This House, Specifically

Card Decoder™ · Lesson 4

The parentheses aren't extra tiles. They're the house rules, posted on the fridge.

You can read a street now. Today, we stop at one house on it — and find out exactly what it's asking for. Every house on this street has its rules posted somewhere you'll see them, and today, we find out what they actually say.

The tiles inside don't change. The rules posted by the door tell you what's negotiable.

HOUSES = What lives on this particular line

Every house on this street already has someone standing inside — that's your tiles, and that part's fixed. The house rules don't add anyone new. They're posted right there on the fridge, the way any guest would see them: how much you're allowed to rearrange, and what you still have to keep the same.

Here's the full list of potential ‘house rules’ you'll run into, decoded:

• "Any Number" — pick whatever number works.

• "Any Like Number" — same number, different tile families. Like 5 Bam, 5 Dot, 5 Crack.

• "Any 2 Numbers" — pick two numbers and stick with them.

• "Any Consecutive Numbers" — numbers that are neighbors, like 3, 4, 5.

• "Any Suit" — pick one tile family: Bam, Crack, or Dot.

• "Any 2 Suits" — pick two families, like Bams and Dots.

• "Any 3 Suits" — you need Bams, Cracks, and Dots, all three.

• "Same Suit" — don't mix families here.

• "Any Dragon" — pick whichever dragon the card allows.

• "Matching Dragon" — the dragon that belongs with that suit. Crack = Red, Bam = Green, Dot = White/Soap.

• "Any Wind" — pick whichever wind works: North, South, East, or West.

• "No Flowers" — don't add flowers to this recipe.

• "With Flowers" — this recipe needs flowers.

That's the whole note: you have choices, but you still have to follow the rule.

Last stop — the door.

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