ito

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“ito” is a cooperative card game where you link number cards in your hand to a hint related to a shared category, trying to arrange the cards on the table in numerical order. To compare hints, you will need to discuss with your fellow players.

Will you be able to understand the intentions of your friends, while enjoying the exchange of different ideas and sense of values?

Cooperate with your friends to thread your thoughts together correctly, and win!

Featuring all new hand drawn illustrations for each number card and new categories. Categories are split into 3 types: Family, Everyone and Action!

• Family: Play with the whole family from the youngest to the most senior.
• Everyone: Designed for the majority of groups.
• Action:  Adds physical movement, singing, and sound effects to the game.

• Each player chooses a color and takes the three Player Cards of that color. The rest are returned to the box.
• Shuffle the Category Cards to create a deck.
• Shuffle the Number Cards to create a deck.
• Place the Zero Card in the middle of the table leaving space for players to lay their Number Cards in the Playing Space.
• Deal a Number Card to each player. Players may look at their own card, but should not reveal their card to any other players.
• Draw the top card of the Category Deck and as a group choose which of the categories (front or back of the card) to play this round.

Every player must provide an example related to the chosen category which hints towards the number they hold in their hand. This can be done freely among the players without a strict turn order. When you have your hint, play the card into the Playing Space, placing it either next to the zero (if you played first), immediately to the right of the previous card played, or in-between two cards that have been played creating a thread with no breaks.

You may not include numbers, values or quantities in your hint — and, of course, you can’t show your card or reveal its value!

The objective is for all players to arrange the cards in a row starting from the Zero card, in numerical order lowest to highest. Closer to the Zero card means a lower number. When you play a card in the row, place one of your Player Cards face up under the Number Card to mark it as yours.

Discuss as a group where each card belongs in the thread, changing the order of a card if needed. When everyone has agreed on the order of the cards, the resolution phase begins. Starting from 0, reveal each card one by one. If all the cards are in correct numerical order, lowest to highest, you win!