How to play Crazy Mau with Gather
Crazy Mau is for two to eight players, with computer opponents if you like. Your hand stays on your phone; the game table shows the discard pile and the draw pile to everyone.
Choose Crazy Mau
On the game table, select “Crazy Mau” and, under “Who’s playing?”, pick “With your phones” or “With computer opponents” – the computer then fills empty seats. Without a TV, start it in the iPhone app under “Play without a TV”.
Join and start
Everyone joins and taps “Ready”. Then someone taps “Start game” on the TV or a phone.
Play a card
On your turn, the cards that fit light up. Tap one and it goes onto the discard pile.
Wish for a symbol
When you play a wish card, your phone asks “Which symbol do you wish for?”. Tap sun, moon, leaf or wave.
Draw, take or keep
If nothing fits, tap “Draw”. When a +2 or +4 is pending, the button reads something like “Take 4”. If the drawn card doesn’t fit or you’d rather hold it, tap “Keep”.
Hit “Mau!”
When you hold two cards and it’s your turn, the “Mau!” button glows gold. Press it first, then play your second-to-last card – otherwise you get penalty cards.
Results and the next game
Once someone is out of cards, the TV and phones show the ranking with card points. “Play again” takes you back to the waiting room.
TV and phone
The TV shows the discard pile large in the middle, the draw pile next to it, and all players in a semicircle above with their face-down cards and card count. A big arrow shows the direction of play.
With a TV, your phone mainly shows your hand and the top card. Without one, it adds a compact table: draw pile, top card, the symbol in play, any pending penalty and the other players with their card counts.