Dreams for Rebel Girls
Dreams for Rebel Girls Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Components
- A: 40 WOMAN Cards
- B: 55 CLUE Cards
- C: 9 TARGET Tiles
- D: 9 LIGHTBULB Tokens
Setup
- Divide the cards and tiles according to their back.
- Shuffle each deck separately, then place them face down on the table.
- Draw 9 WOMAN Cards and place them face up at the center of the table, creating a 3x3 grid.
- Take 7 LIGHTBULB Tokens and place them face up on the green side next to the grid.
The Game
Woman Cards
Each WOMAN Card lists useful information about the illustrated Woman. The card's labelled parts are: Name; Occupation; Country of origin, Date of birth and death, Book page; and Sentences with highlighted KEY words.
Clue Cards
CLUE Cards have creative illustrations. Each card can have a mix of useful clues to guess a Target Woman, if it's showing a detail related to her life or achievements. Its overall theme or idea can be a clue as well, if it's illustrating a specific moment or suggests a feeling related to the Target Woman.
Possible clues:
- The Helmet
- The Snail
- The Stairs
- The Flowers
- The Colors
- The Sky
Target Tiles
Each TARGET tile shows the position of a WOMAN Card on the 3x3 grid on the table: this is the woman to guess during this turn!
Lightbulb Tokens
During each game 7 LIGHTBULB tokens will be available. Once you've used the token, flip it to the other OFF side. When all the tokens are on the OFF side the game ends immediately.
You will turn off 1 LIGHTBULB to draw 7 new CLUE Cards or 2 LIGHTBULBS when you guess the wrong Woman.
How to Play
The starting player will be the most Rebel one at the table. He/She will draw to his/her own hand 7 CLUE Cards and 1 TARGET Card to be kept secret from the other players.
At this point, the round master can play any number of Clue Cards from his/her hand and place them face up on the table.
NOTE 1: Choose carefully which cards you're going to play and play only those you think might be useful CLUES for the Target WOMAN. In addition, try to avoid giving CLUES that could also be associated to other WOMEN on the grid. If you can't avoid using a CLUE that can be related to more than one WOMAN in the grid, try to create a combination of cards that may help the other players in their guessing.
NOTE 2: Once you've played CLUE Cards, you cannot comment or make any sign. The same goes during the decision making process, you should avoid giving any further information. Try to put your best poker face on!
If the round master thinks that the CLUE Cards in his/her hand are not useful, he/she can discard the cards in his/her hand and draw 7 new CLUE Cards. To do so, he/she must turn OFF a LIGHTBULB token.
Once the round master has played the CLUE Cards, it's time for all the other players to discuss and share their opinions about the given clues and to guess the Target Woman. When they agree, they must point at one WOMAN Card on the grid.
If they cannot reach an agreement, they can ask for new clues and the round master can draw 7 new CLUE Cards by turning OFF a Lightbulb.
If the other players pick the wrong WOMAN, they must turn OFF 2 LIGHTBULB tokens and try again, until they guess the right one.
If the guessing players pick the right WOMAN Card, the round is successfully completed and you can proceed to the next round.
Example: Cleopatra is the Target Woman. The round master plays the "queen" CLUE Card first. Be careful, though, because this clue may be associated to Queen Elizabeth I as well! Yet, by adding the "snake" CLUE Card, the association to CLEOPATRA becomes quite easier!
Next Round
Put aside the WOMAN Card guessed during the previous round and replace it with a new WOMAN Card from the deck. Put the Target Tile and all the CLUE Cards used during the previous round back in the corresponding decks and shuffle them again.
The next round master will be the player sitting to the left of the previous round master. He/She will draw a new Target Card and 7 CLUE Cards from the deck. Now you can start another round!
End of the Game
If you've guessed correctly 4 WOMAN Cards, you all win the game. Congratulations!
If you turned OFF all the LIGHTBULB Tokens before guessing 4 WOMEN, you will all lose the game.
Dont' give up, play again!
Special Rules
If you have already guessed 4 Women, you won the game but you can always try to achieve new records! Find out how many WOMEN you can guess before switching the last lightbulb OFF. If you have guess more than 5 Women, you are a real Rebel Girl Fan!