Kabo

  1. Objective: End the game with the lowest total value of cards when someone calls 'Kabo'.
  2. Setup: Shuffle a standard 52-card deck and deal 4 cards face down to each player. Everyone looks at any 2 of their cards once, then places them back face down. Flip one card face up to start the discard pile.
  3. Card Values: Aces = 1, Number cards = face value, Face cards (J, Q, K) = 10.
  4. Turn: Draw one card from the draw pile or the discard pile.
  5. If you draw from the draw pile, you may either swap it with one of your face-down cards (without looking) or discard it.
  6. Power Cards (activated when discarded from the draw pile):
  7. 7 - Peek at one of your own cards.
  8. 8 - Peek at one of another player's cards.
  9. 9 - Swap one of your cards (without looking) with one of another player's cards (without looking).
  10. 10 - Peek at one of your own cards and one of another player's cards.
  11. Calling Kabo: Instead of drawing, a player may call 'Kabo' when they believe they have the lowest total. Each other player then gets one final turn.
  12. End of Round: All players reveal their cards and total their values. The player with the lowest score wins the round.
  13. Penalty: If the player who called Kabo does not have the lowest total, they receive a 10-point penalty.
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