PREPARATION AND THE DEAL OBJECT OF THE GAME COMPONENTS THE BID

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2 OBJECT OF TE GAME Chimera is a -player card game of two against one. It is similar to climbing and shedding based card games like Tichu, The Great Dalmuti, Big Two and Beat the Landlord. Each hand one player is designated Chimera and the other two players team up as the Chimera unters to defeat the Chimera. layers compete for points in several hands of play and the winner is the player who scores the most points once the designated Score Limit is reached by one or more players. Chimera is normally played to 00 points although longer or shorter games may be played. COMONENTS The game is played with a -card deck: cards each of ranks through (although suits are included they have no effect on game play) of these cards are Treasure cards and provide points to the player who takes them in a trick. Rank Fortune Toads worth +0 points each Rank rosperity Cats worth + points each. unters, which rank higher than the cards ranked through, but have no numerical value and so cannot be used in playing ranked sequences (except as added cards). i Ya card, which outranks all other single cards except the Chimera and can optionally be used to substitute for any ranked card - to assist in making a straight. For example, --0-i Ya-. Chimera card, which outranks all single cards. REARATION AND TE DEAL Any player may deal each hand. The dealer shuffles the cards and presents them to another player to cut near the middle of the deck. After the cut, the dealer takes the top card from the bottom half of the cut and places it face up on the top half of the cut. The dealer then completes the cut by placing the bottom half of the deck on top of face up card and deals the hand. Deal the first three cards face down in the middle of the table, this is called the Chimera s Den. Then, deal out the remaining cards to the players ( cards to each player). TE BID The player who receives the face up card starts the Bid. In clockwise order, players may pass or bid. Legal Bids are: ass, 0, 0 or 0. The bidding can start at any of these bid options. For example, a player may want to preemptively bid 0, the maximum, to shut others players out and automatically win the Bid. Each Bid must be higher than the last Bid. layers may re-enter the bidding after passing. Bidding continues until a player bids 0; or, there are two consecutive passes after a Bid. If all players pass without any bid, then the hand is thrown in: shuffle and deal again. On the re-deal, if all players pass again, the player with the most points automatically bids 0. Other players are free to bid as in normal bidding.

3 LEGAL CARD COMBINATIONS See the complete description of each combination at the end of the rules and on the player aid cards. Single Card air Sequence of at least three pairs Triplet Sequence of at least two sets of triplets Triplet with an attached card Triplet with an attached pair Sequence of triplets with attached card each Sequence of triplets with attached pair each Straight (Five or more cards in sequence) Four of a Kind with two single attached cards Four of a Kind with two attached pairs Trap (Four of a Kind) Chimera Flight REARATION OF TE AND The winner of the bid becomes Chimera. The Chimera picks up the Chimera s Den of cards and adds them to his hand bringing his total card count to 0. The Chimera does not discard or pass any cards! The other two players will now play as a team, the Chimera unters, against the Chimera. Based on the winning bid, the Chimera unters secretly and simultaneously exchange 0, or cards following this: If the Bid is 0, the Chimera unters do not exchange cards. If the Bid is 0, the Chimera unters must exchange card. If the Bid is 0, the Chimera unters must exchange cards. LAY OF TE AND layers are attempting to play out all of their cards in their hand first. The Chimera begins the round of play for the hand by playing one or more cards to the table corresponding to one of the possible card combinations described previously. This is called leading the trick. In clockwise order, players may either play to the trick or pass. Subsequent plays to the trick must match the combination led and must be higher in rank. For example if a is led, the only legal play is a single card higher than. If pairs are led, the only legal play is higher ranked pairs, and so on. layers may also choose to play a TRA or a Chimera Flight instead of the led combination. If a Trap is played, now only a Trap of a higher rank or a Chimera Flight can be played

4 A Chimera Flight is the highest possible play in a trick. Note: Traps and Chimera Flights cannot be played out of turn! layers may pass even if they have a legal play and players who pass may re-enter play unless the trick is won before their next opportunity. lay continues until two consecutive players pass. The player who played the last cards to the trick wins all the played cards and places them into a face down pile in front of him. This pile is called his Tricks. The player then leads the next trick for the hand. Any Treasure cards (Fortune Toads & rosperity Cats) taken will be scored at the end of the hand. The hand is over as soon as one player has played all his cards. This player takes all the cards played to the last trick and the hand is scored. Any cards remaining in other players hands are not counted and placed aside. SCORING TE AND The score is calculated based on the Bid and who played all of their cards first, the Chimera or one of the Chimera unters. Then all players score their Tricks. Each player has a separate score. IF TE CIMERA LAYED OUT ALL IS CARDS FIRST: The Chimera scores double the amount of the Bid (0, 0 or 0) The Chimera scores an additional points for each Bonus BONUSES: Each of the following instances counts as a Bonus of points. A Bonus is applied for each Trap played. Note: Four of a Kind with attached single cards or pairs are NOT Traps! A Bonus is applied if a Chimera Flight is played. A Bonus is applied if either or both of the Chimera unters did not play any cards. IF EITER OF TE CIMERA UNTERS LAYED ALL OF TEIR CARDS FIRST: The Chimera loses points equal to the amount of his bid (-0, -0 or -0). It is possible to get below 0. The Chimera does not score any Bonus. Each Chimera unter scores 0 points. ALL LAYERS SCORE: TREASURES: All players score for any Treasures they took in their Tricks. There are eight Treasure Cards. Rank Cards, Fortune Toads, are worth 0 points each. Rank Cards, rosperity Cats, are worth points each. Note: Since the hand is over once one player has played all his cards, any Treasure cards remaining in other players hands will not count for this hand. EXAMLES OF SCORING Example : The Bid is 0, the Chimera goes out first, Trap was played, Chimera unters played no cards. The Chimera scores 0 (for x his bid of 0) + (for Trap Bonus) + (for the no cards played Bonus) For a total of 0 points. In addition, each player scores points for any Treasure Cards they won in their Tricks.

