JAWS




INTRODUCTION
Card Game for 2 players.

DECKS
One player gets the Shark Deck.
The other player gets the Shark Hunter Deck.

HUNTERS
The Hunters have a fishing boat.
The boat has 5 Hull points.
There are 5 people in the boat.

THE SHARK
The shark has 10 life points.

WINNINNG
A game of survival:
If all five people are eaten, the Shark player wins.
If the Shark is reduced to zero life points the Hunter player wins.

TURN SEQUENCE
Alternate Hunter Turns & Shark Turns.
Hunters go first.

HUNTER TURN SEQUENCE
Fishing Phase
Trawling Phase
Catch Phase

FISHING PHASE
Draw 1 card.
Max hand size is 5 cards. Discard excess cards.
If your deck runs out, shuffle the discard and draw from it.

TRAWLING PHASE
You may play one Find Card.

CATCH PHASE
If you played a Find card, or the Shark attacked you last turn you may attack.
To attack, play one weapon card.
You may play a second weapon card if you have 3+ crew members alive.
All weapons do one point of damage to the shark.
(Some Equipment cards are played along with an appropriate weapon for extra damage)
Discard all played cards except automatic Find Cards.

SHARK TURN SEQUENCE
Circling Phase
Hunting Phase
Feeding Phase

CIRCLING PHASE
Draw 1 card.
Max hand size is 5 cards. Discard excess cards.
If your deck runs out, shuffle the discard and draw from it.

HUNTING PHASE
You may play one Hunting Card.

FEEDING PHASE
If you played a Hunting card this turn you may attack the hunters.
If the boat is not already sunk, you may then:
1. Play a Sink card to do one damage to the boat, or
2. Play an Attack card and then a Bite card to kill 1 crew member.
(At zero hull points the boat sinks & the crew members are floating in the water.)
If the boat has been sunk, you may:
1. Play a Bite or an Attack card to kill 1 crew member.
Discard all played cards.


CARD LIST TYPE ABBREVIATIONS
# = Number of that type of card in the deck.
W = Weapon
F = Find
E = Equipment
H = Hunt
S = Sink
A = Attack
B = Bite
X = Special

HUNTER DECK CARD LIST
Card Name:		#	Type	Notes
Harpoon			3	W	
Spear Gun		3	W	
Pistol			2	W	
Rifle			2	W	
Flare Gun		1	W	
Knife			2	W	Use only if Shark attacked last turn.
Propeller		1	W	Use only if Shark attacked last turn.
Axe			1	W	Use only if Shark attacked last turn.
Pike			1	W	
Dart Gun		1	W	
Crane			1	W	Use only if Boat is not sunk
Grappling Hook		1	W	
Impale with Mast	1	W	Use only if Boat is sunk
Chum Buckets		2	F	
Human Bait		2	F	
Sonar			2	F	Use only if Boat is not sunk
Binoculars		2	F	
First Watch		1	F	
Spot Dorsal Fin		1	F	
Second Watch		1	F	
Net			1	F	 
Buoys 			1	F	
Scuba Gear		3	F/E	Find Shark or Negate one Attack Card
Lines			1	E	Automatic Find.  Play with Hook, Harpoon or Spear
Poison 			1	E	2 Dam to Shark.  Play with Dart, Harpoon or Spear
Swallow Air Tank	1	E	If played with Rifle or Pistol Shark is killed
Shark Cage		2	E	Negate one Bite card
Tool Kit		1	E	Negate one Sink Card
First Aid Kit		1	E	Negate one Bite card
Life Saver		1	E	Negate one Attack Card


SHARK DECK CARD LIST
Card Name:		#	Type	Notes
Circle			5	H	
Dun dun…Dun dun…	5	H	
Feeding Frenzy		5	H	
The Smell of Blood	5	H	
Smash Boat		4	S	Do 1 damage to boat
Ram Boat		3	S	Do 1 damage to boat
Bite Boat		3	S	Do 1 damage to boat
Too Close to the Side	4	A	Attack person if boat still afloat
Swim with the Sharks	3	A	Attack person if boat still afloat
Man Overboard		3	A	Attack person if boat still afloat
Bite in Half		2	B	Kill Person
Head First		2	B	Kill Person
Feet First		2	B	Kill Person
Bite off Head		2	B	Kill Person
Bite off Limb		2	B	Kill Person
Eat ‘em Up Yum		2	B	Kill Person
Smash Cage		1	X	Negate Cage card
Sever Line		2	X	Negate Line or Net Card
Dive			2	X	Negate one Weapon card
Spit out		1	X	Discard Air Tank card
Thrash about		2	X	Negate Line or Net Card


GAME DESIGNERS NOTES
Happy Hunting!






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