Power Hungry Pets

Here is how to play the game, broken down into setup, turns, and how the game ends.

Setup

• Put all 7 tokens in a pile in the middle of the table (p. 1).
• Shuffle all the cards and deal 1 card to each player, keeping it secret (p. 1).
• Randomly remove 1 card from the deck and put it aside face down (p. 1). (Note: For a 2-player game, remove 3 cards — set them aside with 2 face up and 1 face down (p. 1).)
• Place the remaining cards face down in the center of the table to form a draw pile (p. 2).
• Pick a player to go first based on criteria like who most closely resembles their pet (p. 2).

Taking Your Turn

• Draw the top card from the draw pile into your hand so that you now have 2 cards (p. 1).
• Choose 1 card to keep in your hand and 1 card to play by putting it face up in front of you (p. 1).
• Immediately take the action written on the card you played (p. 1).
• Your turn is then over, and play continues clockwise around the table (p. 1).
• Keep all the cards you have played visible in front of you instead of using a shared discard pile (p. 1).

How the Game Ends

• A round ends when you cannot draw a card because the draw pile has run out, or if all but one player has been eliminated (p. 3, 5).
• When the draw pile runs out, all players who have not been eliminated reveal their hand, and the player with the highest card wins the round to take a token (p. 3, 5). If only one player remains, they also win the round and take a token (p. 3, 5).
• If there is a tie for the highest card at the end of a round, look at the face-up cards in front of each tied player; the player with the highest card in front of them wins the round and takes a token (p. 5).
• After a round ends, all cards are shuffled to begin a new round (p. 3, 5).
• The game ends when one player has collected enough tokens to win, which depends on player count: 3 tokens needed for 2-3 players, or 2 tokens needed for 4-6 players (p. 5).