Sequence Stacks Card Game: Rules and Instructions for How to Play

That is an interesting question that the rules don't specifically address. The rules specifically say that you can play multiple cards on your turn. The rules do not specifically say that you can't play two or more special cards on your turn. The only thing that might somewhat lead to you only being able to play one special card is the rules do say "Playing a special card does not end your turn - you must still discard a card into your personal discard pile to end your turn.

It comes down to how you want to interpret that sentence. It doesn't specifically say you can't play another special card. I think it mostly was put in the rules to say that you still need to add a card to your personal discard pile even after playing a special card. Thus playing a special card does not count as your discard for your turn. Therefore I think you should be able to play multiple special cards on your turn. So you should be able to play a Skip and Reverse card on your turn.

If you want to interpret that sentence to mean that you have to immediately discard a card to your personal discard pile after playing a special card though, it would mean you could only play one special card on your turn.

As for your second question, I am not sure how I would handle it. I would handle the effect of the cards in the order that they are played. Therefore I would skip and then reverse. What this means exactly I am not sure. You would skip the next player in turn order but then reverse turn order in the other direction. I can see three different ways of handling this situation.

First you could handle the situation as you described. You would skip the next player in turn order and then reverse the turn order. Thus the player you skipped would take the next turn.

Second you could handle it where you skip the next player. Then you reverse the turn order back to the player that was skipped. Since they were skipped though, play would go back to you.

The final option would be to skip the next player. You would then independently reverse turn order. For example say play was moving clockwise. You will skip the player on your left. You will then reverse the turn order so it moves clockwise. Therefore the player on your right would then take the next turn.

As the instructions don't say what you should do in this situation, I think it is up to you to decide which option you think makes the most sense. I am not sure which of the three options I would choose.

The rules for Sequence Stacks don't do a great job explaining what to do with the special cards in certain situations. Therefore it is up to interpretation what you should do in your situation. It is best if all of the players playing can agree on a solution.

If you haven't already discarded a card on your turn, I would say that you would place the Block card into your own personal discard pile. You wouldn't take the card's special action. This isn't a great solution to your question, but I think it is the best option. You have to discard a card at the end of your turn, and if the block card is the only card you have left I think you would have to discard it.

You could also make a case that you could just play the Block card for its effect. Since it wouldn't end up blocking anything, you would just be playing it to get rid of the card. Since you now have no cards left in your hand, you could draw five more cards and continue your turn.

I would probably suggest choosing one of these two options preferably whichever one all of the players can agree to.

I am sorry that I couldn't give you a more definitive answer.

In Sequence Stacks all of the Sequence piles are placed in the middle of the table. All of the players can play on these piles. There can only be two stacks of each color started at the same time.

Based on how I interpret the instructions I believe whatever card you discard at the end of your turn automatically goes into your personal discard pile. I think the instructions would have said if you discard special cards to a different area. Therefore at the end of your turn you would have to discard one of the two special cards into your regular discard pile. You wouldn't get to take the action of the card that you discarded. Since I don't see anything in the rules that says otherwise, i think you could take the card you discard on a future turn and play it for its effect.

The official instructions don't specifically address your question. Therefore there is some interpretation that has to be done. Ultimately it would be best if the players can agree on how the situation should be handled if the rules don't specifically mention how to handle it.

I personally would handle it where you can discard Special cards. The instructions say you have to discard a card at the end of your turn. It does not say anywhere that you can't discard a Special card. You obviously don't get to take the action corresponding to the card until you play it. On a future turn you could take the card off the discard pile and play it for its effect. When we play the game we allow players to discard Special cards. In your case if you only have one card in your hand, I would think you would have to discard the Special card since you have to discard a card each turn.

I hope this helps. This is only my opinion on the situation. Since the instructions don't specifically say what should happen though, it ultimately comes down to what the players agree to.