How to Play Fruit Crossing
Overview
Fruit Crossing is a trick-taking game where you exchange fruit cards
with other players to build scoring combinations. Cards can be played
face-up or face-down, adding a layer of bluffing and strategy.
Components
- Fruit cards: 4 suits (Apple, Pineapple, Melon, Grape)
- Each suit: one 0 card + ranks 1–6 (2 copies each) = 13 cards per suit
- 4 players, 12 cards dealt per player per round
- Each player receives a random suit's 0 card and a die at setup
Round Structure
- Deal: Shuffle and deal 12 cards to each player.
- Tricks (12 per round): Starting from the lead player, each
player plays one card either face-up or face-down:
- Face-up: The card is visible to everyone. You cannot play a fruit suit
that another player has already played face-up in this trick.
- Face-down: The card is hidden. Use your die to show the rank.
You can play any suit when playing face-down.
- Trick Winner:
- Among face-up cards, the highest rank wins (earlier player breaks ties).
- If all cards are face-down, the highest rank wins (earlier player breaks ties).
- Card Exchange:
- The winner picks one card from any other player's played card.
- The player whose card was taken receives the winner's card instead.
- All other players keep their own played card.
- Collected cards are placed face-up or face-down (as played) in ascending order next to your 0 card.
Scoring
- Sets: 3+ cards of the same rank but different suits:
1 point each, 4th card = 2 points.
- Runs: 3+ cards of the same suit in consecutive ranks:
1 point each, 4th+ card = 2 points each. The 0 card can be part of a run.
- Each card can only be used in one set or run (not both).
Instant Win
If any player collects a complete set of one suit (0 through 6),
the game ends immediately and that player wins regardless of score.
Game End
Play one round per player (4 rounds for 4 players). The player with the
highest total score wins. Ties are shared victories.
