Description
The board shows every card of two decks, each one twice. Your task is to place tokens of your colour on them until five of them stand in a row. Sequence Classic is a game you can explain in two minutes, and then the real jostling for free spaces begins at the table.
How to play Sequence Classic
On your turn, you play a card from your hand, place a token on one of the two spaces showing the same card and then draw a new card. The corner spaces count for everyone, so four tokens are enough for a row that reaches a corner.
A two-eyed jack lets you place a token on any free space. A one-eyed jack removes an opponent’s token. However, nobody can remove tokens from a completed row. With two players or two teams, the first to build two rows wins; with three players or teams, one row is enough.
Why you’ll love it
- Every card has two spaces on the board, so you always decide where a token is worth more.
- With the same token, you can extend your own row or block an opponent’s.
- Save your jacks for the right moment: the last space in a row or removing a dangerous token.
- In teams you play together, but you may not talk about your cards, so you have to read your teammates’ moves.
Who is Sequence Classic for
The game is for 2 to 12 players aged 7 and up and takes 10 to 30 minutes. It is easy, so it suits family evenings and get-togethers with friends. With up to three players, everyone plays for themselves; with more, you split into two or three teams of equal size. Players like it best with three or four. There is no text on the cards or the board.
For younger children, our shop also has Sequence Junior, with pictures instead of playing cards.
What might you not like?
If you are looking for a demanding strategy game with lots of planning, you will mainly find light fun here, as quite a lot depends on the cards in your hand. With a one-eyed jack, an opponent can remove your token, so a row you have almost completed can be broken up.
What’s in the box
- game board
- 104 cards
- 50 green, 50 blue and 35 red tokens
- rules
