# How to play

Everything you need before your first game, in 7 steps.

## 1. The goal

Build the best team of cards by outbidding your friends.

Everyone starts with the same budget, 30 by default. Cards come up one at a time, and nobody knows the next.

## 2. The scoring grid

Every card is scored out of 100 on the game's criteria, by their weights.

Scores stay hidden until the end. Read the grid before you bid.

*Here, a quiet scorer can beat a star who rarely scores.*

## 3. An auction

In turn, bid more than the standing bid, or pass. You have 30 seconds.

Once everyone else has passed, the last bid wins the card.

## 4. Bidding below zero

Bids run from −10 to your budget. Below zero, you get paid.

When you're the only one left on a card, it's 0 at least.

*A card taken at −4: your budget goes from 12 to 16.*

## 5. Passing

Passing takes you out of the auction on this card, for good.

If everyone passes, the card goes unsold, but the deck may hold a few spare cards. Once they're gone, a slot stays empty and scores 0.

## 6. Teams

5 slots with up to 4 players, 4 with 5, 3 with 6. The host can change that.

A full team stops playing.

## 7. The end

When every team is full or the deck runs out, the scores come out. A team's points are the sum of its cards' scores.

Most points wins. Leftover budget doesn't count.

## Ready to play?

- [Create a game](https://bidraft.games/create)
- [Join a game](https://bidraft.games/join)

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