Wild Piles

Wild Piles is a light-weight set collection card game with some wild twists. The goal is to place cards on one of your five piles. The higher the card is on the pile the more it is worth. To Play: Shuffle the deck and deal each player 3 cards. Create a display of 3 face up cards near the deck. Shuffle the Pile Starter cards and deal 5 face down in a row to each player. Players choose 1 Pile Starter to flip face up. On your turn, choose one action: Exchange a card from your hand with one from the display Place a card on a Pile then draw from the deck or display. A card must be matching color and of greater value to be placed on a Pile Discard a card and draw one from the deck or display. When the deck is empty, flip all Pile Starter cards face up and score Piles as follows: Cards at level 1: Face Value Cards at level 2: Double (x2) Cards at level 3: Triple (x3) Cards at level 4: Quadruple (x4) Cards at level 5: Quintuple (x5) If a "Pile" only contains one card, that card is worth negative face value. The player with the highest score is the winner. Tied players share the victory. —description from the publisher