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As soon as cards of all 6 colors have been played into a Mandala (consider the cards in its Mountain and its two Fields), the Mandala is complete and must be destroyed at the end of that turn; this may cause the game to end. You can play multiple cards of the same colour to one of your fields, but you don't get to draw any cards. When all six colours are present on a mandala then it will score. The person who played the most cards to their field will get to choose one set of same coloured cards from the mountain. If this colour isn't already present in their river they place one of the cards face up in the leftmost space and any further of the same colour face down in their cup. The players switch turns choosing from the remaining colours on the mountain. This is one of those games with very little rules but lots of strategy. On your turn you can do only 1 of the following 3 actions.
Mandala is a 2 player only game and it has to be one of the prettiest games available. The playmat included is so pretty that it also includes washing instructions in case you get it dirty. But you don’t want to just stand there all day admiring the game, you want to actually play it. So how do you? Read on to find out. Set Up Each time you add a card of a new color, place it on the next highest numbered space next to the other cards in your River. Cards in the Mountain will be claimed when a Mandala is completed and added to your Rivers and Cups to earn points at the end of the game.
No Cards in a Field
One very important rule to consider when taking the first two actions is the rule of Colour. Each of the 6 sand colours can only be in exactly one of the 3 areas of the mandala (the mountain, your field and your opponent’s field). This basically means that if your opponent has a red sand in their field you cannot play a red sand into that mountain or your field. However you may be able to play it to the other mandala. Keep in mind you may play it to an area you have access to. So if red sand is in the mountain or your field you may add it to the same one (just not a new area). Hand Limits And then the winner is the player with the most points and end game. Pretty simple but pretty strategic! Those cards are then discarded and two new cards are placed on the mountain space, ready for the mandala to be constructed again.
I hope this has helped you to learn the rules and how Mandala plays. Obviously I would always recommend people use the official rule book to learn the rules in depth but this blog should give you a really good flavour of how the game flows.
Completing a Mandala
Add cards into one of your fields – again following the rule of colour, they can either match an existing colour or be a new colour but again you cannot add a colour which your opponent has already laid down into the manadala or their field surrounding that mandala. Note: if you do not have a colour in a spot on your river when end game is triggered, any matching cards in your cup will score zero – don’t get the hump! Mandala is a two-player game were you’re trying to score more than your opponent by collecting valuable cards.
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