Goal: Form trios (3 cards) of the same theme to score points.
Your Turn: Tap a card to show it. If the dealer has cards of the same theme, they surrender them to you.
Dealer Turn: The dealer asks for a theme. If you have matches, you must surrender them.
Trump Card: The Trump Card acts as a shield! If you hold it when the dealer asks for a match, you can choose to surrender the Trump Card instead of your matching cards.
Drawing Cards: Only the dealer draws from the deck! After your turn, the dealer automatically replenishes their hand back up to exactly 7 cards from the top of the deck. As the player, you never draw new cards. Importantly, when the dealer gets a trio, they do not replace the cards from the deck until after the player's next turn.
Discarding: Keep your discarded cards face down under your active hand cards. The dealer keeps their discards face down under their hand as well.
Tie-Breaker: If the game ends and trio scores are equal, the player or dealer holding the Trump card wins the tie.
Physical Play: When playing with physical cards, the dealer holds the deck in their hand with their 7 cards face up on the top of the stack. When the dealer makes a trio, the trio is discarded, but they do not turn up the replacement cards until after the player's next turn.
Challenging the Dealer: When playing against a human dealer, you can ask that the dealer show their hand when they say there is no match. If they do have a match but concealed it, the dealer loses 1 trio from their score.
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