How to Play

Coloretto

2-5 players 30-30 min 7.0 Board Game Geek Rating

In Coloretto, players either add cards to rows or claim entire rows for their collection. Rows hold maximum three cards before someone must take them. The goal is collecting large sets in exactly three colors—additional colors lose points. Jokers match any color while +2 cards guarantee points. Scoring uses triangular numbers, with only three chosen colors counting positively.

Published 2003

Get Ready

Setup the game with these step-by-step instructions before diving into your turn.

Set aside last round card

Remove the 1 "last round card" from the deck temporarily

Select row cards by player count

With 2 players, use the 3 green row cards and remove brown cards from game; with 3/4/5 players, use 3/4/5 brown row cards and remove all other row cards from game

Distribute summary cards

Choose brown side (base game) or grey side (variant), give each player 1 summary card, and remove the rest from game

Adjust color cards for player count

With 2 players, remove 2 colors from game; with 3 players, remove 1 color from game; with 4/5 players, use all 7 colors

Deal starting color cards

With 2 players, give each player 2 different color cards; with 3 players, give each player 1 of 3 different colors; with 4/5 players, give each player 1 of 4/5 different colors

Create the draw deck

Shuffle the remaining color cards with the 3 jokers and 10 "+2" cards

Assemble the final deck

Deal 15 play cards facedown in a stack, place the "last round card" facedown on top, then stack all remaining play cards on top of that

Choose starting player

Select the first player randomly