How to play Rokofon

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Rokofon is an online music game for 2–10 people. You listen to a song preview and guess which year it is from by placing it on your Timeline. The first player to collect 10 Cards wins.

Before you start

1. One person types in a Name and creates a Room. They become the Host.
2. The Host gives friends the join code. Everyone types it on the start screen together with their Name and joins on their own device.
3. The Host loads a Pack of Cards and presses Start. Start needs at least 2 Players.

Everyone starts with one Card on their Timeline and 2 Tokens.

A turn, step by step

1. Listen

   A mystery Card plays: a song preview with no title, no artist and no year.

2. Place

   Pick the gap on your Timeline where the song's year belongs, then Lock. The more Cards you have, the tighter the gaps and the harder the choice.

3. Challenge

   Any other Player who thinks the Card belongs somewhere else can stake a Token on another gap.

4. Reveal

   The Card flips and shows the title, artist and year. Whoever picked the right gap keeps it.

Tokens

Everyone starts with 2 Tokens and can hold at most 5. Tokens pay for three things:

• Skip (1 Token). You discard the Card and get the next one.
• Buy (3 Tokens). The Card goes straight onto your Timeline, no guessing. You cannot Buy a Card after a Skip in the same turn.
• Challenge (1 Token). You stake on a different gap than the Player placing the Card. If you are right, the Card is yours.

When the Card's year is already on the Timeline, two gaps can both be right: the one just before that Card and the one just after. Then:

• If the Player placing the Card picked a right gap, they keep it. A Challenge on the other right gap gets its Token back.
• If the Player was wrong, the Card goes to whoever was first to stake on a right gap. A later Challenge on the other right gap gets its Token back.
• A Challenge on a wrong gap always loses its Token.

You earn a new Token for the title and artist. On your turn, claim that you know them and say them out loud. After the Reveal the table votes on whether you named them. If so, you get a Token.

End of the game

The first person with 10 Cards on their Timeline is the Headliner. If enough Cards are left in the deck, the Host can Deal again and play another round at the same table. Before Start the Host can change how many Cards win (5 to 12) and how long each move gets.

Common questions

How many people can play?

From 2 to 10 Players at one table. More people can watch as Spectators: a Spectator needs no Name and no Seat, just the join code.

Do I need an account or an install?

No. The game runs in the browser. To join, all you need is a Name and the join code.

Where do the songs come from?

The Host picks one of the ready-made Packs of Cards, for example Wielka Składanka, Lato na Full or Mocne Uderzenie.

Can we play remotely?

Yes, everyone joins on their own device. The title and artist are said out loud, so a voice call helps.

How is a song's year counted?

It is the year the recording was first released, not the year of a later compilation, remaster or reissue.

What if I lose my connection?

Your Seat, Timeline and Tokens stay at the table. Come back with the same Name and join code. Note: leaving the Room with the “Leave” button during a game cannot be undone.

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