Celestia (2012)

THE CREATION
Divide the deck into constellation and star cards. Shuffle the two decks and place them face-down next to each other. Each player draws three cards to begin their hand. Turn two constellation cards face-up, side by side, next to the constellation draw pile. A star discard pile will begin next to the star draw pile. If the star draw pile is empty, reshuffle the discard pile and replace face-down.

HEAVENLY MOTION
During your turn:
1. Draw one star
2. Do one of the following two actions:
a) Play two stars from your hand face-down on the table. Your
opponent(s) must place a star face-up in front of each of your two cards. Your opponent wins the stars that were matched opposite the players star. The player wins any unmatched cards opposite one another.
or
b) Discard a set of star cards from your hand that match the stars highlighted on a face-up constellation card. Take the constellation and earn the points labeled in roman numerals. Turn another constellation card face-up to replace the card just won.
If any player has less than two stars at the beginning of a turn, then, they draw to bring their hand to two cards.

STARS OF THE SHOW
Stars come in 4 types
alpha, beta, gamma, delta
9 cards of each type
Supernovae can be used as any star type
They always lose during a match phase
3 supernovae
15 Constellations in 3 types
3, 4, and 5 star combinations

2 players:
During a match phase, each player plays 2 stars
3 players:
During a match phase, the player plays 2 stars and each opponent plays 1 star
4 players:
Teams with 2 partners sitting opposite one another.
Player and partner each play 1 star face-down
Opposing team’s partners each play 1 star

RULING THE UNIVERSE
The game ends when the last constellation has been taken. Total the points in roman numerals that you or your team has collected. Receive a 2 point bonus for collecting 3 or more of a constellation combination type. The highest total wins!