Heartbeats Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Goal of the Game
  • Additionally Required
• Setup
• Course of Play
• End of the Game: The Final Chartdown!
• Our Scores

Goal of the Game

YOU PLAY TOGETHER AS A TEAM. Your goal is to guess which song a person in your group would turn up loud in a particular situation. But that is not all! At the end of the game you also guess each other's personal hit list and can score extra points.

Additionally Required

A smartphone with internet access on which you have installed the KOSMOS Erklär-App ("explainer app") and, within it, the HEARTBEATS feature.

1. Scan the QR code.
2. Download the Erklär-App.
3. Download and open the HEARTBEATS feature.

The songs are played through the music streaming service of your choice. Available are Spotify, YouTube Music, Amazon Music and Apple Music. A premium subscription for the respective service is an advantage, but not a must.

Setup

1. Place the song and situation cards each as a pile in the middle of the table. From the song cards, form two piles so that two songs lie face up. Shuffle each of the three piles well individually. (90 song cards; 90 situation cards: turquoise side = everyday moments, purple side = Love & Spice moments.)
2. Whoever last sang in the shower begins. That person becomes your first "Maincharacter" and receives the matching "Play & Skip" markers.
3. Place the "Play" marker for the team within easy reach in the middle of the table.
4. Place the smartphone on which you installed the KOSMOS Erklär-App in the middle of the table, reachable for everyone. Open the app and choose the HEARTBEATS feature. With it you scan the QR codes of the song cards during the game.
5. Set the six "Chart" markers aside for now. You only need them at the end of the game.
6. Place the 24 heart chips as a supply on the left side of the box bottom. With them you count your points during the game. (The right side of the box bottom is the "Gewinn" (win) side.)

Bookmark: for further book adventures.

Course of Play

A game runs for three rounds. In each round, every person takes the role of your "Maincharacter" once. The others form the team. Then it's: GAME ON!

1. PICK THE VIBE! The team draws a situation card and reads aloud the situations on its front and back. Together the team decides which of the two situations your "Maincharacter" should now put themselves into.
2. HIT PLAY! Then your "Maincharacter" plays the two face-up song cards one after the other via QR code in the HEARTBEATS feature. After each song: go back to the HB feature and scan the QR code.
3. TIME TO CHOOSE! Your "Maincharacter" uses their "Play & Skip" markers to mark, face down, which song fits the situation chosen by the team.
4. GO TEAM – MAKE YOUR GUESS! Which song did your "Maincharacter" probably choose? Decide together and place your "Play" marker face up under the chosen song.
5. REVEAL & SCORE: Now your "Maincharacter" turns over their face-down "Play & Skip" markers. The tension rises...
   • IT'S A MATCH! If you judged your "Maincharacter" correctly, you may place a heart chip from the supply onto the "Gewinn" (win) side of the box bottom.
   • NOPE – MISSED IT? If you guessed wrong, you unfortunately earn no heart.
6. ADD TO HITLIST: To prepare for the big finale, your "Maincharacter" places the chosen song in front of themselves. The other played song card and the played situation card are removed from the game.

REPEAT! You play like this until everyone has had 3 turns.

End of the Game: The Final Chartdown!

Now your three chosen songs get their turn once more.

Rank them from 1 to 3 and crown your top hit. The person who can't wait to hear their songs again begins. They become your "Maincharacter" again and receive the three matching "Chart" markers. The team gets the other three "Chart" markers.

1. PRESS PLAY & CHOOSE: Play the three songs once more one after the other using the QR codes in the HEARTBEATS feature. Your "Maincharacter" distributes their "Chart" markers face down, thereby ranking their songs from place 1 to 3.
2. TIME TO SHOW OFF! Confer as a team on how your "Maincharacter" probably ranked them, and distribute your "Chart" markers accordingly.
3. WINNER VIBES OR L***? Your "Maincharacter" turns over their face-down "Chart" markers and it gets exciting once more...
   • IT'S A MATCH! If you were right, you may place a heart chip from the supply onto the "Gewinn" (win) side of the box bottom.
   • NOPE – MISSED IT? Try again with your next "Maincharacter". Maybe it goes better there...

After everyone has determined their top-3 charts, the game ends.

Count your hearts on the win side and note your points in the table on page 6 of this rulebook. Discover how you get to know each other a little better round after round.

Our Scores

Keep track of how you get to know each other better round by round. The table has columns "Gespielt haben" (Played by) and "Herz-Punkte" (Heart points).