Description
In Keltis: The Card Game, designed by Reiner Knizia, you play coloured cards and try to build colour rows that are as long as possible. The cards in a row must be laid in ascending or descending order. The longer a row is at the end of the game, the more points it scores, while very short rows even subtract points. Along the way you also collect Celtic wishing stones, which bring extra points, but if you collect too few of them, you lose points again. The player with the most points wins.
How to play Keltis: The Card Game
Each player holds 8 cards. On your turn you play one card and then draw a new one. You can place the card in your colour row or discard it onto a shared pile. For a wishing stone, you discard two cards of the same value. The second card in a colour decides whether the row will go up or down. Point cards go into a separate point row or into a colour row with the same number. You draw a new card from the face-down pile or take the top card from one of the open discard piles, but not the one you have just discarded.
The game ends when five end cards are on the table or when the draw pile runs out. Then everyone may place up to two more cards from their hand, and you count the points for colour rows, point cards and wishing stones.
Why you will like it
- The rules are simple, but the decisions are tough: which row to start and when to finish it.
- Discarded cards are available to everyone, so watch what you hand to your opponents.
- The wishing stones add an extra challenge on top of the colour rows.
- A game takes about 20 minutes, so you can easily play several in a row.
Who is Keltis: The Card Game for
The game is for two to four players aged 8 and up and takes about 20 minutes. Players like it best with three. The game is easy to learn, so it suits families and players who enjoy quick card games. There is no text on the cards. This is the Slovenian edition.
What you might not like
You draw cards from the pile, so a bad run of cards can spoil your plans. If the right cards don't come, a row may stay too short and cost you points.
What's in the box
- 80 number cards in five colours
- 10 end cards (2 in each colour)
- 11 point cards
- 9 orange wishing stone cards numbered 1 to 9
