GoStop Live!

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Deck 20

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HOW TO PLAY

GoStop Live!

Overview

How you win

The deal

Match first, score later

About the cards

The 12 card families

Every card family has exactly four cards. Match by family, regardless of whether the cards are Brights, Pictures, Stripes, or Singles.

Using GoStop Live!

The game supports mouse, touch, and flick controls. The instructions below automatically show the controls for the device you are using.

PC / Mac

Move the mouse across your hand to browse cards. The card under the pointer lifts so you can inspect it without playing it.
Click the card you want to play. If only one table match is legal, GoStop Live resolves it automatically.
If two legal table cards can be hit, click the table card you want to capture.
You can also press and flick a card upward with the pointer to throw it quickly.

Phone / Tablet

Tap a card once to select it. Tap the selected card again to play it. When a table target choice appears, tap the table card you want to hit.
For a faster play, press and hold a card, then flick your finger upward. The card is thrown as soon as the flick is recognized.
Slide your finger left or right across your hand without flicking upward to browse the cards. The currently selected card lifts as your finger moves.
You can tap outside your hand to clear the current touch selection.

Training Mode uses these same controls, but adds strategy coaching and highlights a recommended hand card and table target after five seconds.

Card Types

Brights

Pictures

Stripes

Singles

2x Single Cards

Turn Basics

Play one card from your hand.
Resolve that card against the table.
Flip the top card of the draw pile.
Resolve the drawn card the same way.
Move captures to your four scoring groups.
Check for Go / Stop.

Your hand

→

Same-family table card

= Capture both

Then draw

→

The drawn card gets its own matching resolution before the turn ends.

Match Examples

One table match → capture

Your card

Table

→Capture both

No table match → stays on table

Your Rose card

≠

Bush table card

Two table matches → choose one

Your Hill card

Two Hill choices

The deck card also matches by family

Drawn Star

Star on table

→Capture both

Special Events

Shake

Why it matters: a successful Shake increases the final settlement if you win.

Bomb!

3 in your hand

4th on table

Why it matters: you take an entire card family at once, steal a Single, and gain two blank-turn credits.

POOPED!

Table

Played

Drawn

Why it matters: the stack can become a valuable later capture, but the three cards are temporarily left on the table.

FIRST POOP!

Why it matters: +7 points immediately reaches the first Go / Stop gate.

TRIPLE POOP!

3× POOPED!

Why it matters: the hand ends immediately with a 7-point base win before carry multipliers.

KISS!

Played, no table match

Drawn same family

Why it matters: you turn what looked like a miss into a capture and steal one Single.

FLUSH!

Two on table

Played

Drawn

Why it matters: you collect all four cards of that family in one turn and steal one Single.

CLEAN SWEEP!

Last table card

Matching capture

→Table empty

Why it matters: clearing the live table earns an extra Single transfer from the opponent.

CONQUER!

Why it matters: this is an immediate opening win instead of normal turn play.

5-BIRDIES!

Why it matters: this exact three-card set adds 5 points on top of normal Picture scoring.

3-STRIPES!

Red

Plain

Blue

Why it matters: every completed three-Stripe family adds 3 points and still counts toward your total number of Stripes.

5-BRIGHTS!

Why it matters: all five Brights score 15 points, the largest single base combination in the game.

NO WINNER!

HAND EXHAUSTED

Why it matters: no one is paid now, but the next completed hand becomes more valuable.

Scoring

7 POINTS = FIRST GO / STOP GATE

Base scoring from captured cards

Bright examples

Category	What scores	Points
Brights	3 Brights without the Willow Bright	3
Brights	3 Brights including the Willow Bright	2
Brights	4 Brights	4
Brights	All 5 Brights	15
Pictures	5 Pictures	1
Pictures	Each Picture after the 5th	+1 each
5-BIRDIES	Plum + Vine + Hill Bird Pictures	+5
Stripes	5 Stripes	1
Stripes	Each Stripe after the 5th	+1 each
3-STRIPES family	Red, Plain, or Blue three-card set	+3 per set
Singles	10 effective Singles	1
Singles	Each effective Single after the 10th	+1 each
2x Single	Berry 2x Single or Willow 2x Single	Counts as 2 Singles
Sake Cup	Choose Picture OR 2x Singles	Whichever mode you choose
FIRST POOP!	POOPED! on your first turn	+7 bonus

Settlement multipliers and penalties

Condition	Effect in GoStop Live
1 Go	+1 point before later multipliers
2 Go	+2 points before later multipliers
3 Go	×2
4 Go	×4
5 Go	×8
Each additional Go	Doubles again
Shake	Pine through Star declaration ×2; Berry or Willow declaration ×4. Multiple Shakes compound.
Bright Penalty	×2 when winner has at least 3 Brights and loser has none
Picture Penalty	×2 when winner has at least 7 Pictures
Single Penalty	×2 when winner has at least 10 effective Singles and loser has 1–7
Go Penalty	×2 when the losing player had called Go and is caught without improving beyond that Go score
No Winner carry	Next completed hand ×2, then ×4, then ×8 maximum after consecutive no-winner hands

These multipliers stack. The game first determines the base score and any 1-Go or 2-Go addition, then applies the active multipliers.

Go / Stop

7 POINTS DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY END THE HAND

STOP

GO

Go count	Effect if you later win	8-point base example
0 Go	No Go adjustment	8
1 Go	+1	9
2 Go	+2	10
3 Go	×2	16
4 Go	×4	32
5 Go	×8	64
6 Go	×16	128

The risk of GO

Example Hands

A complete ordinary turn with two captures

Play

Table

→Capture

Draw

Table

→Capture

How separate scoring groups add together

5 Pictures1+5-BIRDIES5+10 Singles1=7 points → Go / Stop gate

GO!