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In Café International people from countries around the world are depicted on the cards. At the beginning of the game, players are dealt five cards at ramdom. On your turn you can bring to people and either place them at appropriate tables or at the bar in the middle. Some of the cards are wild cards. Playing cards to a table or the bar awards points (sometimes -ve) As tables become filled the risks become higher and the points awarded can increase.
You have 3 options available to you on your turn :
On your turn click on the cards you wish to play.
The following rules apply for playing people to tables:
If a wild card is placed at a table which could be from 2 different countries, then you must choose which country it represents.
< div class="clear">All natural cards may be placed at the bar. Wild cards may only be placed at the bar if it is not possible to place them (e.g. no more male positions). You may only place one card if you place at the bar on your turn.
If a wild card exists on a table which matches one of your natural cards, you may take the wild card and replace it with your natural card. If the wild card is representing 2 countries you can replace it with either natural card type.
Scoring is as follows: The first card at the table receives 0 points, the second 2 points, the third 3 points and the fourth 4 points. If the table only has ONE nationality then your points are doubled. If you complete a table with ALL the same nationality then you draw 1 less card. This way you can reduce the number of cards in your hand each time you complete a table with all the same nationality (including wild cards).
The bar is filled up in sequence. The value is shown on the square you place the card. The first 5 spaces are positive. The next squares then score negative points in increasing values. Wild cards placed here do not score positively.
Each card in your hand at the end of the game scores -5 points. A wild card scores -10 points.
Café International ends when one of five conditions is met :