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GAME OVERVIEW

- A communal 3x3 grid of cards (the market) is set up in the play area. Deal 7 cards to everyone. At the start of the game, players select two cards from their hand to create a company. Everyone discards 2 cards.
USE CARD ABILITIES - Each turn, players use the abilities from a company card and a card in their hand (discarding and redrawing it).
FORM POKER HANDS Then, players form two poker hands using the 3x3 grid, one hand using the rows and another using the columns. Cards are revealed and hands are scored.

GAME SETUP

SETUP MARKET - Shuffle the cards. Deal 9 cards face up to the table into three rows of three cards, forming a 3x3 square. This is the market. The market cards are in play. Market cards are uncontrolled neutral cards. (Optional) If playing with 5 or 6 players, it is suggested to use two Tech Decks.
DEAL CARDS TO PLAYERS - Deal 7 cards to each player.
DECK & DISCARD - The other cards form a deck placed at the side of the board. The discard pile will be next to it.
FIRST PLAYER MARKER - Randomly determine a first player and give them a token to note that they are the first player.
COMPANY - Starting with the first player, each player creates a company by selecting two cards from their hand and placing them into play in front of them. You may describe how the concepts on the two cards could form a company. All players then discard 2 cards from their hand (called hand cards) into the discard pile.
This is what the board looks like after setup.

PHASES IN A TURN

Each round is composed of phases:
COMPANY EFFECTS - Each player may use game effect from one of the cards in their company.
HAND EFFECTS - Each player may use a game effect from one of their hand cards. Then, discard that card and redraw it afterwards.
GRID POKER PHASE - Players then form grid poker hands using company and hand cards. The best row & column hands score. Poker hands better than a three-of-a-kind score 2 points. The winners each discard a card from the board replacing them with a card from the top card of the deck face-up. Winning hand cards are redrawn. Losing hand cards may be either returned to hand or discarded and redrawn.
COMPANY IMPROVEMENT - You may replace one of your company cards with a hand card.
END OF ROUND PHASE - The first player marker is passed to the player on the left (clockwise). All players discard down to 4 cards (or 3 cards in a 5-6 player game). If anyone has less than 3 cards in hand, they draw a card.
GAME END CHECK - Check for the end of the game. After four rounds, the game ends.

USE COMPANY EFFECTS PHASE

All players may use company effects:
USE COMPANY EFFECTS - Starting with the player who has the first player marker, each player may choose to use a game effect from one of the cards that comprise their company in play once per turn. Then, the next player may choose to use a company card effect. Company effects are optional. You can keep track of used cards by tilting them.
CHAINING EFFECTS - Chaining abilities can occur. An ability from one player may create the opportunity for another player to use new game effects. For example, a replaced company card could be used the turn it comes into play. If multiple effects need to be resolved, the active player chooses the order. Effects cannot interrupt another effect in progress.
RUNNING OUT OF CARDS - If the deck runs out of cards, or a player needs to reveal more cards than are in the deck, resolve as much as possible. Then, shuffle the discard into the deck and perform the rest of the effect. For example, to reveal 4 cards in a deck with only 2 cards, reveal the 2 cards. Shuffle the discard to create a new deck. Then, reveal an additional 2 cards. If there are still not enough cards in the deck to reveal the requested number of cards reveal as many as possible.

USE HAND CARD EFFECTS

USE HAND CARD EFFECTS - Starting with the first player, each player may use the game effect from one card in their hand. The player reveals the card that they wish to use the effect from. Resolve the effect by applying the game text on the revealed card. After resolutions, if the card is still in hand, discard the card and draw a new card.

GRID POKER PHASE

In the Grid Poker phase, players form Poker hands in the Market and they are evaluated:
POKER HANDS - Company cards and cards in hand are used to make poker hands. Starting with the first player, all players may commit up to two cards from their hand (face-down) by placing them next to either a row or column of cards. Next, starting with the first player, all players may place their two company cards next to a column/row signifying that they will use those cards to form a poker hand. Two players may use the same rows and columns. Multiple rows and columns may be used amongst the players. Players may choose to abstain from using hand cards and/or their company cards to form poker hands. They may still participate in grid poker with only one poker hand formed from either their hand cards or company cards. You may use markers or chips to signify plays.
ROW & COLUMN EXCLUSIVITY - If company cards are used for a poker hand with a row, then hand cards must be used in columns and vice versa. So, if company cards are used in a column, hand cards must be used in rows.
REVEAL CARDS - After all players have placed their cards, player-hand cards are revealed.
BEST ROW & BEST COLUMN - Determine best poker hand formed from among the rows. Repeat for the columns. He notes that he scores one point for hands up to a three-of-a-kind. For hands better than a three-of-a-kind, he scores two points . The player who won from among the rows discards a market card from among the three market row cards that were used in the winning hand. Then, the player who won among the column poker hands notes that he scores one or two point(s). Then, he discards a market card from among the market cards used in their winning hand. When making hands, the physical position of the cards do not matter (for poker-straight purposes).
RETURN OR REDRAW CARDS - All the players who did not win in grid poker with their hand cards may either return them back to their hand or discard and redraw two new cards. The player(s) who won in grid poker with hand cards, either along a row or column, must discard their two hand cards that they used to win with. Then, they draw two new cards from the deck into their hand. Company cards are not discarded if they win a poker hand.
REPLACE SCORED MARKET CARDS - Then, replace the discarded market cards with cards from the top of the deck. If necessary, shuffle the discard pile to form a new deck to replace discarded market cards.

COMPANY IMPROVEMENT & END OF ROUND PHASE

COMPANY IMPROVEMENT PHASE - Starting with the first player, each player may replace a card in their company with a card in their hand. Discard the old company card that was replaced. If your company has only one card in it, you add a second company card without replacing a company card. You do NOT replace your hand card that was used to upgrade your company.
DISCARD (END OF ROUND) - At the end of the round, all players discard down to 4 cards (or 3 cards in a 5-6 player game).
DRAW IF LESS THAN 3 (END OF ROUND) – If any player has fewer than 3 cards in hand, they draw a card.
GAME END (END OF ROUND) - After the fourth round, the game ends.
PASS FIRST PLAYER MARKER (END OF ROUND) - The first player marker is passed to the next player to the left (clockwise).

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PUBLICATION INFORMATION
· Published: September 29, 2021
· Format: Card Game
· Elements: 54 Cards
· Size: 3.75" x 2.8751" x .875"
· Kickstarter: Tech Grid Poker Kickstarter

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