Alpha - Cross
*Objective - To form words and outscore opponents point total
*Plays with 7 cards, 2+ player
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Players are dealt cards face down. Remaining card pile is set aside for additional drawing. Play begins with player clockwise from dealer.
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First player begins by laying down word and receiving point value for total, they then draw from the unused card pile to replenish hand to 7 cards. Next player must make a word intersecting and using a letter from the previously played word (extensions to first word are not allowed),
receiving point value for that word's total, and replenishing hand to 7 cards. The cards from the first word are then removed and placed in a used card pile, leaving only the second word.
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Play continues to next player, repeating actions of building an intersecting word, scoring, replenishing hand and removing previous word to used card pile. If a player can not form a word, they must discard all cards in hand to the used card pile and redraw 7 cards from the unused card pile. Play continues through the entire deck, with the winner determined by point total at the end of play