How To Play

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Objective

SINKO is a competitive game for four players. The first team (or player) to earn 5 points, wins!

Points are scored by sinking the ball into the correct holes on the playing surface. Your goal is determined by the game variant you've chosen to play. (described below)

Setup

Each player stands along a different side of the game board, holding it with 1 hand at each of the 2 corners adjacent to their side, with their palms down.

A round begins with the ball placed in the center of the board. On a count of 3, players simultaneously try to tilt the game board in order to make the ball roll into a hole that matches their goal (determined by the game variant).

After a goal is made, the ball is retrieved from the hole by pushing up from the underside of the board. The ball is returned to the center of the board to start the next round. If during play the ball bounces off the board and onto the ground, the round is ended and restarted.

Game Variants

Game #1 (Quadrants):
Teams are assigned to players facing each other from the opposite sides of the board. The goals assigned to each player & team will be the colors of the holes next to each player's right hand. Each time a goal is made, that team scores 1 point. The first team to reach 5 points wins!

Game #2 (Inside/Outside):
Teams are assigned to players facing each other from the opposite sides of the board. The goal for each team will be either the 4 holes near the center, or the 8 holes around the outside. The coloring of the holes do not matter for this game. Every time a goal is made, that team scores 1 point and the goals for each team SWITCH! The first team to reach 5 points wins!

Game #3 (Free-for-all):
Each player is trying to score a goal in the hole matching their player color. The color assigned to each player is the color of the two holes next to their right hand.

TIPS FOR A BETTER GAME

Refrain from uncontrolled shaking or bouncing of the board. It's about tilting!

Keep the level of the board winthin 12" above or below your belly button.

Retrieved the ball from the hole by slapping it from the underside of the board.