The main goal of the game is to get rid of your entire hand by playing it into the pile in the center. Each card has a number on it, and to play your number has to be one higher or lower than it. The game has Action cards that force a player to complete an action: The only rule is that only one card can be disposed of at a time. You can never hide a card when two other players are discussing a previous cheating incident! And you must not hide your final card, that must be placed legally. What do you do with you kids when you are in a creative mood? Draw a wonky house? Get play dough on every bit of sofa? Maybe get a bit more ambitious and try a paper mache hot air balloon that resembles a deflated set of bag pipes? Well Inka and Marcus Brand of Exit The Game fame, make games with their children. Right? I know! The player who has the Guard Bug card is not allowed to cheat. They are responsible for catching cheaters during the game. When they think a player is cheating, they point at that player and say, “Caught!”

The player with the Guard Bug also gets to go first. In Cheating Moth, players are trying to get rid of all the cards in their hand. They do this by playing cards to the discard pile. Cards can only be played if they are one number higher or lower than the top card of the discard pile. The card type does not matter in this regard. If a player is unable to play a card, they must draw one and end their turn. They cannot play the card they drew.Play one round for each player in the game. Each player will start the round a the Guard Bug one time. The role passes left each round. WINNING Being the guard means you cannot cheat yourself, but it is also the only time you can legally lay the cheating moth card. And of course, if you catch someone else cheating, you can give them one of your cards. So it balances out well.

Once a pile reaches 5, the next player may play a 1 or a 4. If the card is a 1, the next player may play a 2 or a 5. CHEATINGWe usually play the same amount of times as players so each person has the chance to start as the guard bug. As we have got quite adept at cheating as a family now! Often the starting guard bug remains as such throughout the entire game as players get more and more creative with their cheating tactic. When playing with a new player who has not got the hang of the cheating yet, you see a lot of chance cheating as more experienced players abuse the poor new guard.