Gasha
Gasha Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Contents
- 75 Gasha cards
- 15x Magical Girl
- 15x Kitsune
- 15x Robot
- 15x Radish
- 15x Sushi
- 35 Set Reward cards
- 15 Bonus tokens
Goal of the Game
Players will obtain Gasha cards and trade them for Set Reward cards that are worth points, and, sometimes, Bonus tokens.
At the end of the game, the player with the most beautiful collection is the winner.
Setup
There are 3 kinds of components in Gasha:
- Gasha cards,
- Set Reward cards,
- Bonus tokens.
1. Shuffle all Gasha cards and deal 4 to each player. With the remainder of the cards, create 4 roughly equal decks. Place those piles in the center of the play area. There should be a space left for a discard pile of Gasha cards.
2. Shuffle Set Reward cards into a facedown deck. If playing with 5 or 6 players, also play with cards with a 5+ symbol (and a 6 symbol, for 6 players) in the lower right corner of the card. Reveal four and place them in a row.
3. Shuffle Bonus tokens and place facedown tokens in the play area, depending on player count:
- 2 players = 5 tokens
- 3 players = 6 tokens
- 4 players = 8 tokens
- 5 players = 10 tokens
- 6 players = 12 tokens
Note: you can select which Bonus tokens are shuffled and placed facedown, or randomize this altogether.
Game Flow
On your turn, you must perform one of the following:
Draw two Gasha cards
Draw two Gasha cards from one single deck, or from two different decks. Place the two drawn cards into your hand.
If one of the decks runs out, cut the biggest remaining deck in half to create a new deck. If you are unable to create 4 decks, shuffle the discard pile to form new decks. However, the top card of each pile should not change during this process.
OR Trade Gasha cards for a Set Reward card
If your hand contains Gasha cards that match one of the 4 available Set Reward cards, put the matching Gasha cards into the discard pile.
Then take the Set Reward card and place it in front of you, face up. Draw and reveal a new card to replace the card you just took. 4 Set Reward cards should be available at all times.
How do I get Bonus tokens?
- Whenever a player gets 2 Set Rewards with a half of a Ticket each, it creates a complete Ticket; that player takes a Bonus token and reveals it.
- If both Ticket halves were of the same color, the player also takes a Gasha card from one of the decks.
- The token should be placed on the two Set Reward cards that granted the Bonus token. Those Set Reward cards cannot be used to collect a Bonus token anymore.
Card notes
- Blue Ticket half — a Ticket half of the blue color.
- Wild Ticket half — counts as any color.
- Wild Gasha (on a Set Reward card) — can be treated as any Gasha.
- Card with no Ticket half — a Set Reward card that needs identical Gashas and grants no Ticket half.
Bonus Token Abilities
- One more turn! The player may immediately play again.
- 2 Wild Gashas! This token is worth two wild Gashas, to be spent when completing a future collection.
- 3 points! This token is worth 3 victory points at the end of the game.
Once the "One more turn!" or "2 Wild Gashas!" action is taken, the player flips their Bonus token to show it is spent.
End of the Game
The game end triggers when one of the following conditions is met:
- The last Bonus token is taken.
- The Set Reward pile is empty.
- In the unlikely event when making 4 Gasha card decks is impossible.
From the turn when a player triggers the game end, all other players play a last turn before scoring.
Scoring
Players add the points from:
- their Set Reward cards,
- the 3 points Bonus tokens…
… and they score 1 additional point for each unused Gasha (cards and unused tokens).
The player with the highest score wins the game. In case of a tie, the player with the most Bonus tokens wins. In case of a new tie, tied players share victory.