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If you draw a 2 and can't use it, can you draw another card?

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No, if you draw something you can't use, you have to skip your turn. Everyone takes turns drawing.

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If I get a Sorry, can I move a piece out of the safe zone?

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No, the safe zone is off limits for everyone except the owner of the color in which the safe zone is.

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Can I jump over my own pawns in the safety zone?

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Yes.

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How many cards do I start with when playing the game Sorry?

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You start with zero, because there is no hand in the game. You draw from the deck and either use the cards of place them in the discard pile.

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Can I hold onto a Sorry card and use it later?

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No, you have to use the Sorry card the turn that you get it.

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If I have just come out of start and pull a back four, can I go into home?

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Not if you're playing the original way. But if you are playing by a modified set of rules, then you can do whatever you want as long as it's alright with the people you're playing with.

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How do I win once I'm in the safety zone?

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You have to get the exact number of spaces to get to home, unless you roll less, then you just move and keep doing that until you get home with all four of your pawns.

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If my opponent draws 11 and switches with my pawn, and it puts me in the diamond in my base area, do I have to go all the way around again?

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Yes, you'll have to go all the way around again.

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My pawn is in the safety zone; I draw a 4. Do I need to back out 4 spaces?

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You can if you choose, but if that is the only pawn that you can move, you have to move it out of the safety zone.

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When I hit "Slide," do I have to stop at the end, or can I keep moving?

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"Slide" counts as 1 movement. So if you drew a 3, you would go 2 more spaces after the slide.

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Can I take a pawn out of start anytime I want?

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No, you have to draw a 1 or a 2. You can also draw a SORRY card and do as it says.

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If I am almost to my safe zone and I draw a 12, do I have to go around the board again, or forfeit my turn?

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If a number of spaces until you get home is less than 12, you stay where you are. You don't go around the board again or forfeit.

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Do I have to move ahead past the safety zone if I draw a 12 and only need 10 to be home?

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No. If you need to move fewer spaces to be home than the number you draw, you don't move that pawn.

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If I get "back 4" and it places me on the other side of start, do I have to go all the way around before going home?

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Yes.

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What is the significance of the diamond square?

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It shows when you can slide and when you can't. If you land on a triangle, you can slide if it is not your own color.

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If my opponent is sitting on my start point and I draw a one, can I bump my opponent?

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Yes. If you have a pawn in your start and draw a one, you bump your opponent back to their start.

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If the same color pawn ends up on the same square, what happens?

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Even if your pawns are the same color, one of them still needs to go back to your "base".

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Can you slide any color you land on?

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When you land on the triangle (by exact number) of any color except your own, you may slide.

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If I draw a back-4 can I go into home?

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if you are in front of your home and go back four you have to be behind the home and then you can move forward into home. You can't move backwards into home.

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Can I slide on any color?

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No. You can only slide on your own color.

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What do ice and fire do in Sorry?

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If you have Ice, it means no one can Sorry you, switch with you, or move you at all. Fire allows you to jump to the nearest fire circle and then move your card.

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If I'm in the safety zone and get a 4 card, do I have to go back out of the safety zone?

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If you're in the end zone, move a different pawn. If it's just the area around the inner end zone, no.

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Do I have to get all four pieces around the board to win?

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Yes, you have to get all four of your pieces all the way around the board and into your home in order to win.

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If I have no pawn in my Start bubble and I draw a Sorry card, do I ignore it, or can I send an opponent's pawn back to their Start bubble?

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Sadly, you have to ignore it completely and end your turn without doing anything.

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Can a player switch with me if my opponent draws 11 if the switch would put me between home and base?

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No, under no circumstance can a player's own man occupy the space between the player's base and home (the diamond, on most editions).

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Can I start my pawn with back 4?

AwesomeSaucy

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No, that would make your pawn go forward one and back four because to move out of start it takes one forward. If your pawn is already out then you can use the back 4 but not if your pawn is at start.

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If I draw a card with a number more than 2, do I skip my turn, and what do I do with the card?

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If you draw a card and you can't move, then yes, you skip your turn. Then you put the card in the discard pile.

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In the regular game of Sorry, can I jump over your own pawn?

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Yes, but still count the occupied space. You can't land on your own pawn, though.

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Could I save a sorry card or an 11 card for later, and can I choose not to move when I land on a slide?

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No. You cant save the sorry card or the 11 card, and you must slide when you land on it.

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If I draw a 2 can I move from Start and then move 2 spaces?

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Moving from Start is a move in itself. If you draw a 2 then you will end up one space away from Start.

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