1988Marsha J. Falco
- Videos
- 42
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- 39
Mostly how-to-play and reviews
1 - 20 players30 minLight weight
Five Crowns
1996Marsha J. Falco
1 - 7 players
30 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes
From BoardGameGeek
Five Crowns is rummy with a five-suited deck and a twist. The set collection aspect of rummy is basically the same, with groups of three cards in either runs or denominations making a valid meld. The twist is that in each hand the number of cards required to create a meld increases, from three cards in the first hand to thirteen in the last. The game, therefore, consists of eleven hands. In each hand, in addition to the six Jokers, other cards are designated as wild: in the first hand 3s are wild; in the second hand 4s are wild, and so on until in the last hand the Kings go wild. (You can remember which cards are wild because it matches the number of cards in hand, i.e., in the first hand you hold three cards and 3s are wild.) A hand ends when a player can meld all cards in her hand after the discard.
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Which Five Crowns video should I watch?
Five Crowns has 4 videos from 4 creators: 1 review and 3 how-to-play guides. They date from 2021 to May 2025.
To learn the rules, start with "How to Play Five Crowns | Full Tutorial and Rules Explanation" by Nights Around a Table, which runs 6 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Rants And Reviews: Five Crowns" by Nerd News Social.
If you like it, try SET and Set Cubed, also by Marsha J. Falco, or CuBirds and Fluxx, which share several of its mechanics.
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About Five Crowns
From BoardGameGeek:
Five Crowns is rummy with a five-suited deck and a twist. The set collection aspect of rummy is basically the same, with groups of three cards in either runs or denominations making a valid meld. The twist is that in each hand the number of cards required to create a meld increases, from three cards in the first hand to thirteen in the last. The game, therefore, consists of eleven hands. In each hand, in addition to the six Jokers, other cards are designated as wild: in the first hand 3s are wild; in the second hand 4s are wild, and so on until in the last hand the Kings go wild. (You can remember which cards are wild because it matches the number of cards in hand, i.e., in the first hand you hold three cards and 3s are wild.) A hand ends when a player can meld all cards in her hand after the discard.
Designer
Marsha J. Falco
Publisher
Set Enterprises, Inc.
Categories
Mechanics
Hand ManagementSet Collection