How to play Quintet

Quintet is a card-driven board game where players place chips on a 10×10 grid. Each space on the grid corresponds to a specific playing card. The first player to form two sequences of five chips in a row — horizontal, vertical, or diagonal — wins.

1. Choose your seat. 2–4 players, each assigned a chip color (red, blue, gold, purple).
2. Deal cards. 7 cards per player for 2–3 players, 6 cards for 4 players.
3. First player. Player order is randomized; play proceeds clockwise.

1. Choose a card. Select a card from your hand.
2. Place a chip. Find the matching space on the board — there are two of every non-Jack card — and place one of your chips on either.
3. Discard & draw. The played card goes to the discard pile, then you draw a fresh one to restore your hand.
4. Pass the turn. Play moves to the next player.

The four corner spaces are free for everyone. Any player may count them as their own when forming a sequence. No card is required to claim them — they're always wild.

The first player to form the required number of sequences wins: 2 sequences in a 2-player game, 1 sequence in a 3- or 4-player game. A sequence is exactly five chips of your color in an unbroken horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line. Sequences may share at most one chip as an endpoint.