Harehra - The Game

Hare - The Game is a fast card game about building your hand,
damaging your opponents, and staying in the game longer than everyone else.

Players and Setup

The basic game is for 2 to 4 players.
Each player starts with up to 5 cards.
The player sitting next to the shuffler takes the first turn.
Play begins clockwise.
After each game, the responsibility for shuffling passes clockwise.
Bonus packs can add more cards, more players, and special Mighty Cards.

Taking a Turn

Play one or more allowed cards onto the face-up discard pile.
Resolve the cards and any reactions.
Draw replacement cards from the draw pile.
Apply any skip or direction effects.
Check hand limits and elimination.

Players may never hold more cards than their current maximum hand size.
When the draw pile is empty, shuffle the discard pile and use it as the new
draw pile. Keep the top face-up card in play.

Card Functions

Card	Effect
Hare looking right	Change the direction of play to clockwise. The player who played this card cannot receive moral damage until their next turn begins.
Hare looking left	Change the direction of play to counterclockwise. The player who played this card cannot receive moral damage until their next turn begins.
House	The next player loses their turn and cannot receive moral damage during that skipped turn.
Strom / Tree	Skip the next player in the current direction. That player may play another Strom to forward the skip to the following player.
Hare Cumi	Give moral damage to one other player. Multiple Hare Cumi cards may be played during the same turn, but they must all target the same player.
Hare Taptap	A reaction card that prevents a group of Hare Cumi cards. It may only be played by the player being targeted.
Hare Zada	Restore 1 maximum hand-capacity point, up to a maximum of 5.
Hare Mini	Disabled until its special function is decided.

Moral Damage

Each point of moral damage reduces a player's maximum hand size by 1.

Moral Damage	Maximum Hand Size
0	5 cards
1	4 cards
2	3 cards
3	2 cards
4	1 card
5	0 cards

If a player's hand is larger than their new maximum, they must discard until
their hand is legal.

Multiple Hare Cumi Cards

A player may play as many Hare Cumi cards as they wish during one turn,
provided every card targets the same player.

The target may play one Hare Taptap to evade the entire group.
If Hare Taptap is played, the target receives 0 moral damage.
Otherwise, the target receives 1 moral damage for each Hare Cumi played.
A player can receive a maximum of 5 moral damage from one group.

For example, three Hare Cumi cards may target the same player. If they are not
evaded, that player receives 3 moral damage. If Hare Taptap is played, all
three cards are evaded.

Hare Taptap

Hare Taptap can only be played as a reaction to being targeted by Hare Cumi.
It cannot be played normally or without a valid target.

Strom / Tree Skip

When Strom is played, the next player in the current direction receives a
pending skip.

That player may play another Strom to forward the skip to the next player. If
they do not, they lose their turn. The skip chain ends when a player does not
forward it, and play continues after that skipped player.

Protection Effects

Direction cards protect their player from moral damage until that player's next turn begins.
House protects the skipped player from moral damage during the skipped turn.
Protection does not prevent skips, direction changes, discarding, or other non-damage effects.

Elimination and Winning

A player's maximum hand capacity cannot be lower than 0. When it reaches 0,
that player is eliminated.

The last player remaining in the game wins.