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Color Match
A 2–6 player color-and-number matching card game — a free, browser-based take on the color-and-number card game. Match color or number to be the first to empty your hand of 7 cards, and surprise your rivals with action and wild cards.
Rules
- 2–6 players, 7 cards each to start
- You can play a card that matches the top card's color or number
- Skip jumps the opponent, the Reverse card flips the direction of play
- A +2 can be stacked on a +2 — the penalty piles up, and whoever breaks the chain draws it all!
- You choose the Wild's color; the +4 wild makes the next player draw 4 cards
- Bomb (the Classic Table's own card): lights a fuse that goes off 3 turns later on whoever's turn it is — they draw 4
- Day & Night table: every card has a day face and a night face — a Turnover card or a wound Midnight Clock turns the whole table over
- Siege table: a penalty can be raised with an equal or bigger one (a +4 on a +2); a Shield stops the penalty aimed at you and nobody draws
- If the card you draw is playable, the choice is yours: play it now or keep it in hand
- Whoever empties their hand first wins
How to Play
- 2–6 players, everyone starts with 7 cards
- Play a card of the same color or the same number/symbol onto the center card
- If you have no playable card you draw from the deck yourself; if the drawn card is playable you then choose to play it or keep it
- If the card you draw is playable, a "PLAY / KEEP" choice appears
- Whoever empties their whole hand first wins
Action Cards
- Skip (Ø) skips the next player
- Reverse (⇄) changes the direction of play — with 2 players you play again
- +2: the next player draws 2 cards… but if you have a +2 you can add it to the chain! The penalty grows +4, +6, +8
- Wild: you choose the color; +4 Wild: choose a color + the next player draws 4 cards (no +2 can answer it)
- Bomb (Classic Table): the fuse burns for 3 turns and goes off on whoever's turn it is (+4); play another Bomb on a lit one and the blast grows by 2 and the fuse is relit. Skips and reverses decide who it goes off on
Tables
- Classic Table (always free): the game you know, plus the Bomb
- Day & Night: the day face is gentle (+1); the night face is merciless (+5, All Pass, Color Hunt — draw until you find the color)
- A Turnover card turns the whole table over: the deck, the discard pile and every hand switch to their other face
- Midnight Clock: playing it winds the clock, and 3 turns later the table turns over by itself; a second Clock stops it
- Cards are held like a real two-faced deck: you see the back of your rivals' cards, never the back of your own
- Siege: penalties climb — a +2 or +4 on a +2, a +4 on a +4
- Shield (Siege): it stands in front of you and stops the next penalty that comes your way — you draw nothing. If a penalty is already on you, it stops it on the spot. Throwing a penalty at a raised shield only breaks the shield
Competition & Bots
- Matches that start with at least 2 real players affect rating and ranking — even with bots at the table
- Matches where one real player faces bots don't count toward your score
- Your end-of-match score: the table's total card points minus whatever is still in YOUR hand — whoever goes out first holds nothing, so they always score highest
- If your connection drops: at a two-player table your opponent wins the match (or carries on against a bot) unless you are back within 30 seconds; at a bigger table a bot takes your seat after 2 minutes and you reclaim it when you return — whoever deliberately leaves forfeits
- Turn and direction progress according to the 2–6 players
Color-and-Number Card Game Online — for 2 to 6 Players
Color Match is a fast color-and-number matching card game for 2–6 players: everyone starts with 7 cards and races to empty their hand first, while skips, reverses, stacking +2s and wilds turn every round upside down. Play free in your browser — invite friends to a private table or fill the seats with bots.
Matches are quick and full of table drama: the moment someone is down to a single card, the whole table starts playing against them.
Color Tactics: +2 Chains and Wild Timing
The +2 stacks: your victim can answer with their own +2, snowballing the penalty to +4, +6, +8 until someone breaks the chain and draws the whole pile. Never spend a lone +2 casually against a player who is clearly hoarding action cards.
Play from your longest color while you can, and save wilds for the moment the discard turns hostile. The +4 wild cannot be stacked on — it is the safest finisher in the deck.
Draw Smart: Play It or Keep It
When you cannot play, you draw one card — and if it is playable, the choice is yours: throw it immediately or keep it hidden. Holding a playable wild while you bleed out a color your rivals cannot follow is often the stronger line.
In two-player games the Reverse acts like a Skip, letting you move again — chain reverses and skips to dump several cards before your opponent gets a turn.
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See Color Match in action
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