Nacho Loco

Nacho Loco is a strategy card game in which opponents try to outwit and outscore one another to emerge winners. 

The aim of the game is to gain points by disposing of your unique triangular tortilla cards while making it difficult for your opponents to do the same.

You can find out more about this game by reading this guide that simplifies it for you.

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Nacho Loco rules

The objective of the Nacho Loco card game is for a player to collect 20 points and win the game.

The game can be played by 2 to 6 players.

It consists of 94 cards which include 31 action cards, 62 colour cards and 1 closer card.

The cards are triangular and made up of 3 segments.

They are sometimes called tiles instead of cards since you place them side by side on the playfield.

The segments can be colours, have action words or have a black x.

• Each player tries to match segments of a card to a similar segment of another card already played on the playfield. For instance, a brown triangle segment matches with another brown triangle on the playfield.
• Each player must play at least a card when it is their turn unless they can’t play. They pick a card when they can’t match anything.
• Black x segments cannot be matched unless it is by the closing card.

How to play Nacho Loco card game

Few hints

• Matching of segments happens when the side of the card you play is the same as the closest side of the card on the playfield.
• A player can take two turns if the matched action segments read “go again”.
• You are also free to play again if everyone else has to draw cards that they still can’t play.
• If you happen to draw a playable card you are free to play it immediately after picking it.
• Another round begins and the game goes on until a player garners 20 points to win the game.

Optional rules

The playfield closing can happen, which means no player is able to continue with the game during the current round.

When closing happens, the last person to play deals out one card to each player clears the playfield and picks another card from the pile to start a new playfield.

However, the round still continues until there is a winner.

There are three causes of playfield closing.

• Cut-throat closing happens when no player can match the card or cards on the playfield.
• Everyone drawing closing means that each player draws cards consecutively without being able to play. The playfield only opens when someone can play.
• The Closer played means that someone has played the closer card. This is the only card that can be matched to two black x segments at the same time.

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