Perfect Hotel Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Overview
• Components
• Game Setup
• Game Objective
• Gameplay
  • A. Research
  • B. Build
  • End of turn
• Additional Rules
  • Annex Building
• Tourist Group Cards (specialized cards)
• Game End
• Point Calculation
• Award Cards
  • Perfect View (+5 pts. / in a tie +1 pt.)
  • Sky Room (+3 pts. / in a tie +0 pt.)
  • Cheap Hotel (-3 pts.)
• Point Track Board
  • How to use Point Track Board
• Advanced Rule (High-Season Mode)
• Advanced Rule (Star Bonus)

Overview

Perfect Hotel is a Build & Book card game for 2-4 players, ages 14+, 20-30 minutes.

Components

• Game Cards: 62 cards
  • Build Cards (x 57 / 6 kinds). Each shows the points to be gained and the amount of cards of that kind.
  • Tourist Group Cards x 5 (they have a little mark on the back of the cards)
• Build Tags: 6
• Award Cards: 3 (bonus points to be awarded)
• Point Track Board: 1
• Score Trackers: 4 colors
• Rule Book

Game Setup

1. Card Setup (House Deck / Hand Cards)
   • Shuffle the cards and deal 2 cards to each player as Hand Cards.
   • The remaining cards will be the House Deck, to be placed face down where all players can reach.
2. Award Cards (Bonus Points)
   • Line up Award Cards, to be given out as bonus points at the end of game.
3. Build Tags
   • Line up the 6 Build Tags, as shown in the diagram.
   • Build Cards will be placed under Build Tags of its specific kind, so leave ample space to line cards in a Row under each Tag. (Build Cards are to be lined in designated Tag Rows.)
4. Start of Game
   • The game will start and move clockwise from the player to have "stayed in a hotel most recently".

Game Objective

• Players will create Floors with sets of 2 cards or more of a kind to build up their hotels.
• At the end of all turns, the player to have built the largest Floor of a specific kind of Build will collect the points for that kind.
• The amount of points awarded for each kind of Build is designated on the cards. Awarded points are the same regardless of the amount of cards to have of that kind, except in instances of a tie where each player will receive points in accordance to the amount of cards.
• Award points will be given out at the very end as bonus points.
• The player with the most points is the top hotel mogul.

Gameplay

• A player must complete either (A) Research or (B) Build during a turn.

Choose to either 'Research' or 'Build'.

A. Research

1. Draw 2 cards from the House Deck to place in hand.
2. Place 1 card from hand onto the Tag Row of the same kind (1 card face down).

B. Build

1. Create a set of 2 cards or more.
   • Create a set with cards in Tag Row: Take all cards in the Tag Row to create a set. When doing so, a player can use as many cards in hand of the same kind to add to the set.
   • Create a set with only Hand Cards: Create a set of 2 cards or more with cards in hand.
2. Each player will display their created sets from the bottom up in the order of creation. Place created Floor(s) in front of you and build up your hotel. Upper floors can be larger than the lower floors (ex: 3 cards for Floor 2 / 5 cards for Floor 3).

End of turn

3. Player turn shifts to the next player (clockwise).

Additional Rules

• Only 1 Tourist Group Card may be placed per Tag Row (2 Tourist Cards cannot be on the same Tag Row).
• A player is allowed to Build only 1 set per kind, except for 'Annex' building.

Annex Building

• A player can have only 1 Floor per Build kind but may Annex Build on top by adding another set to the last created set, if of the same Build kind.
• When creating an Annex, build on top of the existing set. Though in separate floors, they are counted as 1 whole set.
• Diagram: a player who wishes to Annex Build cannot create an Annex if already built underneath (i.e. the new set must go on top); the Annex can be created on top.

Tourist Group Cards (specialized cards)

• Tourist Group Cards are specialized cards that can act as any of the 6 kinds of Build Cards.
• Tourist Group Cards can be used to either 'Research' or 'Build', just as any of the Build Cards.
  • Example: 3 Build Cards + 1 Tourist Group Card = counted as a set of 4 cards.
• However, beware of the Tourist Group Cards as 3 points will be deducted for every card used to build the hotel or to remain as a Hand Card.
• Only 1 Tourist Group Card may be placed per Tag Row (2 Tourist Cards cannot be on the same Tag Row).
• Multiple Tourist Group Cards may be used at one time to Build.
• Tourist Group Cards must be combined with Build Cards to Build.
  • Not able to Build using solely Tourist Group Cards.

Game End

• When the House Deck clears, the game ends.
• The player to draw the last card of the House Deck places 1 card on a Tag Row.
• Now, we calculate the points.

Point Calculation

• Total amount of cards in a set per kind of Build.
• Annex Build to be counted as 1 whole set with the same kind.
• Designated points per card kind will be awarded to the player with the most amount of cards of that kind.
• If there is a tie for the most cards by more than 1 player, then each player receives a point for each card they have for that card kind. (ex: if 2 players have 3 cards each of Pool Build Cards, then both players receive 3 points.)
• 3 points are deducted for each Tourist Group Card used for the hotel or remaining in hand.
• Bonus points are given to the player with the hotel that meets the criteria of Award Cards.
• If there exists a tie in the total points accumulated, the best hotel mogul moniker is shared.

Example: Player B has 2 and Player C has 5 Bedroom Build Cards (10 points). Player A has 4 Bedroom Build Cards but also used 2 Tourist Group Cards to Build a set of 6 cards. Player A receives the designated 10 points for having the most cards for Bedroom. However, with 2 Tourist Group Cards in use, Player A will only receive 4 points due to 3 points being deducted for each Tourist Group Card.

Award Cards

Perfect View (+5 pts. / in a tie +1 pt.)

Awarded to the tallest hotel. In the instance of a tie, each hotel receives 1 point.

Sky Room (+3 pts. / in a tie +0 pt.)

Awarded to the hotel with the grandest penthouse floor (most cards on the highest floor of the hotel). No points awarded if a tie.

Cheap Hotel (-3 pts.)

Hotels must have at least 4 kinds of Build. 3 points are deducted for all hotels with less than 4 kinds of Build.

Point Track Board

• The Point Track Board allows for easy calculation of accumulated points.
• Keeping the scores as is after each game and adding to it, allows for games to go on for rounds.
• 3-round games are highly recommended!!

How to use Point Track Board

• Place the Point Track Board at the center of the table and check the color of the corner. The color of each player is determined by the seat of the player.
• Place all Score Trackers at 0 points to start.
• Advance the Score Trackers in accordance with points awarded.
• 20 points is the maximum on the Point Track Board but by starting back at 1 point it can be calculated as 21 points and onward.

Advanced Rule (High-Season Mode)

• Whenever cards are taken to Build, flip the Build Tag of that Row upside-down.
• The upside-down Build Tag represents 'High-Season' and no player will be able to Build using cards of that Tag Row until at least 2 cards get displayed.
• Once at 'High-Season', that Tag Row will remain as such until the game ends.

Advanced Rule (Star Bonus)

• At the time of score calculation, +1 point to each icon "★" at my own constructed hotel (1 point bonus per star).
• The addition of this advanced rule will make the game that much more strategic, so do give it a try when you are no longer a novice hotel owner.