To start, the Mouth card (marked with 8), is set aside while the remaining 17 Numbster cards are shuffled to form a deck. The player will draw 6 Numbster Cards and shuffle them in with the Mouth card to form a hand of 7 cards called 'the stack.' The stack cannot be reordered from here until gameplay begins.
The eating rules are where this game shines and where hand management is key. The basic eating rule is if two sequential (i.e., differing by one) Numbster cards surround the Mouth card, the smaller eats the bigger, and the bigger Numbster card is discarded. Numbster cards also have a special eating rule, and the Stack's top-card rule can be used instead of the basic rule if the player finds that to be the better option. If they do use the special eating rule, the top card is moved to the bottom of the Stack.
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