Watch “How to play FIVES (Magenta),” a how-to-play guide for Fives from CMYK on BoardGameVideo.
Description provided by CMYK on YouTube:
Available at: https://www.cmyk.games/products/fives
Fives is a modern twist on classic trick-taking games like Hearts and Spades. Instead of playing a card face up, you can play it face down as a 5! You’re trying to get all your winning cards to add up to 25: can you play your cards right without busting?
PLAYERS - 3-4
TIME - 30 minutes
AGES - 8+
MOOD - Smart & Tense
DESIGNER - Taiki Shinzawa
Studio: CMYK
Graphic Design: SMLXL
Video Host: Quintin Smith
Video Production: Simon Cade
Gaffer: Nea Springer
Editor: Jennifer Bingham
SFX: Upright T-Rex
Mainly reviews. Fives is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 3 reviews, 1 how-to-play guides, and 2 other videos.
3 - 4 players
30 - 40 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes
About Fives, from BoardGameGeek:
Fives is a trick-taking game for three or four players. The reverse side of the cards shows a magenta 5.
The game is a must-follow game, with a fixed trump suit. In general, if you can follow suit you must, but in many cases you can play one of your cards face down as a magenta 5. However, only one magenta 5 may appear in any trick. The winner of the trick takes all cards played to the trick, with their card on top.
At the end of the hand, points will be lost by any player whose top cards sum to more than 25, and points will be won for those whose cards sum to 25 or less, with the most points going to those who scored closest to 25.
The player with the most points after four rounds wins.