Mario Party-e

Mario Party-e is a board game for the E-Reader. It comes with 64 cards, a playboard, and an instruction booklet.

Player set-up
First off, how many players will play this card game?

If it is a 2-player game, use 58 cards and remove 2 each of the superstar item cards (Superstar's Shoes, Superstar's Clothes and Superstar's Hat) form the deck set.

If it is a 3-player game, use 61 cards and remove 1 each of the Superstar's Item cards from the deck set.

If it is a 4-player game, use all 64 cards in the deck. To play more than 4 players, use a second set of cards and remove Superstar items depending on the number of players (.i.e. If 6 player are goning to play, use all 6 Superstar items to equal all the players). Players can also decide how many Item cards to play with.

Using the playboard
Each player in the game has 4 play areas on the playboard.


 * Hand Cards The hand cards are cards that each player holds in their hands for themselves. The players can only hold 5 cards in the hand before and after their turn. The play may look at the player's cards, but the player can't look at the other players' cards.

On the playboard

 * Deck Pad This is a set of faced-down cards that have not player. Each player in the game draws a card from the deck at the beginning of their turn.


 * Discard Pile The Discard Pile is a set of faced-up cards that have been played. Any player in the game can look the set of used cards at anytime.


 * In-Play Cards Each player in the game has those on the playboard. In-Play cards are cards that are placed face-up in front of each player. The In-Play Cards have either Coin cards or Superstar Item cards.

Using the Nintendo e-Reader
To get a full experience playing this game, the player must have a Nintendo e-Reader and a Gameboy Advance ready to use. Use it to scan e-Challenge cards to play one of 11 mini-games to test the player's skills. The game can be played with or without the e-Reader.

Game Play Time

 * 1. First, shuffle the card set and distribute 5 cards to each player. The cards that the players' held are called Hand cards and can only seen by the players who had their Hand cards.
 * 2. Then place all the remaining cards face-down on the deck.
 * 3. The youngest player goes first and plays moves clockwise (form left to right).

Turn Time
 * 1. Draw a card from the deck pile.
 * 2. Choose one card to Play or Discard in the Discard Pile.
 * If the player plays a Coin or Item card, place it up on the In-Play Cards as the card is now In-Play.
 * If the player plays any other card, place it face-up on the gameboard and follow the instructions on the card. When the instructions have been followed, put the card on the Discard Pile face-up.
 * 3. The play continues clockwise until someone places a Superstar card In-Play to win the game.

Hand Card Rules

Each player can only carry 5 cards on their hands before and after each turn. As such, each player must draw a card form the deck and Play or Discard a card onto the Discard Pile face-up every turn.

When the deck has no face-down cards, the player reshuffles the other cards on the Discard Pile and places it face-down to form a new deck.

Winning the Game
To win the game, the player must be the first to have the Superstar's Shoes, Superstar's Clothes and Superstar's Hat; after that the player also has to place the Superstar Card to win.

Card Types

 * Coin Cards (24 total) Some cards in the deck require Coin-cards to be In-Play before they can be used. The small coin icon on the card determines how many coins the player has to pay to use that card; if the Coin-cards are used, place it on the Discard Pile as the player uses the other card.

Minigames: Wario's Bluff: The Wario Car is on a tall, steep cliff. You must stop the car closest to the edge without falling.