This Game Goes to Eleven
This Game Goes to Eleven Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Overview
Play cards to a discard pile, adding up the numbers along the way. If you can make a pile equal exactly 11, give those cards to an opponent. But watch out for the Librarian, who's out to damper your decibels! To win, be the player with the fewest cards at the end of the game.
Contents
- 72 cards
- 1 guitar pick
Setup
Shuffle the deck and deal each player 3 cards, face down. (Look at your cards, but keep them secret from your opponents.) Stack the rest of the cards face down in the center of the playing area to form a draw pile. Draw the top card and place it face up next to the draw pile to form the main discard pile. (If you draw a Quiet! or Eleven card, draw another card and place it on top of it.)
Note: The main game does not use the guitar pick. See "Pick On Me" for that variant.
How to Play
The game starts with the player who last listened to a guitar solo and play continues to the left. On your turn, place one of your three cards on the discard pile. If it's a regular number card (1-9), add the number to the previous discard pile total, and announce the new total out loud to the group. (For example, if the previous total was 5 and you played a 4, say "9".) Then draw back up to three cards.
Four different situations might happen when you play a number card:
1. The Value of the Discard Pile Is Less Than 11
If you play a card and the pile adds up to less than 11, the round simply passes to the next player.
2. The Value of the Discard Pile Is Exactly 11
If you play a card and the pile adds up to exactly 11, take the discard pile and give it to another player. (That player should turn the cards face down in a pile off to their side, to be counted at the end of the game.) The round continues with the player on your left, who starts a new discard pile with any card from their hand.
Example: a 6, a 4 and a 1 played to the same pile make 6 + 4 + 1 = 11.
3. The Value of the Discard Pile Adds Up to More Than 11
If you can only play a card that makes the discard pile add up to more than 11, you must take the pile of cards. (First add a card from your hand to the pile and then place it face down to your side.)
4. Same Number Split
You cannot play the same number cards on top of one another. If you want to (or have to) play the same number, place it next to the discard pile to start a new pile. (There can be multiple discard piles in play at any time.) On future turns, all players can decide on which pile to play their cards.
Special Cards
ELEVEN: Amp it up with the Eleven card! When you play an Eleven card, this takes a discard pile straight to 11. Give the pile to another player.
QUIET!: Beware the librarian, for she is all powerful! This card can do two things:
- When someone plays an Eleven card and is about to give away the pile, you can instantly play a Quiet! card on top of it (even out of turn). When this happens, the player who played the Eleven card must take the pile. (Note: You cannot play a Quiet! card if a pile adds up to 11 only using number cards.)
- If you play a Quiet! card on a normal turn, it automatically reduces the value of a discard pile to 0. Other players may continue to play on that pile.
Ending the Game
The game ends when the draw pile is out and all players are out of cards. All players count up their cards and whoever has the fewest wins.
Alternative Rules
Pick On Me
This version plays exactly like the regular game. The main difference is it uses the guitar pick to designate which player receives cards when a pile goes to 11.
To start, give the guitar pick to the player who goes first. As soon as a pile reaches 11, whoever has the guitar pick takes the pile and then passes the pick to the player on their left.