Devir Hilo board game

HILO is a game that takes no time to learn and you can never get enough of. Try to replace your highest value cards with lower value cards as quickly as possible, or try to clear entire rows. When a player has turned over all of their cards, the round ends. The player with the fewest points at the end of the game wins.

The brainchild of Eilif Svensson and Knut Stromfors, HILO can be played by two or more players, ages 8 and up, in games lasting around 20 minutes. This addictive and fast-paced card game consists of several rounds and ends when a player reaches 100 points. Each player tries to replace high-value cards in their array with lower-value cards, or even remove entire rows. The player with the fewest points at the end of the game wins.

HILO is very easy to learn: the rules are only 4 pages long. At the start of the game, each player places nine cards face down on the table in front of him/her, forming a 3x3 matrix. The remaining cards are then formed into a face-down deck, which is placed in the middle of the table. The top card is revealed and placed face up next to the deck: this will be the first card in the discard pile. Each player then reveals any two cards from his/her matrix. The player with the highest sum on his/her two revealed cards goes first. Easy, right.

On their turn, players must choose one of the two available actions: take the top card (face up) from the discard pile or take the top card (face down) from the draw pile. In the second case, they can choose to directly discard the card taken, but they must always reveal a card from their array. During the game, players can form a STREAM if they get a row of three cards of the same color in their array.

After a player has turned over all the cards in his or her deck (or if a player has run out of cards in the deck at the end of his or her turn), each of the other players takes exactly one more turn. All players then reveal any cards they still have face down in their deck. If any THREADS are thus formed, players discard the cards in the normal manner.

Finally, each player adds up the value of all the cards remaining in his or her stack. But be careful. If the player who caused the end of the round does not have the lowest sum, he or she must double his or her points for that round (unless the sum is a negative number). He or she must double his or her points even if another player has the same sum of points.

The game ends when, at the end of a round, at least one player has a total of more than 99 points (over all rounds). The player with the lowest total points wins. If two or more players tie for the fewest points, they share the victory.

Easy to learn, dynamic, fast-paced and fun, HILO will delight casual players and card game lovers alike. However, we must warn you of one thing: this game is addictive.


Specifications:

- Author: Knut Strømfors, Eilif Svensson
- Illustrator: Jan Richard Hansen, Leon Schiffer
- Mechanics: Pattern Construction
- Type of Player: Amateur , Sporadic , Family , Sociable
- Game Scenario: Barbecue , Less than an hour , Swimming pool , Dessert with in-laws , A quickie