You can play DOS with up to 4 friends or family members who are 7 or older.
Even though you don’t need to match colors when you play cards, you get to play a bonus card from your hand if you do.
If you draw a Wild # card, it counts as 0.
You can look at the cards in your hand, but keep them secret from everyone else.
Leave space next to the deck of cards where you can eventually put a discard pile.
If you still can’t play a card from your hand after drawing, take 1 card from your hand and put it face-up next to the other cards in the Center Row.
There’s no limit to how many cards you can have in the Center Row as long as there are at least 2.
Example: If you have a 5 in your hand and there’s a 5 in the Center Row, you can play your card on top of it. If the card in the Center Row is a Wild # card, you get to choose what number it is before playing cards from your hand.
Example: If there’s a 7 in the Center Row, you could play a 2 and a 5 from your hand on top of it.
If a Wild DOS card is in the Center Row, you get to choose what color it is before playing cards on top of it.
Example: If the card in the Center Row is a red 5, and you play a red 1 and red 4, you earn a Double Color Match bonus.
If you forget to say “DOS” and another player says it before you, then draw 2 cards from the deck at the end of your turn.
If you go out by making a Double Color Match, make sure all the other players draw 1 card before you start scoring.
Example: One player has a 3, 4, and Wild DOS for a total of 47 points. Another player has a 1, 4, and # for a total of 25 points. The player that went out earns a total of 72 points for the round.
