Toru
BGG rank
BGG #29,601
BGG rating
5.5

Toru

2005

Rules assistance for Toru

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

  • 3–5 players
  • 30 min
  • 8+
  • Complexity 1.1/5

Rules assistant for Toru

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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.

Toru is a board game released in 2005 for 3–5 players, 30 minutes per game, and ages 8 and up. Its main mechanics are Set Collection.

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About the game

Unleash your inner dragon! Toru is a party game, where players pass chips to each other. Everybody simultaneously passes a chip to their left, chanting 'TO!', and picks up the chip given by their right neighbour, chanting 'RU'. This should proceed as fast as possible. Players start with seven chips, each carrying a symbol. There are ten different symbols. As soon as one player has a collection of four chips with one symbol, and three chips with another, he shouts 'TORU' and grabs one of the dragons that are placed in the middle of the table. All other players try the same. One player loses out, as there is always one dragon less than the number of players. All players who managed to grab a dragon score a point. If the colour of the dragon matches the colour of the secret counter they received at the start of the round, they get a bonus point. First to reach eight points wins.

Publishers

  • Parker Brothers
  • Hasbro
  • Toyster

Questions and answers

Toru supports 3–5 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.