Sequence - Game Instructions

Nov 2, 2026

Sequence is a two to twelve player card game focused on forming a connected series of five chips of the same color, aligned up, down, across, or diagonally. Players place drawn cards onto the discard pile and match marker chips to identical card spaces on the board, while wild and anti-wild Jacks allow special moves and opponent interference. Corner chips function as printed color-marked spaces, and gameplay rules include handling dead cards, loss of card draws, and strict limits on table talk.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryTechnology

FormatPDF

Pages3

Reading Time8 min

AccessFree to download

OBJECT OF THE GAME

PREPARATION

TABLE FOR NUMBER OF CARDS DEALT EACH PLAYER

RULES

Set-up

The Jacks

Dead Card

Loss of Card

Table Talk

PLAYERS

EQUIPMENT

Sequence – Game Instructions A connected series of five of the same colored chip either up or down, across or diagonally on the playing surface. NOTE: There are printed chips in the four corners ofthe game board. All players must use them as though their color marker chip is in the corner. When using a corner, only four of your marker chips are needed to complete a Sequence. More than one player may use the same corner as part of a Sequence. OBJECT OF THE GAME: For 2 players or 2 teams: One player or team must score TWO SEQUENCES before their opponents. For 3 players or 3 teams: One player or team must score ONE SEQUENCE before their opponents. PREPARATION: Place the game board on a flat surface with enough room around the game board for placement of the draw deck of cards, marker chips and discards for each player. For 2 players or 2 teams: Team players must be evenly divided into two teams. Team members must alternate their physical positions with opponents around the playing surface. For 3 players or 3 teams: Team players must divide evenly into three teams. Team members must alternate their physical positions every third player around the playing surface. Players cut cards and lowest card deals – Aces are high. The dealer should shuffle the cards and deal out the same number of cards to each player (see table below for proper number of cards tobe dealt) . Be sure all members ofa team use the same color marker chips. TABLE FOR NUMBER OF CARDS DEALT EACH PLAYER: For 2 players 7 cards each For 3 players 6 cards each For 4 players 6 cards each For 6 players 5 cards each For 8 players 4 cards each For 9 players 4 cards each For 10 players 3 cards each For 12 players 3 cards each RULES: Set-up Beginning with the player to the left of the dealer and moving in a clockwise direction, each player selects a card of their choice from their hand and places it face up on a discard pile (players should start their own discard pile in front of them visible to all other players) and then places one of their marker chips on the matching card on the game board. Each card is pictured twice on the game board. Jacks do not appear on the game board. A player can play on either oneof the card spaces as long as it is not already covered by another marker chip. Once a marker chip has been played, it cannot be removed by an opponent except when using a one-eyed Jack as explained below. The Jacks There are 8 Jacks in the card deck. The 4 Jacks with TWO EYES are wild. To play a two-eyed Jack, place it on your discard pile and place one of your marker chips on any open space on the game board. The 4 jacks with ONE EYE are anti-wild. To play a one-eyed Jack, place it on your discard pile and remove one marker chip from the game board belonging to your opponent. That completes your turn. You cannot place one of your marker chips on that same space during this turn. You cannot remove a marker chip that is already part ofa completed SEQUENCE. Once a SEQUENCE is achieved by a player or a team, it cannot be broken. You may play either one of the Jacks whenever they work best for your strategy, during your turn. Dead Card If you hold a card in your hand which does not have an open space on the game board because both spaces representing that card are covered by a marker chip, you are holding a DEAD CARD and you may turn it in for a new card. When it is your turn, place the dead card on your discard pile, announce that you are turning in a Dead Card and take a replacement card (one card per turn). You then proceed to play your normal turn. Loss of Card Once you have taken your turn and placed your marker chip on the game board, you must take a card from the draw deck. If you fail to take a card before the next player makes a move AND takes his/her card, you lose the right to take a card and you must finish the game with less cards than the other players – a disadvantage. Table Talk There must be no tabl

FAQs

How do players win in Sequence?

For 2 players or 2 teams, a player/team must score TWO SEQUENCES before opponents. For 3 players or 3 teams, a player/team must score ONE SEQUENCE before opponents.

How do the two-eyed and one-eyed Jacks work?

Two-eyed Jacks are wild: place the Jack on the discard pile, then place a marker chip on any open space. One-eyed Jacks are anti-wild: place the Jack on the discard pile and remove one opponent marker chip; you cannot place a chip on that same space on your turn.

What happens if a player holds a Dead Card?

A Dead Card is a card whose two board spaces are both covered. On your turn, place it on the discard pile, announce you are turning in a Dead Card, draw a replacement card, and then continue your normal turn.

Nov 2, 2026

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