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Starting rule for Cabanga!

AMIGO English rules, Version 1.0

Official product image showing the Cabanga! game box

The first player to spell Cabanga! backwards starts the first round.

Rule details

These English rules cover 3–6 players. The first player plays one card, then play passes to their left.

In later rounds, the player to the left of whoever went last in the previous round starts.

A round ends at the end of a turn after any required penalty draws. Playing or throwing the last card does not bypass those draws.

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