Schotten Totten is a card and strategy game for 2 players. The aim of the game is to form the strongest combination of cards in order to claim a terminal. The goal of the game is to claim 5 terminals.

Material

• 9 terminal tiles,
• 54 Clan cards of 6 different colours, numbered from 1 to 9,
• 10 Tactical cards,
• 2 game aids,
• 1 rule booklet.

Principle and purpose of the game

• You are part of a Scottish tribe.
• Each tribe is made up of several clans.
• Your goal is to claim 5 terminals.
• To do this, form the strongest combinations with your cards to beat your opponent.

Set up

• Line up the 9 Boundary tiles between you and your opponent. This is the border.
• Shuffle the Clan cards and form a deck, face down.
• Each player draws 6 Clan cards; this is their hand.
• Put the Tactics cards aside; they will not be used in a normal game.
• Deal 1 Player Aid card to each player.
• The player who has recently travelled to or near Scotland starts.
• Take turns playing.

How do you play?

• Choose a card from your hand and place it in front of a marker on your side of the border.
• Be careful! There can only be a maximum of 3 Clan cards on each side of the border.

• If you place a card behind another, shift it slightly so that the number of cards placed is visible.
• Remember that your goal is to create a stronger combination of cards than your opponent.
• Complete your hand by drawing a card.

Claiming a terminal

• Before claiming a boundary, make sure you have 3 Clan cards on either side of the boundary.
• You can claim a boundary after laying down a Clan card and before completing your hand.
• It is possible to claim a boundary even if your opponent has not yet placed 3 cards on the other side.
• To do so, you must prove that no matter which card(s) he plays, your combination cannot be beaten.
• To claim a marker, you must have a stronger combination than your opponent.

The combinations

• In descending order, here are the combinations you can form:

• If there is a tie, the highest sum of values wins.
• If there is still a tie, the first person to lay down their last clan card wins.
• Be careful! The order in which you lay down your cards does not matter.
• Once you have claimed the terminal, place the terminal tile under your winning combination.

End of the game

• 2 cases can end the game:

• A player claims 3 adjacent terminals.
• A player claims 5 terminals scattered along the border.

• You can also agree on a number of points to reach.
• The winner of a round scores 5 points.
• The opponent scores as many points as the number of markers he has.
• The player who reaches the predetermined point wins the game.

Tactical variation

Set up

• Shuffle the tactical cards.
• Form a second deck and place it next to the first deck.
• Each player draws 7 Clan cards.

How do you play?

• You can choose to play a Clan card or a Tactical card.
• You can choose to draw either a Clan card or a Tactics card to complete your hand.
• Please note! You can only play one more Tactical card than your opponent.

Example:

Your opponent has played 1 Tactics card.

You have played 2.

You cannot play a third Tactics card until your player has played a third.

Tactical cards

• There are three categories of Tactical cards:
• Elite Troops,
• Combat modes,
• Tricks.

Elite Troops

• These are played as a Clan card.

Combat modes

• They are played on a terminal tile.

Tricks

• Activate its effect and discard it.

Expert variant

• Claiming a terminal is done at the beginning of the round.
• You must claim a terminal before playing your card.