SPAT is a game of speed and accuracy for 2, 3, 4 or 5 players. Everybody plays at the same time and tries to get rid of their cards by playing them onto the shared SPAT piles by matching 2 of the 3 characteristics of the top card on the pile. SPAT comes with a deck of 64 cards where each card has a number of animals in one of 4 backgrounds (For example: four pandas in line paper). All players set up their base like solitaire and play cards onto common discard piles (called SPAT piles). The object of the game is to get rid of your cards as quickly as possible. NOTE: this is NOT a turn-based game! All players compete in real-time. —description from the publisher