5 Example : The Bid is 0, one of the Chimera unters goes out first and the Chimera Flight was played. The Chimera loses 0 points (for his missed Bid) and no Bonus is scored for the Chimera Flight. The Chimera unters each score 0 points (for defeating the Chimera). In addition, each player scores points for any Treasure cards they won in their Tricks. WINNING TE GAME lay continues until at least one player has scored 00 or more points. The player with the highest score is the winner. If there is a tie for highest score, play continues until there is a single highest score. (This means the untied third player could still win!) If desired, players may change the Score Limit for a longer or shorter game. Recommended Score Limits are 00, 00 or 0 points. LEGAL COMBINATIONS GENERAL NOTES Suits do not matter. They are included to provide variety and to assist in remembering cards played. The Chimera unters () are regarded as higher than any of the ranked cards. owever, since they have no actual rank, they cannot be used in any type of sequence. The i Ya and Chimera together are the Chimera Flight that can be played to win any trick. They can only be played together for this purpose. Traps and the Chimera Flight cannot be played out of turn. SINGLE CARD Cards ranked from low to high:,,,,,,,,, 0,,, Chimera unter, i Ya, Chimera AIR Two cards of the same rank from (low) to (high) topped by Chimera unters. For example, - is higher than -. - is the highest pair. SEQUENCE OF AIRS Three or more pairs of consecutive ranks from to. Chimera unters, i Ya and Chimera cannot be used. TRILET Three cards of the same rank from (low) to (high) topped by Chimera unters. For example, -- is higher than is the highest Triplet. SEQUENCE OF TRILETS Two or more triplets of consecutive ranks from up to. Chimera unters, i Ya and Chimera cannot be used. TRILET WIT AN ATTACED CARD A triplet with any single card added, for example ---. The rank is determined by the rank of the triplet. For example, --- in higher than

6 TRILET WIT AN ATTACED AIR A triplet with a pair added, for example The rank is determined by the rank of the triplet beats i Ya and Chimera cannot be used as an attached pair. SEQUENCE OF TRILETS WIT AN ATTACED CARD EAC An extra card is added to each triplet, for example The attached cards must be different from the triplets and from each other. Although trips of Chimera unters cannot be included, a Chimera unter, the i Ya or Chimera can be attached, but not both the i Ya and Chimera together SEQUENCE OF TRILETS WIT AN ATTACED AIR EAC An extra pair is attached to each triplet, for example, Only the triplets have to be in sequence. The pairs must be different in rank from each other. Chimera unters can be attached as a pair, but cannot be used as triplets. i Ya and Chimera may not be used STRAIGT OF OR MORE At least five cards of consecutive rank from up to, for example You may play Straights of to cards. Chimera unters and Chimera cannot be used in a sequence. i Ya may be used in a Straight (see i Ya in Components).... QUAD WIT ATTACED CARDS Four of a Kind with two single cards of different ranks attached, for example The four of a kind determines the rank. Chimera unters may be used as the four of a kind. A Chimera unter, i Ya and Chimera can be attached, but you cannot use both the i Ya and Chimera in one Quad as attached cards. QUAD WIT ATTACED AIRS Four of a Kind with two pairs of different ranks attached, for example The four of a kind determines the rank. Chimera unters can be used (all four as a Quad or two as one of the attached pairs). NOTE: Quads with Attached Cards or airs are not Traps and can be beaten by a Trap or Chimera Flight. SECIAL OWER: The i Ya can be used as a Wild card to fill in one rank for a legal Straight ( through ), for example, --0-i Ya-. TRA Four of a Kind. Traps can be played on any combination except the Chimera Flight and a higher ranked Trap bests a lower ranked one. The four Chimera unters are the highest Trap. 0 0 CIMERA FLIGT The Chimera and the i Ya played together. A Chimera Flight can be played on any combination and beats everything

7 Special Thanks to my game group of over years including Mark Delano, Steve Rugh, Mike Fitzgerald, John erkins, Alan Stern, Donna McFee, and Andrew Emerick; my many friends at Alan Moon s The Gathering of Friends, and to Zev Shlasinger and the great team at Z-Man Games. Game Design: Ralph. Anderson Flightless Goat Workshop Illustrations: Chris Quilliams & hilippe Guérin Development: Team Z-Man Games 0 Z-Man Games Inc. rue de la Coopérative Rigaud QC J0 0 Canada info@zmangames.com