🚀 Quick Start Guide

Learn to play Human Enough in 5 minutes!

📦 What You Need

  • Chaos Deck: 253 cards with special abilities
  • Action Deck: 202 cards representing acts of kindness
  • 2-12 players
  • A way to track scores (pen & paper or app)

🎯 The Goal

Be the first player to win 10 hands! Each hand, you'll play cards to build your score while using Chaos cards to manipulate the game.

💡 Key Insight: Your score comes from Action card Power + Chaos card Power + bonuses from effects. Everything adds up!

⚡ Quick Setup

1

Deal Chaos Cards

Each player gets 3 Chaos cards. These are your special abilities for the hand.

2

Deal Action Cards

Each player gets 7 Action cards as their starting hand.

3

Set Starting Energy

Everyone starts with 10 Energy (⚡) to spend on playing cards.

🔄 Your Turn

On your turn, you can do any of these (in any order, as many times as you can afford):

⭐ Play Action Cards

  • Pay the card's Energy cost
  • Place it face-up in front of you
  • Its Power adds to your score
  • Each Action has 4 stats that can be multiplied

💥 Use Your Chaos Card

  • Read the effect and follow it
  • Some trigger now, some at scoring
  • Its Power adds to your score too
  • Watch the timing keywords!

✋ Pass

  • Done playing? Say "Pass"
  • You're locked in—can't play more this hand
  • Wait for everyone else to finish
  • Keep unspent Energy for bonuses!

📊 Scoring a Hand

When everyone has passed, calculate scores:

Action Card Power (sum of all played) +15
Chaos Card Power +5
Chaos Card Bonus Effects +8
Element Run Bonus (3+ same element) +3
Stat Multipliers +12
HAND TOTAL 43

🌍 The Four Elements

Every card has one of four elements. Play 3+ cards of the same element for an Element Run bonus!

Fire — Passion & Action Water — Empathy & Flow Air — Freedom & Ideas Earth — Stability & Growth

🎭 Key Card Types (Chaos)

Link

Play extra Action cards from your hand.

Draw

Draw more cards to expand options.

Energize

Gain extra Energy to play more.

Sabotage

Target opponents, reduce their score.

Multiply

Scale your stats into bonus points.

Rally

Bonus per card played.

Learn All 9 Card Types →

🏆 Winning Tips

🎯 Read Your Chaos Card First

Your Chaos card defines your strategy for the hand. Build around it!

⚡ Manage Energy Wisely

Don't blow all your Energy early. Some effects reward saving Energy!

🌍 Chase Element Runs

Playing 3+ same-element cards gives free bonus points.

👀 Watch Other Players

Time your Sabotage after opponents pass—they can't respond!

📚 Next Steps

📖 Full Rules Reference

Deep dive into all game mechanics and edge cases.

💥 Browse Chaos Cards

Explore all 253 Chaos cards with filters and search.

🔗 Learn Synergies

Discover powerful card combinations.