Play until your "Wits End" The game is played by drawing cards and swapping them with the cards in your tableau. The goal is to get the fewest points at the end of the game. The game ends when After the eighth round any player declares that they are done or the draw pile is exhausted. The points are tallied and the player with the lowest total wins. Obtain the LOWEST point total by one of SIX scoring methods. Setup Players are each dealt 8 cards. 4 face down (no peeking) and four face up. The remaining cards are placed face down as the draw pile. One card is turned over to start the discard pile. NEVER LOOK AT THE FACE DOWN CARDS There are four suits. Blue, green, red and yellow. Play The player to the left of the dealer starts. On your turn you MUST draw the top card from either the draw pile or the discard pile. You may replace one of your cards with the card that you drew. Play continues counter clockwise for a minimum of 8 turns. After 8 turns any player on their turn can vocalize "WITS END". The other players have one more turn to try to reduce their points total. Scoring. (The important part) 1 regular points 2 all color bonus 3 all star bonus 4 four or more bonus 5 split color bonus 6 straight shot bonus

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