Taco Takeover Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Setup
• Playing a Round
• Winning the Game
• Special Cards
• Variants
• Other Stuff to Keep in Mind
• Components and Players

Setup

1. Each player gets one Taco Shell and one Order Ticket (keep it face-down). Shuffle the Topping Cards and make a messy pile of them in the center of the playing area, face down.

Playing a Round

2. At the count of "Uno, Dos, TRES!" (3), all players turn over their Order Tickets and then race to draw Topping Cards from the messy pile that match the ingredients listed on their Order Ticket. All players play at the same time – do NOT take turns. If you turn over a topping card you don't need, discard it on the messy pile face UP so other players can take it if they need it.

3. The first player to fill their Taco Shell with all the correct Topping Cards listed on their Order Ticket must yell "OLE!" to end the round. If that player successfully filled their taco, they get to keep their Order Ticket. The rest of the players return their Order Tickets to the bottom of the Order Ticket pile. Now deal new Order Tickets to each player and play again.

Winning the Game

4. The first player to collect "TRES" (3) Order Tickets wins the game!

Special Cards

5. Watch out for these SPECIAL CARDS!!!

• "La Cucaracha" – If you pull this card out of the pile you now have to DUMP all the Topping Cards out of your Taco Shell! Make sure you dump the cards out of play – they're now contaminated and can't be used for the remainder of the round!
• Antacid – If you pull this card out of the pile you can play it on any of your opponents and THEY have to dump the Topping Cards out of THEIR Taco Shell! They must also dump their cards out of play and can't be used for the remainder of the round.
• !LOCO! – This wild card can be ANY topping card you need it to be!

Variants

Longer game: If you want to play a longer game, play until someone collects "CINCO" (5) order tickets instead of "TRES" (3).

More than four players: If you have more than four players playing the game, simply collect the toppings in the palm of your hand instead of using the Taco Shells!

Other Stuff to Keep in Mind

Disqualification: If a player shouts "OLE!" but does NOT have all the correct Topping Cards in their Taco Shell, they are disqualified from the round and play continues until someone else successfully fills their taco.

Components and Players

This game includes 4 Taco Shells, 75 Topping Cards & 20 Order Tickets. TACO TAKEOVER is for 2 or more players, Ages 6+.