Sequence (game)
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Sequence, a board-and-card game, was invented by Douglas Reuter in Minneapolis, Minnesota over a two year period in the 1970's. In June, 1981, Mr. Reuter entered into a license agreement with Jax Ltd., Inc. which authorizes it to manufacture and distribute Sequence and was first sold in a retail store in 1982. It involves an average-sized playing board, on which are depicted two decks of playing cards (minus the Jokers and Jacks), two full standard decks, 35 red, 50 blue and 50 green playing chips which total 135[1].
The game is played by two players, two teams, three players or three teams. Players are dealt a certain number of cards (3-7 depending on the number of players), and then take turns to play these cards, placing a chip of their color on one of the corresponding card images on the board. The object of the game is to form one or two rows of 5 chips (be it horizontally, vertically or diagonally) before the other player or players, team or teams. If there are two players or two teams, 2 sequences must be formed to win the game. When there are three teams or three players only 1 sequence needs to be formed in order to win.
The four corners of the grid depict printed images of 1 chip in each of the 4 spaces instead of a card. These can be used as your own color chip, that is any series of 4 chips including a wild square forms a sequence.
The jacks fulfill a special role. If a player plays a two-eyed Jack, he or she may place a chip anywhere on the board (except of course on the wilds). If a one-eyed Jack is played, the player may remove an opposing player's token from anywhere.
Sequence employs some distinct hard and fast rules that include no table talk, and an order in which you must play your hand: card, chip, replace your card.
[edit] Variations
Sequence comes in several versions including: Sequence States & Capitals, Sequence Numbers, Sequence 25th Anniversary Edition, Jumbo Sequence, Travel Sequence, Sequence Deluxe Edition, and Sequence for Kids. There is also another variation, called Sequence Dice that uses dice instead of cards.
Two major differences are that a much smaller square game board instead of a rectangular one and numbers and dice are used instead of cards. The object of Sequence dice is to be the first person to connect a "sequence" of five chips in a row on the board, just as in the original game. Another major difference is that only one "sequence" is required instead of the two sometimes needed in the original. The board displays four interlocking arrangements of the numerals 1-9, and pictures of dice. The four corner spaces on the board depict dice arranged in a "snake eyes" pattern, that is, displaying 1 and 1. The four spaces in the center of the board depict dice showing double sixes. Players who roll "snake eyes" or double sixes roll again.
There is a card game version known called after the one-eyed jack where the board is constructed using cards.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Rules from official site http://www.jaxgames.com/seq.htm
- ^ McLeod, John, ed., One-Eyed Jack, Card Games Website.
