Fugue Rules

Phases of a Turn

Don’t worry if you’re not familiar with the terms. They will be explained later.

Before play, set up the game as detailed in Setup on page 1.

The last person to visit an art museum is Player One.

  1. Deal two cards face-up into each player’s Imagination Area.

  2. Player One starts their turn.

Player’s take turns until the game is over. Each turn has five parts, called phases. Some things can only be done during certain phases. Go through the phases in order. Some phases are optional (they can be skipped).

Phase Header of some sort

  1. Vision Phase (optional)

Player One can use a Set they already have in their Vision Area. Sets are moved into the Depth Area after use.

  1. Imagination Phase

Player One moves one (and only one) card from their Imagination Area into their Vision Area.

They may start a new Set or complete an old Set.

(There is only room for two Sets per Vision Area (4 cards total). Move an old Set into the Depth Area to make room for the new card if needed.)

  1. Second Vision Phase (optional): Player One can use any Sets they’ve made this turn. Sets are moved into the Depth Area after use.

  2. Depth Phase (optional): Player One can move a card from their Imagination Area into the Depth Area.

  3. Spirit Phase: Player One draws back up to two cards in their Imagination Area from the deck.

Player Two starts their turn.

Victory

When the deck becomes empty, remove a Spirit card in the Depth Area from the game. If there are no Spirit cards in the Depth Area, all players must remove a Spirit card from play if they have one. Reshuffle the cards in the Depth Area back into the deck. After the 4th Spirit card has been removed from the game, the game is over the next time the deck becomes empty. [link to section].

Note: If you don’t have any cards in your Imagination Area at the start of your turn, you will skip “Phase #2 Imagination Phase”. Certain Sets can cause this to happen.

Note: It’s possible to have more than two cards in your Imagination Area due to using certain Sets. Move one card into the Vision Area during the Imagination Phase (#2) like normal.

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