U2 Devious

Devious is an anti-set collectible card game. Build the strongest fairy alliance in five rounds and win the Queen's crown. To do so, you must play and keep a single fairy from each of the 5 fairy bands in your square, of the highest possible rank. But be careful, a second fairy from a certain band cancels out your score, and more than two sinks your score into the negative. Look for only the highest-ranking fairy in each gang to achieve the strongest alliance possible. But each gang has a unique power and the ability to manipulate the fairies around the table, including yours. Gaining the upper hand will be both chaotic and torturous.

To prepare before the game, players decide which five fairy bands they will wear in the game from among the 13 costumes included in the box. They can be mixed and matched, so the game varies from game to game.

In each round, all players are dealt three cards. But, interestingly, they are not yours; they are your opponents. You look at them, decide the order in which to stack them, and therefore in what order your opponent will find them later, and then pass that pile in the direction of the game. You will also receive your battery in the same way.

Then, in turn, starting with the first player, look at the top card of the three-card pile and announce your intention to keep the card for your tableau or discard it, hoping to find a better card that your opponent has buried deeper. If you choose to discard, you wait until all "Keep" players have played. They discard the remaining pile of cards, without seeing them, and announce their fairy's rank. The highest rank plays their card on their tableau and executes the fairy's ability. Once all the "First Card" plays have been made, the previous "Discard" players look at their second card and choose to play or discard it. If the first two were discarded, the third card MUST be played. Did your opponent trick you into playing the worst card at the end of the pile? Was the best card the first card you discarded? There's a lot of cunning and cunning in the game.

After the fifth round, players score each fairy outfit in their alliances:

1 Card from a Raid: Score of its Rank (from 1 to 5, depending on the card).
2 Cards from the same Band: Score 0 points.
3-4 Cards from a given Raid: Lose as many points as the fairy with the highest ranking in the Raid.
5 or more cards from a Raid: Write down the sum value of all fairies in the Raid.
The player with the highest favor score wins.

Then, switch the fairy bands in the deck, with their own unique powers, for a new challenge and constant variety in the game.