If, during your turn, you're able to make a Phase with the cards in your hand, lay down the Phase face-up on the table before discarding. If the discard pile is started with a Wild card, it may be picked up in play like any other card. Once a Wild card has been played in a Phase, it cannot be replaced by the intended card and used elsewhere, but must remain as that card until the hand is over. You may use any number of Wild cards, but you must use at least one (1) natural card when you lay down a Phase.

Wild Cards: A Wild card may be used in place of any number card, or may be used as any color, in order to complete a Phase. Important: Make certain that all played Skip cards are shuffled back into the deck at the start of the next hand. This process is described in greater detail in the 'Laying Down a Phase' section. PhasesĪ Phase is a combination of cards made of sets, runs, cards of one color, or a combination of any of those. The player to the left now begins their turn. If you draw the last card from one of the Discard Piles, you must discard back into the empty section of the card tray. Once you have laid down your Phase, you may 'Hit' on any of the Phases that have been laid down, including your own.Īt the end of your turn you must discard one card onto any of the three discard piles, or, if you choose, you may play a Skip card from your hand. Lay down your Phase (Each player can make only one Phase during each hand), -OR. On your turn, first draw a card either from the Draw Pile or from one of the three Discard Piles, and add it to your hand. During the first hand, everybody must try to complete Phase 1. Play starts with the player to the left of the dealer and proceeds to the left. Hold your cards so nobody else can see them. Note that the pawns stack on each other, so more than one pawn may occupy a single space at any time during play.

Turn the top three cards over and place them face-up, one in each of the three other sections, to form three Discard Piles.Įveryone chooses a colored pawn and places it on the '1/Start' space on the game board. Place the rest of the deck face down in one section of the Phase 10 Card Tray to form the Draw Pile.

Shuffle the deck of Phase 10 cards and deal 10 cards, face-down, to each player. Set the Phase 10 Twist Card Tray in the center of the game board Unfold the game board and place it within easy reach of all players. Place the Twist Phase Cards in the Twist Phase Card Holder. Separate the reference cards from the rest of the Phase 10 deck and place them around so all can see them. Move around the game board and be the first to finish Phase 10.

Rules for phase ten