Required: Zoo deck
Players: 2 to 4
HOW TO PLAY
Battle is played in rounds, each consisting of 4 hands. There are as many rounds as there are players.
In Round 1, Player 1 deals and all players inspect their own cards. Starting with Player 1 and moving clockwise, each player declares how many of the coming 4 hands they expect to win. The last player may not make a guess that results in the total adding up to 4.
Player 2 (left of Player 1) leads by nominating one of the 4 attributes: Cost, Beauty, Ferocity or Rarity. Each player then places a card face-down in front of them and when all players have done so the cards are simultaneously revealed. The card with the highest number in the nominated parameter wins the hand. In the case of a tie, the player who nominated the attribute (or the player closest to them in a clockwise direction) wins the hand.
The player left of Player 2 leads the next hand by nominating an attribute that has not been nominated in the round thus far. Play continues until all hand cards have been spent and each attribute has been nominated once, and the round ends. You get 1 point for each hand won, plus a bonus of 2 points if you won the number of hands that you expected to win.
In Round 2, Player 2 becomes Player 1. Repeat Round 1, etc.
ENDGAME
At the end of the final round the highest score wins!