Penguin Party

Penguin party!

After a long, dark winter, the sun is shining and it's party time for the penguins, who celebrate by fishing. To better observe the waters, the penguins build high pyramids. The more penguins in the pyramid, the better, but it's not that simple.

In Penguin Party, players collectively build a pyramid of penguins, trying to empty their hands of cards along the way. The game consists of 36 penguin cards: 8 green and 7 red, blue, yellow and purple.

Cards are dealt as evenly as possible, with the last card in a five-player game being the first card at the base of the pyramid. On each turn, you can either play a card to the left or right of the base of the pyramid, which can be no more than eight cards wide, or play a card at a higher level of the pyramid, provided it is supported by two penguins, at least one of which is the same color as the card played.

If you can't play a card, discard your hand face-down and take as many penalty markers as the number of cards you haven't played. If you empty your hand, you can return two previously collected penalty markers to the reserve.

Play as many rounds as the number of players, with each player starting a round. Whoever has the fewest penalty markers at the end of the game wins!