3 Goob Match
Created by: Lindberg Studios
Note (Lindberg Studios Recommended Rule): For the best experience, defeated Character cards are kept by the player who wins them. This turns the game into a true Trading Card Game—encouraging rematches to try and win back lost cards or grow your collection even more.
Needed for this Game:
Gooblurs (character cards) (18 regular characters, 18 black & white characters, and 18 doodle characters)
Gooblurs (18 doodle cards)
(72 cards total)
or
75% of cards
Gooblurs (character cards) 3 of each type (regular, black & white, and doodle characters)
25% of cards
Gooblurs (doodle cards)
(You choose card total)
How to Play — OFFICIAL RULES
👥 PLAYERS - 2-6 Players
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CARD TYPES
Character Cards (for sets)
Each character has 3 versions:
🟦Regular Character Card
⬛️Black & White Character Card
⬜️Doodle Character Card (doodle background) (NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH ‘DOODLE WILD’ CARDS)
👉 Collect all 3 to complete a set
Doodle Wild Cards
🎨 No character — just doodles
(NOT part of sets)
(used for special actions)
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🎯 OBJECTIVE
Collect complete sets of 3 (same character, all 3 styles)
Each set = 1 Point
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🧩 SETUP
Shuffle all cards together
Lay them face down in a grid
Note: All Players hands must be seen at all times
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🔄 YOUR TURN
Flip 2 cards
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✅ If they MATCH (same character):
Keep them
Take a Bonus Flip (flip 1 more card)
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❌ If they DON’T match:
Flip them back over
Your turn ends
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🎯 COMPLETING A SET
If you have 2 versions of a character:
Find the 3rd version on a later turn
OR get it with your Bonus Flip
Note: If you complete a set of 3 characters in one turn, Take another turn (flip 2 cards)
👉 No Wild needed
🔒 Set Protection
Once you collect all 3 cards of a character:
→ The set is SAFE
→ It can no longer be stolen or affected
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⚡ DOODLE WILD RULES
A Wild must be matched to be taken
✔ Wild + Wild → take both
✔ Wild + any card → take both
❌ Cannot take a Wild alone
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💥 WILD POWER — GRAB & CHAIN
When you collect a Wild, you must use it immediately:
👉 Grab 1 card per Wild from:
The board (any face-down card), OR
Any player
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🔗 Chain Reaction
Each Wild = 1 grab
If you collect multiple Wilds → use ALL immediately
If a grabbed card is another Wild →
→ Use it immediately
→ Continue the chain
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♻️ Discard Rule
After using a Wild → place it in the community discard pile
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⚠️ Key Limits
No saving Wilds
All effects happen immediately during your turn
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🏁 END OF GAME
Game ends when all cards are taken
Player with the most completed sets wins
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💡 Optional Add Your Own Rules (VERY FUN)
“Character Abilities”
Each character set could have a bonus:
A certain character = extra point
Another = protects from stealing
