6 Reference cards, 60 Pop-Tarts cards, 45 Action cards, 6 Plate cards, 15 Bonus cards, Instructions.

Setup

1. Shuffle the foil-backed Pop-Tarts cards deck and deal a line of seven cards face-up on the table. Place the Pop-Tarts deck above the center card in the line.
2. Place the Toaster card on the left side of the line and the Freezer card on the right side.
3. Shuffle the white Action cards and deal a hand of three to each player, as well as a Plate card and a Reference card. Place the Action cards deck above the line. Players may look at their cards.
4. Place the Arrow card below the center card in the line and point it toward either the Toaster or the Freezer.
5. Shuffle the blue Bonus cards deck, draw three Bonus cards and display them face-up above the line. Place the Bonus cards deck above the line.
6. The player who has most recently eaten Pop-Tarts goes first. They take the First Player card.

On Your Turn

In order, there are three steps on your turn:

1. PLAY up to three Action cards.
2. PLATE the Pop-Tarts card at the front of the line (where the Arrow card is pointing), and replace the center Pop-Tarts card.
3. EAT plated Pop-Tarts cards for points!

You must plate the Pop-Tarts card at the front of the line on your turn (Step 2). Steps 1 and 3 are optional. However, the steps must occur in the order shown above.

1. Play

You may play up to three Action cards from your hand and do the actions on the cards. You may choose not to play any cards at all. Action cards will change the order of the line.

There are four kinds of Action cards. Each card tells you how it's played:

• Swap end Pop-Tarts cards
• Swap any two Pop-Tarts cards that are two spaces away from each other
• Change line direction
• Swap any two Pop-Tarts cards next to each other

2. Plate

You must take the Pop-Tarts card at the front of the line (where the Arrow card is pointing), and add it to the proper side of your plate, depending on whether it was frozen or toasted.

Then, move the three cards at the front of the line one space closer to the appliance that the Arrow is pointing toward (the Freezer or the Toaster), and place a new Pop-Tarts card in the center space, above the Arrow and below the Pop-Tarts card deck. The line will always have seven Pop-Tarts cards.

Example: The card at the front of the line, where the Arrow card is pointing, is next to the Freezer. The player "plates" that card by taking it and placing it on the Freezer side of their Plate card.

3. Eat (Score)

You may choose to "eat" any Pop-Tarts cards on your plate (frozen or toasted) and score points. To do so, remove the Pop-Tarts cards you want to score from your Plate card and place them to the side in a score pile. You score the number of points shown on the card(s). To eat a Pop-Tarts card, remove it from your plate and set it aside.

You may never have more than four Pop-Tarts on your plate at the end of your turn. If you plate a fifth Pop-Tarts card, you must "eat" at least one of the Pop-Tarts on your plate.

After eating Pop-Tarts cards, it is no longer necessary to know if they were frozen or toasted.

Unless you plate a fifth Pop-Tarts card, you may choose not to eat any plated Pop-Tarts cards on your turn (see Bonus Cards).

If you eat a set of Pop-Tarts cards that matches one of the three available face-up Bonus cards, grab that card and place it with your Pop-Tarts cards off to the side in a score pile. That Bonus card will score you an additional 5 points.

Bonus Cards

To match a Bonus card, the Pop-Tarts cards you eat must be the same flavor and be prepared in the same way (frozen or toasted) as shown on the Bonus card.

Example: This player has toasted Cherry and frozen Chocolate Fudge Pop-Tarts on their plate. That matches the first Bonus card shown. They choose to eat the Cherry and Chocolate Fudge Pop-Tarts, and take the Bonus card as well. They may also eat the toasted Cookies & Creme Pop-Tarts card for 1 point, or they can wait to eat it later.

You can match a Bonus card showing three Pop-Tarts if you eat the Pop-Tarts cards shown all at once, whether they are frozen or toasted. Example: You may take this Bonus card if you eat Cookies & Creme, Brown Sugar Cinnamon, and Chocolate Fudge Pop-Tarts all at once, regardless of whether the Pop-Tarts are frozen or toasted.

After scoring a Bonus card, draw a new card to replace the old one.

Once a Pop-Tarts card is used to match a Bonus card, it is taken off the plate and cannot match another Bonus card.

It is possible for a player to score two Bonus cards in one turn.

End of a Turn

At the end of a player's turn, they may discard any number of Action cards from their hand, then draw back up to three Action cards. Play continues to the next player.

Tracking Points

Offset your scored Pop-Tarts cards and Bonus cards so you can always see the numbers and quickly add up your current score. Offset your cards so the numbers are visible, and all players can see how many points you have.

Cards still on your plate and uneaten are not counted for points.

Ending the Game

When one player reaches 30 points, each player after them - all the way up to (but not including) the player with the First Player card - gets one more turn. Once each player has taken an equal number of turns, the player with the most points wins!

If there is a tie, the tied player with the most Bonus cards wins the game.