Marimic – EARLIER OR LATER? rules

What you'll need

• All Year cards
  Each card contains the release year of a famous song on one side and a QR code on the other. Starting at 1957 all the way to 2025.
• 'Scan To Play' card
  This card lets you select the category you want to play with.
• Marimic app
  (Android or iOS): This app will make the experience significantly smoother, but is optional.

Forming Your Bands (Teams)

Up to 4 players can join, divided into 2 teams. A team can be a solo act or a group.

Setting the Stage (Preparations)

1. 1. Ready To Stream
   At least one player of both teams have Spotify, YouTube Music or Apple Music installed on their smartphone. Subscriptions of these services are helpful to avoid ads.
   Also, make sure your smartphone is setup to automatically open your favorite streaming service.
2. 2. Pick Your Category
   Only one player scans the 'Scan To Play' card. Choose 'Pick a Category' and follow the instructions on the screen. At the end of the instructions, a group QR code will appear. Every player that wants to scan QR cards (and has a music streaming app installed) needs to scan this group QR code.
3. 3. Shuffle and Stack
   Shuffle the Year cards. Place the cards in the center of the table with QR codes facing up.

Perform! (The Game)

4. 4. Cue The Music
   Team A starts by scanning the QR code of the top Year Card. Place the phone face down; the song will start playing after a 3-second delay.
5. 5. Guess the Year
   Both teams listen to the song. Team B guesses the year the song was originally released.
6. 6. Later or Earlier?
   Team A now decides if the actual release year is later or earlier than Team B's guess.
7. 7. Keep or Lose
   Flip the card to reveal the year. If Team A's guess (later or earlier) is correct, they win the card. If Team A's guess is incorrect, then Team B wins the card.
8. 8. Next Tune, Please
   The team that wins the card starts the next round by making the initial guess. Repeat steps 4 to 8.

Winning the Encore (Victory)

The first team to collect 10 Year cards wins the game and is crowned the supreme music guru!

Notes