Bone Charms Rules

Game Setup

  1. Shuffle all Bone Charms face down to create the BoneYard.

  2. Choose a starting player.

  3. Players take turns revealing Bones from the BoneYard until a Double is revealed.

  4. The player who finds the Double places it in the Track Center, and all players draw their initial hand from the hidden Bone Charms in the BoneYard. Revealed Bone Charms stay Revealed.

    1. (Hand Size Chart)

Gameplay

  1. The player who revealed the Double goes first.

  2. On your turn, you can play a Bone Charm from your hand onto the end of an existing track or the Starting Double, creating a new track if needed.

    1. The number of Tracks Allowed is limited to the number of players in the game plus one.

  3. After playing a Bone Charm, you must resolve the ability of the Charm on the Outside/Open End of the Bone Charm you played before you can pass your turn. Turns are taken in clockwise order.

    1. (Include Diagram) 

  4. If a player doesn't play a Bone Charm from their hand, they must draw one from the BoneYard. If it can be played, they can play it immediately.

    1. Revealed Bone Charms can be drawn from the BoneYard, but they stay Revealed.

  5. The goal of the game is to empty your hand of Bone Charms first. When the first player empties their hand, the round is over and each other player adds the remaining Bone Charms in their hand to their Total Score

  6. The player with the lowest Total Score after 3 rounds wins.