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Hey there! Wanna learn how to play Halli Galli?
Flip cards to reveal fruits. Spot five of a kind? Ring the bell first to win!

So...What will you get in a Halli Galli box?

an image of a Halli Galli
  • 56 playing cards, showing 4 kinds of fruit in groups of 1 to 5
  • A ringing bell that goes 'ding'
  • Game instruction manual - You won't need it if you browse this site to learn instead!

TOP 5 TIPS TO GET STARTED:

1. The deck is evenly distributed between the players.

2. All players hold their deck face down and take turns dealing one card face up in front of them.

3. As each player reveals their next card, the instant you see a total of five of one kind of fruit on the table, hit the bell. If you're correct, you pick up all the played cards and put them into your deck; if you're wrong, you pay the other players one card each.

4. When you run out of cards, you're out.

5. When two players are left, they play until the bell is struck once more, then the game ends and the taller deck wins!

a photo of Halli Galli game set up.

Preparation

1. Place the bell in the middle of the table, on a cloth or a piece of felt to protect your table (from the violent bell-smacking).
2. Select a dealer who will shuffle the cards and deal them out to players one at a time until there are no cards left.
3. Each player places their deck face down on the table in front of them, without looking at their cards.

Halli Galli: Gameplay Run-down

  1. The player to the left of the dealer starts the game.
  2. Each player turns over the card at the top of their deck and places it face up on the table.
  3. Each card is placed on top of this pile in such a way that it covers the previous card and only the top card is visible.
  4. Each player must try to ring the bell first as soon as the revealed cards show exactly 5 fruits of the same type. It's a reaction test!
  5. The first player to ring the bell when the revealed cards show exactly 5 fruits of the same sort wins all of the cards in the center piles.
  6. The person who won then puts these cards face down under their draw deck and starts a new round by turning over the first card.
  7. When a player runs out of cards, the player is not out of the game yet. The player still takes part in the game until the player has also lost their discard pile. Until then, the player skip revealing cards, but they can still ring the bell.
  8. If a player rings the bell by mistake, and the revealed cards do not show exactly 5 fruits of the same type, they must give each of the other players one card from their draw pile as a penalty.
  9. The game is over when only 2 players are left in the round. They continue to play until one of them wins the face-up discard piles. There is a special ruling for this situation: if a player rings the bell by mistake, the player's opponent wins all of the cards in the face-up discard piles and the game is over. However if the players wish, they may continue until one of them wins all of the cards.
  10. The player holding the largest number of cards at the end of the round is the winner!

Feeling confident with the rules? Try out the quiz and the demo game!