Azuma
BGG rank
BGG #22,815
BGG rating
5.9

Azuma

1992

Rules assistance for Azuma

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 3–6 players
  • 30 min
  • 8+
  • Complexity 1.0/5

For 3 players

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Azuma is a board game released in 1992 for 3–6 players, 30 minutes per game, and ages 8 and up.

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About the game

Azuma is similar to Spoons It comes with plastic sticks about 8 inches long, with stickers to mark the colors. There is one fewer stick than the number of players, so each round, one player will not get a stick. Players are dealt a hand of 7 cards. All players pass a card to their neighbor when the dealer calls out "Azuma". If no one has a "winning" hand, the dealer calls "Azuma" again and another card is passed. This repeats until one player gets either: one set of 4 and one set of 3 matching cards or 3 bomb cards When a player has a "winning" hand, she quietly grabs a stick and other players must suddenly rush to grab the remaining sticks. Points are scored by who got which color sticks. There is also a penalty for "faking", which is pretending to start grabbing a stick to get other players to grab early before anyone has a "winning" hand.

Publishers

  • Parker Brothers
  • Grow Jogos e Brinquedos
  • Kenner

Questions and answers

Azuma supports 3–6 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.