Mathenyism Core Set - Game Overview

You are reading the Mathenyism Rulebook. That means one of two things. 1: You and a group of friends are confused about the effects of a certain card, and are looking in here to figure out what exactly happens, or 2: You have no friends and are reading this to learn all the rules by yourself, having purchased this game to use with three or four of your imaginary companions (or prostitutes) in order to stave off your bouts of crippling loneliness as you head inexorably towards suicide. Either way, this game will provide hours (and sometimes minutes) of genocidal and religiously intolerant fun!

The Goal

The goal is to be the first player to accumulate 10 followers. Sounds easy, right? In Mathenyism the tide of global domination can change in moments. A normal multiplayer game can take as little as twenty minutes to complete, although a good game will last approximately two hours.

How to Win the Game

The goal of Mathenyism is to gain ten followers. You accomplish this by placing cards from your hand into your followers pile, or by stealing followers from other players. To win the game, you must have ten followers in your pile when your turn ends. If you gain the needed ten followers and someone else destroys them before the end of your turn, you are out of luck and the game continues.

Number of Players

Mathenyism plays best with four or more players. Although two and three player games are possible, it just is not as much fun. So find all your friends (or prostitutes) and get playing!

To Begin Playing

Shuffle the deck and deal five cards to each player, face down. The remaining cards in the deck are placed face down in a stack in the center of the play area. Each player looks at their cards, and plays any Leader card (see Card Types) they may have. The players then decide by rolling the dice (or having a fistfight) which player will go first. The play progresses to the left of each player.