Data Chain

Data Chain is a strategic card game for 2-4 players where every move matters.

Take turns collecting chips and purchasing cards from the Central Data Row. Strategically plan your purchases to form powerful Data Chains and score the most points to outwit the other players!

Data Chain comes in a cool retro VHS box with awesome acrylic tokens! Its tactile feel and portability make it perfect for your favorite café or your friend's game night time and time again!

How To Play

The player who most recently used a spreadsheet or had the lowest score in a previous game of Data Chain becomes the first player.

Each turn you can either take chips or purchase cards from a shared central Data Row.

A "Data Chain" occurs when a player purchases multiple cards in a single turn. Chain your purchases together and potentially buy all 4 cards in the Data Row! Each card has a cost located on the bottom half of the card which will show how many chips of each color it takes to purchase the card. Each card also shows a reward on the top half of the card which is taken when the card is purchased. If this is your first purchase of the turn, take 1 chip of that color from the bank. If this is the second card you’ve purchased this turn, take 2 chips of that color, etc.

Since the reward on each card increases for each link in your Data Chain and you can also spend the reward on purchased cards, planning ahead and strategically chaining your purchases together is the key to success!

The game ends when the last card in the deck is flipped into the data row. After this happens, play continues until all players have taken an equal number of turns.

After the game has ended, all players count all of their cards purchased throughout the game (both face up and face down) and whoever has the most cards is the winner!

What's In The Box?

• 1 Rulebook
• 1 Deck of 31 cards
• 1 First player card
• 4 Rule reminder cards
• 13 Red acrylic chips
• 13 Green acrylic chips
• 13 Blue acrylic chips

Add Ons

You can also select my first game Taproot as an additional add on! If you would like to know more about that game, check out the how to play video here:

Why buy this?

• Retro VHS box with cool translucent acrylic play pieces!
• Quick set up, play time, and tear down - 30 minutes or less!
• Compact size and play area! Take it with you anywhere!

Requirements

Components

Component	Quantity	Photo
Small Folio Set	1 set of 1 small folios
VHS Box	1
Poker Deck	1 deck of 36 cards
Keycard, Fluorescent Blue	13
Keycard, Fluorescent Green	13
Keycard, Fluorescent Red	13

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