Hideous Abominations

Theming

Setting up

1. Place the Grand Prizes face up between all players.
2. Place the Score cards deck next to the Grand Prizes, leaving a space below to place them as awards. Set aside the tie-breaker prizes.
3. Shuffle the Body Part deck and place the top 3 Body Part cards in the middle between players - this is the Buffet. Place the remaining Body Part deck next to the Buffet.
4. Provide each player with a Torso card (all Torsos are functionally the same).
5. Deal 3 Body Part cards to each player.
6. Place the Bolt tokens within reach of players.

Rounds

Players take turns. Each turn, players take the following actions:

1. Roll the die:
   1. Draw: Draw 2 tiles and place them in your hand from either the Buffet piles or from the top of the deck.
   2. Dig: Pick up one of the piles from the Buffet, dig through it and select any 2 tiles. Return the pile in any order. If a pile only contains 1 tile, draw your second tile blind from the Body Parts deck.
   3. Award: Draw a card from the Score cards deck, placing it face-up with the other Awards and Grand Prizes. Draw (as above).
   4. Steal: Take one body part from another player’s abomination, add it to your hand and give that player 2 Bolt tokens.
   5. Go Mad: Choose any of the options above.
2. Play a tile on any abomination: When playing a tile, all Loose Ends must match up. You
3. Discard down to 3 cards in hand: cards are discarded face-up onto any of the 3 piles in the Buffet.

Special notes:

• On the first turn, players draw instead of rolling.
• If any of the Buffet piles are empty, draw a card from the Body Parts pile to replenish it.
• You cannot steal any of the following:
  1. Torso tiles,
  2. Tiles with Bolt tokens on them,
  3. Your own tiles.
• If you roll Steal but there are tiles available to steal then re-roll.

The game ends when either:

1. There are more Awards displayed than the number of players AND any player completes any abomination by closing off all of its loose ends, or
2. A player is unable to draw a card because the deck is empty.

Scoring

• Consistency:

Terminology

• Grand Prizes: Score cards for “Completed Abomination”, “Most Colors” and “Fewest Tiles”.
• Buffet: Selection of Body Part cards in the middle of the table.
• Stealing:
• Bolting:
• Loose End: Any side of a tile where the artwork meets the edge.