BORED is a card game where players seek to make sets of cards: Three or more of the same number and diffeerent colors; Three or more of the same color and consecutive numbers; Five letter cards that spell out B-O-R-E-D. Shape cards and instructional cards alter the flow of play or the construction and value of sets. The long-term goal is to earn the five letters BORED on the "scorebored". Each hand that a player ends by making a B-O-R-E-D set is worth one letter; points accumulated through making numeric sets and straights can be used to buy more letters toward the win.