- Coloretto: review of the family card game
- This is how the color collecting plays with the chameleons
- Information, evaluation and conclusion
90 colorful cards that show chameleons on different colored backgrounds, including a gold and some colorful joker cards, make up the beautiful card game “Coloretto”.
How does Coloretto play?
The aim of the game is to collect as many cards as possible in three selected colors. But since six different colors are on offer, it quickly happens that there are suddenly too many differently colored cards in one’s own collection. Only three colors bring you closer to victory, all others are negative points.
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First, a display in the middle of the table is filled with cards from the draw pile. Depending on the number of three to five players, as many rows are possible. Whoever has a turn decides whether he/she fills up the display further, because up to three cards are allowed per row, or whether he/she prefers to take a row of cards from the display and fold for this round.
The more cards of a color you have, the more points you get. One card is worth one point, two cards are worth three points, and six cards are worth 21 points. But for the “false colors” the minus points also increase in this way.
information and conclusion
And so it’s always a matter of making a decision: Do I take the row with two blue chameleons and fold, or do I gamble and hope that there will be a third card that I need in my collection. If there are three cards in all rows, you have to take a row when it is your turn, even if not all colors fit your concept. By consciously exploiting this, insidious players manage to damage their opponents through skillful laying out.
When the colorful chameleon tail appears in the draw pile, it heralds the last round. Then it’s time for the rating. Everyone first looks for the three colors from which he/she has collected the most cards and adds up the victory points using the value table. Acquired jokers increase their number. The excess colors bring negative points. Special rules apply to two-player games. But even with them, the chameleon card game is not recommended as a two-player game. However, Coloretto brings great fun in the three to five rounds. Since children can quickly figure out the rules, Coloretto is a great game for the whole family. The course of the game can be explained quickly and a game does not last too long, so a second round is the rule in the entertaining card game.
- info to Coloretto at a glance:
- Number of players: 2 to 5
- Age recommendation: from 7 (publisher information from 8)
- Duration: 30 minutes
- Publisher: Abacusspiele
- Author: Michael Schacht
- Per:
- Very nicely illustrated cards
- For gamers and collectors
- Entertaining family game
- Cons:
- Not really suitable for groups of two
- Editor rating: 9 out of 10 points
Conclusion: Coloretto is a card game with easy-to-understand rules that has delighted our players of all ages. Whether gambler or collector, everyone gets their money’s worth and therefore likes to shuffle the cards again for another game.
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transparency notice: To test the game, the publisher provided us with a review copy without further conditions.
