Overview

Cardino is a tile-placement game from Milton Bradley where players place square tiles showing playing card suits (hearts, diamonds, clubs, spades) onto a grid board. Players try to create rows and columns of matching suits to score points. The game combines elements of dominoes-style placement with card suit matching.

Components

• 1 game board (grid)
• Square tiles featuring card suit symbols
• Score track

Setup

Distribute tiles equally among players. Place the board in the center of the playing area.

Turn Structure

On each turn, a player places one of their tiles onto an empty space on the grid board. Tiles must be placed adjacent to a previously placed tile. Players try to create lines of matching suits (horizontally or vertically) to score points.

Actions

• Place a tile: Add one tile from your hand to an empty adjacent space on the board. The tile must connect to at least one previously placed tile.
• Score points: When placing a tile creates or extends a line of matching suits, score points based on the length of the matching line.

Scoring / Victory Conditions

Points are scored for creating lines of matching card suits. Longer lines score more points. The player with the most points when all tiles have been placed wins.

Special Rules & Edge Cases

• Tiles must be placed adjacent to existing tiles (not diagonally).
• Each tile placement can score in both horizontal and vertical directions simultaneously.

Player Reference

Action	Effect
Place tile	Add to board adjacent to existing tiles
Score	Points for matching suit lines created
Win	Most points when all tiles are placed