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Dear cactus lovers, Let us introduce you 32 most beautiful and very interesting cacti species, which grow in deserts, high mountains and in tropical areas through our game PEXESO. Some of them are not bigger than several centimetres, the other have more than 1 m in diameter, or they are metres high.
Description and the rules of the game PEXESO
The rules are the same as "Authors" or "Concentration" card games known in the U.S.A.
Carefully cut out 64 cards with pictures. This will give 32 pairs of identical cactus pictures. You can cut out the cards from the side with the "Pexeso Kaktusy" legend using the green lines or from the other side that has the pictures by following the black lines. Each measures 5 x 5 cm (1.97 x 1.97 inch). The cards are printed on quality, strong paper which lasts a long time. In a short time you can have the cards ready to play.
The object of this game is the same as that of the well-known games "Concentration" and "Authors"--searching out and collecting identical picture pairs. During play, the cards are turned face down and each player can turn over only two cards. The players try to remember the subject of the pictures and their position. The number of players is unlimited, but there should be at least two.
1. Choose a suitable place to play - a solid, flat table preferably without a tablecloth.
2. The players decide the order of play and who will start.
3. One player (the dealer) shuffles the cards so that no one can see the pictures.
4. The dealer puts down 8 cards in a row, with the pictures of the cacti face down. When placing the cards into rows, the dealer should be careful that no one can see the pictures. He should leave a space about one cm wide between the cards to allow room for them to be moved during play. Then, he puts the second, third, and so on up to the eighth row of cards, so that there is a square of 8 x 8 cards on the table.
5. The first player selects any card in the square and turns it face up, leaving it in its place in the square. Then he does the same with any second card of his choice. If the pictures of cacti on both cards match, the player picks them up from the square and continues his turn as long as he is successful in finding identical pairs. It is unusual for the first player to find a matching pair since this is a purely random event (usually, the first pair of identical pictures isn't found until after the second or third round). If the two cards selected by the first player don't match, he leaves them turned up for a few seconds and all the players try to memorize the kind of cacti on the pictures and the position of both cards. After a few seconds, the first player then turns the cards face down again.
Now, the second player does the same and then the other players.
After a few rounds, the players slowly begin to memorize the subjects and positions of the cards, and it becomes easier for them to find matches. The most exciting part of the game is at the end, when almost everyone knows the positions of the cards. At that point, each player hopes that the others will make a mistake so he can get a chance to "run the table" of the remaining pairs of cards.
6. The game ends when all the cards have been matched. The player with the most pairs wins, and he earns one point for every pair. The players can keep score and then play again if they like. Pre-school children unable to count can be helped by adults or they can simply measure their cards against each others "chimney"-style. Children enjoy this game and through it they can learn how to recognize and name the most beautiful cactus species.
