You Gotta Be Kitten Me! Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Bid & Challenge
  • Bid
  • Challenge
• Advanced Rules
  • Purrfect
• Gameplay Summary

Bid & Challenge

On their turn a player can either Bid or Challenge.

Bid

A Bid indicates that you believe there are at least that many of the selected Accessory or Color among all players' hands. To make a Bid, choose a number of any Accessory or Color.

• The opening Bid may be any number of an Accessory or Color.
• Each Bid after the first must be greater than the previous Bid.
• Each Bid after the first may be of any Accessory or Color of the bidder's choice. It does not need to match the previous Bid's Accessory or Color.
  • Example: If the Bid is four Hats, the current player may Bid five Hats or six Glasses or five Red.

Challenge

A Challenge indicates that you believe there are less than the last Bid's Accessory or Color among all players' hands.

To Challenge the last Bid, when it is your turn, say, "You Gotta Be Kitten Me!"

• When a Challenge is issued each player reveals their hand, and counts the total of the bid Accessory or Color.
• The Dealer then flips over the top card of the deck and adds its value to the other revealed cards.
• If the total is less than the Bid, the player that made the Bid loses a card for the remainder of the game.
• If the total is greater than or equal to the Bid, the player who issued the Challenge loses a card for the remainder of the game.

Advanced Rules

After becoming familiar with the normal gameplay rules, we recommend that players also add Purrfect to the normal Bid and Challenge options.

Purrfect

Calling Purrfect indicates that you think the last Bid was exactly right.

• When Purrfect is called each player reveals their hand.
• The Dealer then flips over the top card of the deck and adds its value to the other revealed cards.
• If the total is equal to the Bid, the player that made the Bid loses a card for the remainder of the game and the player that called Purrfect gains an additional card for the remainder of the game.
• If the total is greater than or less than the Bid, the player that called Purrfect loses a card for the remainder of the game.

Gameplay Summary

1. Randomly choose who will be Dealer for the first round.
2. Deal five cards face-down to each player. If playing with seven or more players, deal three cards each player instead.
   • After the first round, some players will be dealt less cards for losing a Challenge.
3. The Dealer makes the first Bid.
4. The player to the Dealer's left must either increase the Bid or issue a Challenge.
5. Play continues in a clockwise direction until a Challenge is issued.
6. When a Challenge is issued, each player reveals their hand. The Dealer then flips over the top card of the deck and adds its value to the other revealed cards.
   • If the total is less than the Bid, the player that made the Bid loses a card for the remainder of the game.
   • If the total is greater than or equal to the Bid, the player who issued the Challenge loses a card for the remainder of the game.
7. The player who lost a card becomes the Dealer for the next round.
8. The Dealer collects ALL of the cards, shuffles them together and then deals the appropriate number of cards to each player.
9. When there is only one player left with cards in their hand, that player is declared the winner.