Scan (1970)
Scan (1970) Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Object of the Game
The object of the game is to collect the greatest number of tan cards by correctly matching designs.
Equipment
The equipment consists of two decks of cards, a card tray, three Bluffo cards, and a Cover card.
Regular Game
Preparation
Place the tan cards face up in the card tray with the Cover card on top of the deck. (The three Bluffo cards are for use only in the Bluffo game described later.) All blue cards are spread out face up at random around the card tray.
Method of Play
Players decide which of the four design areas, color, shape, pattern or position, will be used for the first game. As an example, if "color" has been selected for the first game, play starts by removing the Cover card from the tan cards in the tray; all players immediately look at the color design on the top tan card and try to find the matching color design which appears on only one of the blue cards on the table.
When a player believes he has located the matching card, he touches it with his hand. If it matches, he starts the next round by removing the tan card from the tray which he then keeps to indicate his score. This exposes the next card and players try to find its matching card. The game continues in this way until all 23 tan cards have been taken.
If a player touches an incorrect card, he [is dis]qualified from the remainder of that round. The players continue to search for the correct blue card. The winner collects the top tan card from [the tray] plus one tan card from each disqualified player[; a] disqualified player with no tan cards owes nothing.
Winning the Game
The game ends when the last tan card is [taken]. The player who has the greatest number of tan [cards] is the winner.
At the start of each new game mix the tan [cards] and return them face up to the tray with the [Cover] card on top. Blue cards remain spread out face up on the table.
Dealer's Choice
This version is played exactly as the game described above, except that before the round winner takes the top tan card, he calls out the design area which is to be used for the new round.
Bluffo
Bluffo is a variation which may be used with either of the above games. Before spreading the blue cards on the table, hold the deck face down, draw any three cards, and place them aside face down, out of play. Place the three Bluffo cards in a stack beside the card tray. During each game, three tan cards will appear which have no match.
In any round, the first player who thinks there is no match, slaps the top Bluffo card, and then quickly withdraws his hand so that other players may continue to search. Any player who slaps a Bluffo card may not participate further in the round. If no other player finds a match, the player who slapped the Bluffo card is the winner of that round. He takes the top Bluffo card, and the top tan card is placed aside. If another player finds a match after a Bluffo card is slapped, he collects the top tan card and a card from the player who slapped the Bluffo card.
If a player is required to surrender a card to another player and if the only card he has is a Bluffo card, he must surrender that card. If he has no cards, he owes nothing.
When totaling points at the end of a game, a player awards himself one point for any tan card he collected plus two points for any Bluffo card.