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RULES:
The object of this cooperative game is to get 3 cards on the good spot on the score mat.
Shuffle the question cards and number cards separately and place them facedown. The question cards are double sided, pick one side to use the entire game. Put the score mat in the middle of the table. Pick a player to go first, they are the organizer. The organizer deals everyone, including themselves, a facedown number card. But any remaining ones to the side. Everyone secretly looks at their card. Flip over the top question card and read it aloud.
Beginning with the organizer and proceeding clockwise, each player must answer the question in a way that they think matches their card to the questions ranking criteria in a way they think the organizer would agree with. You are not allowed to say the number on your card or use indicators of value that suggest their number, like “the most” “the least” or “half”. No one can change their answer after they have given it. Remember, if it feels like cheating, it's cheating.
After everyone has answered, the organizer sorts the answers from lowest to highest. One at a time, the organizes picks a player to slide their card to them. Once the card is in front the organizer flips it over. Only the organizer may flip over cards. After flipping a card, they go to the next one. The organizer may ask anyone to repeat an answer and everyone is allowed to discuss and talk about which card should be chosen, but the final decision is the organizers. The organizer can choose their own card at any time.
If you revealed all the numbers correctly from lowest to highest then you all get a point. Put the question card in the good cards spot on the score mat. IF you revealed a number out of order, then you made a mistake. If playing with 2, 4 or 5 players, then you place the card on the bad cards section of the score mat. If playing with 3, 6, 7 or 8 players, then you are allowed 1 mistake. Discard all the revealed cards and continue flipping as if nothing happened. If you make no more mistakes, then it is a good card. If not, then it is a bad card.
Continue playing until you accumulate a total of 3 cards on either the good or bad card spots. If three on good, then you all win. If three on bad, then you all lose. In a 2 or 3 player game, deal each player 2 number cards side by side to each player round instead of 1. Players must keep the numbers distinct and will the answer for their card on the right first. Once everyone has answered, then they answer the one on their left.