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Objective:   Collect cards by composing 4-, 5-, or 6-letter words from the letter cards you see.  But beware, Patchword cards are double-sided, so if an opponent makes a word on the backs of your cards, they can take them! 

Game play:

Your goal is to collect sets of 4, 5, or 6 adjacent cards by composing words.  You cannot look at the backs of the cards in your card holder.

Each turn you take 2 actions, which can be one of these things:

• Flip: You can flip a card around in any holder (yours or your opponent’s), so the outside becomes the inside.
• Swap: You can switch the positions of 2 cards in any single holder.
• Move: You can move a card from one position in a holder to another position in the same holder, inserting it and sliding the other cards to make room.
• Trade 1 card: You can trade one card from your hand with another player.  When you trade, the cards don’t flip, so you get the letter you see.
• Collect a word from your holder: If 4, 5, or 6 adjacent letter-cards in your holder compose a word, you can lay them down (showing everyone you have a word) and keep all of them.  Add the number values on the letter-cards to your score.  Scrabble® rules apply for what constitutes acceptable words.
• Collect a word from your opponent’s holder: If the backs of 4, 5, or 6 adjacent cards in your opponent’s holder compose a word, you can lay down their cards (showing everyone the word).  In this case, you give 1 card to the player whose cards you took, drawn randomly, and score the rest.  You and our opponent add the number values on the letter-cards to your scores.  Scrabble® rules apply for what constitutes acceptable words. 

Whenever a player has less than 6 cards, they draw back up to 6 immediately (before any other actions are taken).  Drawing cards is not an action.

Game end:  The game ends as soon as any player cannot draw enough cards to fill their holder back up to 6 cards.  Important: When the game ends, any player that has a word in their own holder can reveal and score those cards.  Whoever has the highest total score wins!