Ligretto (Dutch Blitz) - Online Guide

Starting The Game

With /join 2-6 players can join the game. With /start the game begins. Alternatively, you can use the Game Tool!

Object of the Game

Ligretto is all about speed. Each player has cards in four colours with values from 1 to 10. The number 1 can be placed any time on any free space on the board on, other numbers must be placed in ascending order on a card of the same colour.

Game Board

Spielfeld
  1. Game Board
  2. Ligretto pile
  3. Rack
  4. Next button
  5. Pile of hand cards
  6. Stop button
  7. Player Dashboard
Spieleranzeige

Game data of all players is shown here

  • On the left side of the names you can see the number of cards on the ligretto pile.
  • Below the names the open cards of the players are shown.
  • On the right you can see the points.

Flow of the game

Beispiel

All players try to play as fast as possible from their Ligretto pile (2) at the same time. Cards are played by dragging and dropping them onto available cards on the board (e.g. in the picture, you could place the yellow 3 on the yellow 2). If you play a card from the rack (3) to the board, you can drag the top card of the ligretto pile to the free place. While trying to play the cards from the left you cycle through your pile of hand cards (5) with your Next button (4). In the example picture you could place the red 6 from your hand cards to the the board and play the red 7 in the middle afterwards.

After playing a 10 and finishing a pile this way, you must click on the 10 once again to turn it over. If you forget to click on it, no more cards can be played before turning the pile over.

Abbrechen

Especially in games with few players the situation may occur that nobody can or wants to play more cards, even if no player has played all cards from the ligretto pile. In this case the current round can be ended by pressing the stop button. All players must click on their button to end the round. In this case round is scored based on the status at this moment.

Scoring

Wertung

At the end of a round each card a player has played onto the board scores one point. Cards remaining on the ligretto pile are scored as -2 points each.

To start the next round all players must click on their Next button.

End of the Game

The game ends when (at least)one player has reached 100 points after a round. The player with the highest total wins the game.

Game Options

NoBlind

Playing a card "prematurely” (e.g. placing a 5 on 3 in hope that someone will play a 4 before you place the 5) is punished with -1 point.

Speedmachine

Speedmachine throws in action cards that affect the flow of the game. Rules for this option can be found in a separate instruction.