The Cough Card is used to make another player of your choice roll. When played, the person coughed (in the game) can either use a Hand Sanitizer to cancel this action or they can roll.  If they roll, they can use Essential Oils or a Mask to re-roll or they can use Toilet Paper or three matching Social Distancing Cards cards to block a bad roll. This card costs one play out of your 3.

This card can be used for blocking actions played against you by other players. This includes Coughs, Doctors, Nurses, and S.D.A. cards. Also, this card can be used to block another Hand Sanitizer. For example, if a player uses a Nurse and it is blocked with a Hand Sanitizer, they may block the Hand Sanitizer. Playing this card to block a Hand Sanitizer, does cost one play.  Also, if you choose to use Hand Sanitizer to block someone who played a cough card on you, this doesn’t count towards any of your 3 card plays, because it’s not happing during your own turn.

This card prevents infection. If a player rolls an infected roll or draws a COVID Virus, this card may be played to block it. This has to be done immediately for it to have effect though, for example, if a player rolls an infected roll at the beginning of their turn, they need to play this card before drawing their two cards. Playing this to block a COVID Virus does take one play.

This card can be played to re-roll an infected roll once. It can be played any time a player rolls, whether for their turn or for a Cough. This card must be played immediately for it to have effect though, for example, if a player rolls an infected roll at the beginning of their turn, they need to play this card before drawing their two cards. This card costs one play when played within a player’s turn.

This card allows a player to skip rolling for their turn. It does not prevent drawing and playing though. It gets played before drawing in the place of rolling. Using this card at the begening of your turn costs one play.  You cannot use this card to skip rolling from a caugh card played on you.

This card can be played in exchange for two cards from the draw pile. This card costs one play. Remember, you can’t have more than 8 cards in your hand at one time. You may need to discard at the end of your turn so you have no more than 8 cards if drawing these 2 cards puts you over the 8 max card hold limit.

Use this card to take a visible PPE card that a player has placed down and then shuffle the discard pile into the deck. If a player blocks this, the deck still gets shuffled. If this card is used to steal a PPE card from someone while holding 2 PPE cards played down already, then one of the currently played down PPE cards must be discarded. For example, if a player has a Mask and Gloves and they play The Doctor to take another Mask, they must discard either their Mask or Gloves. This card costs one play. Players can hold or ‘wear’ a maximum of 2 PPE down next to their status card at one time.

These cards are only effective in groups. Play two matching cards to take any card from another player. Two of these can take a PPE from the playing surface (PEE played down by other players by their Status Card) OR a card drawn randomly from another players hand. Play three matching cards to prevent a COVID Virus or an infected roll like a Toilet Paper. Play five NON-matching cards to request all of one type of card. For example, play five and request Toilet Paper. All players must then give all Toilet Paper in their hand to that player. Playing these cards together only uses one play. 

This card is the only way to reduce one’s level of infection in the game. It can be played during a player’s turn to reduce their infection by one level. It cannot be played out of turn to prevent increasing passed Fatal infection. You cannot use this card to react to a COVID Virus card.  It must be played during your turn and is counted as one play.

This card is a power-up and gives you re-roll ability.  After being played down, it allows a player to reroll once if a roll was unsatisfactory. To be active, you must “put it on” by placing it beside your infection status card during your turn. Placing this card takes one play but using its power does not. For example, if a player is Coughed on, they may reroll once if their roll was infected. If a player has two Masks on, they can reroll twice. If a player uses an Essential Oil card to re-roll again, this card does not allow another roll.  This card remains active and usable until stolen by another player.  If you have 2 PPE cards already in use and wish to replace one from a PPE kept in your hand, or from a card stolen from another player, you must discard one. You can only keep a maximum of 2 PPE cards down next to your status card.

This card is a power-up and gives you specific roll protection. It allows a player an additional safe number. To be active, you must “put it on” by placing it beside your infection status card during your turn. Placing this card takes one play but using its power does not. For example, if a player has the 4 Gloves, every time they roll a four, they are safe, even if they are infected passed Severe. If you have 2 PPE cards already in use and wish to replace one from a PPE kept in your hand, or from a card stolen from another player, you must discard one. You can only keep a maximum of 2 PPE cards down next to your status card.

The COVID Virus card is one of the ways to get infected. If they are drawn, they must be immediately played or reacted to. They may not be held in the hand. The only way to block a COVID Virus card is with Toilet Paper or three S.D.A. cards. When you draw this card it doesn’t cost you any plays, however if you respond to it with another card(s) from your hand, this will count as a play. If a player is dealt a COVID Virus card in their initial five cards, they may keep it to play on any player on their first play before drawing, or they may exchange it for another card before the game begins. When someone draws the COVID card and doesn’t have a card to combat it, they are immediately infected up 1 level.