General
Each artist card must be matched with their correct associated song card.
The game is built around correct artist-to-song pairings. Each artist in the game has one or more canonical hit songs listed. For example: ABBA pairs with 'Mamma Mia'; Led Zeppelin pairs with 'Stairway to Heaven'; Deep Purple pairs with 'Made in Japan'; The Beatles pair with 'Hey Jude'; AC/DC pairs with 'Thunderstruck'; Pink Floyd pairs with 'Another Brick in the Wall'; Metallica pairs with 'Nothing Else Matters'; Frank Sinatra pairs with 'New York'; Amy Winehouse pairs with 'Back to Black'; Queen pairs with 'Bohemian Rhapsody'; Elvis pairs with 'Hound Dog'; Bob Dylan pairs with 'Blowin' in the Wind'; The Police pair with 'Every Breath You Take'; U2 pairs with 'With or Without You'; Madonna pairs with 'Frozen'; The Rolling Stones pair with 'Gimme Shelter'; Beach Boys pair with 'Surfin' USA'; Bruce Springsteen pairs with 'Born in the USA'; Camarón pairs with 'Volando Voy'. A pairing is only valid if both the artist and song are correctly matched.
Scoring
Players score a point for each correctly matched artist-song pair.
When a player successfully pairs an artist card with its correct song card, they score one point for that pairing. Incorrect pairings do not score and may incur a penalty depending on the variant being played. The player with the most points at the end of the game wins.
General
The game includes a catalogue of artists and their associated hit songs across multiple genres.
The full catalogue of artist-song pairings in the game is: ABBA / Mamma Mia; Led Zeppelin / Stairway to Heaven; Deep Purple / Made in Japan; The Beatles / Hey Jude; AC/DC / Thunderstruck; Antonio Molina / Soy Minero; Pink Floyd / Another Brick in the Wall; Metallica / Nothing Else Matters; Antonio Machón / Dos Gardenias; Nat King Cole / Aquellos Ojos Verdes; Frank Sinatra / New York; Amy Winehouse / Back to Black; B.B. King / Rock Me Baby; John Lee Hooker / Dimples; Sam Cooke / A Change Is Gonna Come; Aretha Franklin / You Make Me Feel; Luciano Pavarotti / La Donna è Mobile; Otis Redding / These Arms of Mine; Tracy Chapman / Give Me One Reason; Dire Straits / Sultans of Swing; Queen / Bohemian Rhapsody; Status Quo / In the Army Now; Bee Gees / Stayin' Alive; Guns N' Roses / Sweet Child O' Mine; Elvis / Hound Dog; Bob Dylan / Blowin' in the Wind; The Police / Every Breath You Take; Roy Orbison / You Got It; U2 / With or Without You; Héroes del Silencio / Entre Dos Tierras; Madonna / Frozen; Stevie Wonder / We Are the World; The Rolling Stones / Gimme Shelter; Lola Flores / La Zarzamora; Manolo Escobar / Mi Carro; Beach Boys / Surfin' USA; Bruce Springsteen / Born in the USA; Los Chunguitos / Dame Veneno; Las Grecas / Te Estoy Amando Locamente; El Fary / El Torito Guapo; Nino Bravo / Un Beso y una Flor; Camarón / Volando Voy.
General
The game spans multiple musical genres including rock, pop, blues, soul, opera, flamenco, and Spanish folk.
The card catalogue deliberately spans a wide variety of musical genres and cultural backgrounds: Classic Rock (Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, AC/DC, Pink Floyd, Metallica, Dire Straits, Queen, Guns N' Roses, The Rolling Stones, Status Quo, Héroes del Silencio); Pop (ABBA, The Beatles, Amy Winehouse, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Beach Boys, Bee Gees); Blues (B.B. King, John Lee Hooker); Soul/R&B (Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Tracy Chapman); Country/Folk (Bob Dylan); Opera (Luciano Pavarotti); Spanish/Flamenco (Antonio Molina, Antonio Machón, Lola Flores, Manolo Escobar, Los Chunguitos, Las Grecas, El Fary, Nino Bravo, Camarón); Latin/Bolero (Nat King Cole); Jazz/Swing (Frank Sinatra); Rock/Country (Roy Orbison); and Charity (Stevie Wonder / We Are the World). This diversity ensures questions vary in difficulty and cultural knowledge required.
Turn structure
Players take turns attempting to match artist cards with their correct song cards.
The active player is presented with (or draws) an artist card or song card and must identify the correct matching counterpart. If playing with a hand of cards, the active player selects a card from their hand to play and attempts to match it. Play proceeds clockwise around the table. Each player takes one action per turn unless a special rule modifies this.
Restriction
Incorrectly matching an artist and song results in no point and may cause a penalty.
If a player proposes an incorrect artist-song pairing, they do not score a point for that turn. Depending on the variant or difficulty setting chosen before the game, an incorrect match may also result in losing a previously scored point or losing a turn. Players should agree on the penalty rule before the game begins.
Endgame
The game ends when all cards have been played or matched, or a target score is reached.
The game ends when the draw pile is exhausted and all players have played their remaining cards, or when a player reaches a previously agreed target score (e.g., 10 correct pairings). The player with the most correctly matched pairs at the end of the game is the winner. In the event of a tie, the tied players share the victory or play a sudden-death tiebreaker round.
Setup
Players may select a subset of cards by genre or era to adjust game difficulty.
Before the game begins, players may agree to restrict the card pool to certain genres (e.g., only rock, only Spanish music) or eras to make the game easier or harder. This is especially useful when playing with mixed groups where some players have stronger knowledge in certain areas. All selected cards are shuffled together into a single deck.