Batocchio

• Two full decks shuffled together, 3 up to King in four suits.
• An Ace is played either below the 3 or above the King.
• Jokers and the two black 2s (the Pinellas) are wild. Together they're called pieces and stand in for any missing card.

• You start with 13 cards.
• Draw one: the face-up card on the table, or the top of the pile.
• Meld as many valid combinations as you like — or none.
• Discard one card face-up to end your turn.

• Sequence — 3 or more cards in a row, same suit.
• Tris — three cards of the same value.
• Poker — four cards of the same value.
• Batocchio — a full sequence in one suit, Ace/3 through King/Ace.

• Add to your own combinations already on the table anytime.
• In a 4-player game you can add to your partner's combinations too — but only after you've opened, by laying down at least a 3-card sequence.
• A combination can hold any number of pieces, but no two pieces may sit next to each other.

• Swap a piece on the table for the real card it stands for, and take the piece into your hand.
• A Pinella can only come from your own or your partner's combinations, never an opponent's.
• A Pinella you take must go straight back into the same sequence, and stays there until that sequence becomes a full Batocchio.

• Complete at least one full Batocchio.
• Then discard your last card to go out and end the round.

Cards you meld count for you. Cards left in your hand count against you. Rounds add up across a match — first to 5000 wins.

• Batocchio is played online through Game Center. Sign in with your Apple Account the first time you open the app.
• Start a match from the games list: a new 2-player or 4-player match. Invite a Game Center friend, or let Game Center find opponents for you.
• It's turn-based. When it's your turn, Game Center sends you a notification. Take your turn, discard, and play passes to the next player.
• The whole match — every card, meld, and score — travels inside the Game Center match itself. There's no account to create and no server of ours; Apple stores and forwards the game.
• Tap the reload button in a match to fetch its latest state.

• "Sign in to Game Center" — Open the Settings app, tap Game Center, and sign in with your Apple Account. Batocchio needs Game Center for online play.
• A turn didn't show up — Tap reload inside the match to fetch the latest state, and check that Game Center notifications are turned on in Settings.
• Can't find a friend to invite — Only Game Center friends who also have Batocchio, and who have added you back, will appear in the picker.
• Leaving a match — Swipe a match in the list, or use its menu, to leave. Leaving forfeits that match.