Yanaguana Games Re-Chord User manual

Re-Chord
Rulebook
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Marshall Britt Andrew Toth

Re-Chord
Introduction
Re-Chord is a strategy boardgame for 1-5 players which plays in approximately 40-60
minutes. You are a budding guitarist, a rising star in your genre of music, perfecting
your craft to become a legend. Using real guitar picks and chords, can you become
the most famous guitarist of all time?
Components
Re-Chord
Rulebook
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Marshall Britt Andrew Toth
Re-Chord
Pink Freud
Uncomfortably Dumb
D-A-C-G
CHORDS
18
35 guitar picks
pick bag
72 chord cards
36 song cards
score pad
neoprene playmat
6 genre cards
rulebook

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FRETBOARD PICK SCORING GUIDE
1st fret
2nd fret
3rd fret
4th fret
5th fret
1st fret 2nd fret 3rd fret 4th fret 5th fret
E
A
D
G
B
E
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Take ONE action per turn:
1. Take one pick from the SUPPLY
and place it face up on any
available space. You MAY use
its PICK ABILITY.
2. Take one pick from the BAG and
place it face down on any
available space. You MAY remove an
adjacent pick .
3. Draw two CHORD cards.
Max hand size is three.
Take another pick from the
public pile and place it face
up - May take its action.
Remove any other pick on
the fretboard and place it
in the bag.
Move or swap any other
pick to a new space.
Turn any pick face down.
You may move that pick
to an available space.
Pluck any face down pick
revealing its color.
May take its action.
Can be placed anywhere &
may replace any other pick.
(Replaced pick to bag).
Remove all picks of any
one type from the fret
this pick is placed in.
Can remove an adjacent
pick if placed using the
second action.
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Genre color 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
White
RED
BLUE
GREY
PUrple
green
Re-Chord FAME Score pad
total FAME
HIDDEN
genre
card
HIDDEN
genre
card
HIDDEN
genre
card
HIDDEN
genre
card
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Setup
1. Set the Re-Chord playmat in the center of the play area, then choose a starting guitarist.
2. Randomly deal one genre card to each guitarist face down. This card shows your pick color for
lead guitar scoring. Keep your genre and color hidden from other guitarists. Keep any remaining
genre cards hidden and remove them from the game.
3. Choose a set of song cards and the 7 chord card sets (of 4) that they require. (See“Setlists”)
4. Deal one song card to each guitarist. You may view your own song card but remember to keep it
hidden from other guitarists until you’ve played it completely.
5. DRAFT: Deal three chord cards to each guitarist. Select one of these cards to keep and pass the
other two to the guitarist to your left (face down). You’ll then choose one of the two cards that were
passed to you and pass the remaining card to the guitarist on your left which they will keep.
6. Place all of the genre colored guitar picks into the bag. Add Wyldes (rainbow picks) equal to one
more than the number of guitarists to the bag and mix them up. (In 4+ guitarist games, use 5 Wylde picks)
7. Draw picks equal to one more than the number of guitarists from the bag and place them on the
board to create the supply for the rst turn. (In 4+ guitarist games, use 5 picks)

.........................................................................1 Point
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FRETBOARD PICK SCORING GUIDE
1st fret
2nd fret
3rd fret
4th fret
5th fret
1st fret 2nd fret 3rd fret 4th fret 5th fret
E
A
D
G
B
E
+
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Take ONE action per turn:
1. Take one pick from the SUPPLY
and place it face up on any
available space. You MAY use
its PICK ABILITY.
2. Take one pick from the BAG and
place it face down on any
available space. You MAY remove an
adjacent pick .
3. Draw two CHORD cards.
Max hand size is three.
Take another pick from the
public pile and place it face
up - May take its action.
Remove any other pick on
the fretboard and place it
in the bag.
Move or swap any other
pick to a new space.
Turn any pick face down.
You may move that pick
to an available space.
Pluck any face down pick
revealing its color.
May take its action.
Can be placed anywhere &
may replace any other pick.
(Replaced pick to bag).
Remove all picks of any
one type from the fret
this pick is placed in.
Can remove an adjacent
pick if placed using the
second action.
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- This is the playmat diagram. It includes the proper terms for each part of the fretboard.
- In Re-Chord, we play on the rst ve frets.The fretboard is the entire area guitarists play on.
- Notice fret and supply are in bold italics because they are keywords. The teal text is other reference.
- Each fret has six available spaces. These are the six strings you’d put your ngers on.
- It is important to check the orientation of your chord cards to ensure the nut is on the correct side.
- The rule reminders on the playmat are for quick reference; there are more specic rules in this book.
FRET
Inlay
(Position Marker)
fret Marker nut
SUPPLY
RULE REMINDERS
Anatomy of THE PLAYMAT

keywords
Fame - Victory Points in Re-Chord are represented by fame.
Fame points are shown on the silver or gold pick icons with a star in the center.
Genre - Your genre is private information until the end of the game. Genres
are represented by color and guitar symbol; each has a matching set of 5 picks.
Chords - Your chord cards depict the required spaces for picks to be located in
to complete them. These are diagrams of real guitar chords you can actually play.
Song - Your song card shows a mixture of chords that must be completed to
play it. Song cards are parody versions of our favorite popular tunes.
Lead Guitar - Lead guitar scoring happens as you ll each fret with
picks. Continue to keep your genre hidden and record fame per pick color.
Fret - A single fret includes all six pick spaces (nger locations) between two
fret markers. In Re-Chord you use the rst ve frets of the guitar as the “board.”
Supply- The supply is the area you’ll take your pick from if you choose the
rst action. At the start of your turn, rell the supply based on guitarist count.
Pick Ability - Every type of pick has its own special function which may be used
when it is chosen. Each pick ability is unique and can help you score fame.
Bag - The bag is where unused picks are kept. Picks taken from the bag are pulled
randomly. Any picks removed from the board are placed back in the bag.
411
Spirit of Blues
Keep this hidden
Your Pick Color is
BLUE
E
A
D
G
B
E
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G Chord 411
411
1st fret
2nd fret3rd fret4th fret5th fret
1st fret 2nd fret 3rd fret 4th fret 5th fret
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FRETBOARD PICK SCORING GUIDE
3rd fret
4th fret
5th fret
3rd fret 4th fret 5th fret
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Take another pick from the
public pile and place it face
up - May take its action.
Remove any other pick on
the fretboard and place it
in the bag.
Move or swap any other
pick to a new space.
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Backbone of Rock
Keep this hidden
Your Pick Color is
RED
E
A
D
G
B
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