The T-Shirt Game Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Contents
• Object of the Game
• How to Play
• The Booyah Card
• The Winner
• Quick Rules

Contents

12+ years old, 3+ players, 30+ minutes.

160 slogan cards, 70 Hot or Not cards, 70 T-shirt cards.

Object of the Game

Collect Hot or Not cards with a combined value of 3000 points! Hot or Not cards are awarded to the player who has played the best slogan card as a match for a T-shirt card in a round.

How to Play

1. Sort the different types of cards into 3 separate decks and shuffle each deck. Place all 3 card decks with the picture and text side facing down.

2. The youngest player starts as the judge. The judge is the card giver and deals 3 slogan cards to each player (not to themselves). The other players may look at their slogan cards, but must not show them.

3. The judge now draws a card from the T-shirt card deck and places it in the middle of the table with the picture side up. The other players now choose a slogan card that they think fits the picture on the T-shirt card best. They place their slogan card face down next to the T-shirt card.

4. When everyone has placed their slogan card, the judge shuffles them on the table so that no one can see who played which card. The judge then turns the slogan cards over one at a time, reads out the various slogans, and places the cards on the table next to the T-shirt card with the text side up.

5. After presenting all of the slogan cards, the judge chooses the slogan that he or she thinks makes the funniest or most zany match with the T-shirt card. It is entirely up to the judge to decide.

6. The player who played the winning slogan card now draws a card from the Hot or Not deck. The player reads the card aloud and tells what the world thinks of his or her T-shirt and how many points the card is worth. The player then places the card down in front of them with the text side up.

7. All slogan cards and the T-shirt card from this round are placed in a separate pile. The slogan cards that players still hold in their hands are kept by them.

8. The role of judge now passes to the next player clockwise. The new judge deals a new slogan card to each of the other players (not to themselves). Everyone now has 3 slogan cards in hand and a new round starts. Return to step 3.

The Booyah Card

If you draw this card from the Hot or Not deck, you may choose to do the following. The boring choice is to keep it and score 400 points. If you are against gambling and want to make your fellow players nervous, you can use the card to steal a Hot or Not card from another player – Booyah!

Here is how to steal a card! First, choose a player you want to steal a card from. Perhaps that player has the most valuable Hot or Not card. It may also be that you are unlucky and draw a bad card. All of the chosen player's Hot or Not cards are turned over with the text side down and shuffled. You choose a random card, which you may now keep. Those points are yours, and the Booyah card is put back in the Hot or Not deck. Remember to put it at the bottom of the deck.

If the Booyah card is the first Hot or Not card drawn in the game, or you choose to keep the card (instead of stealing from another player), you simply place the card in front of you and score 400 points. The Booyah card cannot be used later in the game.

The Winner

The player who first collects Hot or Not cards with a combined value of 3000 points has won the game.

Quick Rules

1. The judge deals 3 slogan cards to each player and turns a T-shirt card face up on the table.

2. The other players choose 1 slogan card from their hand and place it face down on the table.

3. The judge shuffles the three cards and reads them out one at a time. The judge then chooses the card that has the best match with the T-shirt card.

4. The player who played the chosen card now draws a Hot or Not card and reads it aloud. They place it down in front of them with the text side up.

5. All cards that have been in play are set aside in a separate pile. The cards the players have left in hand are kept. The judge deals a new slogan card to each player. A new round starts with a new judge.

6. The first player to collect 3000 points wins the game.