NutriGin card game

more food molecules than you ever hoped to see while playing

cards....

designed by m. keffer -- nov 2005

NutriGin Card NutriGin Card GameGame

• object of the game: get all your cards into “sets” or “runs” BEFORE

your opponent does.• Each player gets 10 cards, face down.

• Dealer places remaining deck face down. Turn up one card to start the “discard” pile.

• Next player chooses one new card. It can be from the deck, or from the discard pile.

• Player then discards one card into the discard pile. Repeat in turns until one player has all his/her cards in sets or runs.

• When a player has all his/her cards in sets, declare “gin” and end the game.– Winning player must do their normal discard in order to end the

game.

• Winner gets 10 points for winning, plus whatever points are not yet in sets in opponent’s hand. Point values are shown on the cards.

• Notes:– Keep all your cards in your hand until you’re finished.

– Pick up only one card at a time, and discard only one card at a time.

possible SETS (ANY 3-4 of ANYthing within a box)

glufru

gal

rib

M

SL

monosaccharides (any 3-4)

fatty acids

polysaccharides (any 3-4)

H C H

H C H

H C H

H C H

H C H

H C H

H C H

H C H

H C

HC

H C H

H C H

H C H

H C H

C H

C H

C H

C H

C H

C H

H C H

hydrocarbons

glyceridesdisaccharides

(any 3-4)

amino acid

primary protein secondary

protein

tertiary protein

quaternary protein

fruS

H C H

H C

HC

H C H

H C H

H C H

H C H

3, 4, or 5 of these -- MUST be in ORDER!

3, 4, or 5 of these -- MUST be in ORDER!

3 of these -- MUST be in ORDER!

any monosac okay

any disac okay

must be starch

must be cellulose

must be wood

any glyceride okayany fatty

acid okayany hydrocarbon okay

any aa okay any

primary protein okay

must be secondary protein

must be tertiary protein

must be quaternary protein

Possible RUNS

glu fru gal

rib M S

Lglu fru gal

rib M S

L

1 1 1

1 2 2

2 3 4

H C H

H C H

H C H

H C H

H C H

H C H

H C H

H C H

H C

HC

H C H

H C H

H C H

H C H

C H

C H

C H

C H

C H

C H

H C H

H C H

H C H

H C H

H C H

H C H

H C H

H C H

H C H

H C

HC

H C H

H C H

H C H

H C H

C H

C H

C H

C H

C H

C H

H C H

5 1 1

1 2 2

2 3 3

3 1 1

1 1 1

1 1 1

2 2 2

3 3 3

4 4 4