Sorry! Express
Sorry! Express Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Contents
Game Pod, START base, 4 HOME bases, 16 SORRY pawns, 3 dice.
Object
Be the first player to get all 4 of your color SORRY pawns HOME.
Game Setup
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Place the START base in the center of the play area. Place the pawns of each color on their matching-color wedge. All 16 pawns are in play no matter how many players are in the game.
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Take a HOME base and place it in front of you. Choose a color, then slide the dial until that color wedge is showing. All players do the same. All players must choose a different color.
You must take a pawn, even if it's not your choice of color. Place it on your HOME base. If it matches the color of your wedge, place it there; if not, place it on your waiting area.
Gameplay
Decide who will go first. Play then moves to the left.
On Your Turn
On each turn, roll all three dice, then follow the steps below in order.
- Color Pawns: For each solid-color pawn you roll, take one pawn of that color from the START base. If there aren't any pawns of that color there, take one from any player's waiting area (if there are any). You cannot take a pawn from any player's HOME wedge.
Place the pawn on your HOME base. If it matches the color of your wedge, place it there; if not, place it on your waiting area.
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Wild Pawns: For each Wild pawn you roll, take a pawn of any color from the START base. If there aren't any pawns of that color there, take one from any player's waiting area (if there are any). You cannot take a pawn from any player's HOME wedge.
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SORRY! For each SORRY! you roll, take a pawn of any color from any player's HOME wedge. If no player has a pawn on his or her HOME wedge, SORRY! You're out of luck!
Place the pawn on your HOME base. If it matches the color of your wedge, place it there; if not, place it on your waiting area.
- SLIDE: For each SLIDE you roll, you may (if you wish) "slide" the dial on your HOME base to any other HOME color.
After "sliding" to another HOME, move any pawns that were on that wedge to the Waiting area. Then move any pawns that match the new wedge from your waiting area onto their new HOME. (More than one player can have the same HOME color.)
Instead of "sliding" to a new HOME color, you may tell another player to "slide" to a new HOME color of your choice. That player follows the same rules for sliding.
After following the directions on the dice, your turn is over.
How to Win
Keep taking turns until one player has four pawns of the same color on their HOME wedge. That player wins!
Tournament Play
In tournament play, each game counts as a round. At the end of each round, players score as follows: the winner scores five points (one point for each pawn on the HOME wedge, plus one bonus point for winning). Every other player scores one point for each pawn on his or her HOME wedge. Record the scores on paper (not included). The first player to score 10 points (or higher, if players agree to a higher number) wins the tournament!
Storage
Done playing for now? Storing your game is easy: just place the game parts in the handy portable game pod, then snap on the cover.