Slam Cup
Slam Cup Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction
It's the big day of the famous cup competition! Quickly find your cup and make sure it's the right color. Slam your cup on top of the stack! Be the first to get rid of all your cups!
Contents
- 24 Stacking Cups
- 1 Base
- 1 Starting Dice
Aim of the Game
Be the first to get rid of all your cups by slamming them on the stack as quickly as possible.
Setup
- Place the base in the middle of your playing area so that it is an equal distance from all players.
- In a game of 4 players, each player takes 6 cups with the same outer color and places them in front of themselves so that the inner color of the cups is hidden.
- In a 2 player game, each player chooses 2 outer colors and plays with a total of 12 cups.
- In a 3 player game, each player takes a total of 8 cups:
- 6 cups with the same outer color.
- 1 cup with the 4th outer color and whose inner color matches the first opponent's cup color.
- 1 cup with the 4th outer color and whose inner color matches the second opponent's cup color.
The youngest player starts the first round.
How to Play
The first player chooses the gameplay mode for this round:
- Players can use both hands to move their cups,
or
- Players must only use either their right or left hand.
The first player rolls the dice to start the round, then all the players play together simultaneously to make a single stack of cups on the base.
To place the first cup on the base, players must quickly find one of their cups with the same inner color as either of the two colors shown on the dice.
Once the first cup has been placed on the base, players can start slamming their matching cups on top as quickly as possible. A cup matches when its inner color is the same as the outer color of the cup at the top of the stack.
Example: The dice shows the colors red and blue. The green player is the fastest to find one of his cups with a red inside. He quickly places this cup on the base to start the stack. Note: He could also have chosen one of his cups with blue inside.
Match the Color Inside... to the Color Outside!
Example: The outer color of the cup at the top of the pile is green. Players must look as quickly as possible to find a cup with green on the inside to slam on top of the stack before the other players! The red player places their cup with a green inside.
New Round
The first player to slam all of their cups wins the round... as long as all of their cups were correctly matching. To make sure of this, players must check that each cup in the stack matches the one below it. If the player who got rid of their cups has made no mistakes then they win the round.
If this player has made a mistake with their cups then the player who wins is the player who has made no mistakes and who has the majority of cups in the pile. If several players are tied, the winner is the player whose last-placed cup is furthest down in the stack.
Each player takes back their cups for the next round. A new player rolls the dice each new round, with turns moving in a clockwise direction.
End of the Game
The game ends as soon as one player wins 3 rounds. This player is named the grand champion of the cup competition!