Encore can be played 1v.1, 4v.4, 2v.7 or even solo. Will you be the cool and determined team blaze or energetic and speedy team lightning? Draw from the center action card pile and your own time card pile to begin the game. As you do your workout hand, the other team rests, but watch out! If you are caught resting after the other team has finished their round, you get to go overtime.
Every game you play is a different workout, sit-ups for 60 seconds and then burpees for 90 anyone? Probably not, but in that case you can always take your chances by drawing a wild card. By adding or taking out different amounts of time cards and workout cards, you can customize your difficulty level. You can also decide to start adding victory cards before or after the 8 minute mark to change the level of challenge. Various game modes from True Victor to Team Relay are also included in the instruction manual.
Once a team’s total time cards add up to 8 minutes, a victory card is shuffled into the time card pile. Now they have the chance to win! For every consecutive minute, another victory card is added to the time card pile until one team draws a victory card. This team is the winner!