How to play phase 10? This is part of the game by Mattel who also sell the popular game known as UNO. This is a card game similar to Rummy but the difference lies in the ten phases that have to be completed in order to win the game. The game was created in 1982 by Kenneth R Johnson and it was marketed by Fundex Company. The rights of the game were later sold to Mattle in 2010.
How to play Phase 10?
Phase 10 is also like UNO in which the player wants to get rid of the cards he has in hands. The difference lies in constructing and completing the meds also known as phases. This makes the discarding of cards secondary objective to meds.
How to use the cards?
There are lesser types of cards in Phase 10 than UNO which may give an idea that the game is simple but that is not the case. In this you need to keep pacing up and tryingbtonslow down your opponent at the same time. You have to make sure that you do not give your opponent the card he needs or you lose the game. Rather try discarding the cards. The structure of the game hence involve a luck as well in terms of choosing the right card.
What does a box of Phase 10 contains?
There are 110 cards in each box of Phase 10. Two cards are identical to each other. The cards come in yellow, red, blue and green colours. The numbering of the cards go from 1 to 12 and each colour has twinsets of such numberd. 8 wild cards and 4 skip cards which are very important to the game.
What is a skip card?
This card help in the opponent or the one coming next to lose their turn. Show this card and the other person you want will not have their turn. This card can be taken from the Draw Pile not the Discard Pile and if it is the first card for the player to choose from the cards then he looses his turn.
What is a wild card?
The life saver and a very powerful card. If you need a particular number card then you should use this wild card to replace that number. This card can save you in choosing whatever number you want and in phase as well.
What is a phase?
A player will set up a phase criteria which the other player has to follow. This criteria is set by the player by laying down the cards in front of them. A hand is completed by a player when all the cards in his hand are discarded and he finishes the phase. If someone fails to complete the phase he has to do this in the next hand.
This gives a brief orientation into the game but honestly there is more to it when a person would start playing. So get your hands on the next set of Phase 10 and win over the opponents.