Throw Throw Burrito Rules (& How to Play the Block Block Burrito Expansion)

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Learn to play the burrito-battling party game in just minutes
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In Throw Throw Burrito, up to 6 players rush to play sets of cards from their hand to earn points, but some cards start battles where people try to hit each other with a foam burrito. We’ll show you how to set up and play the game, engage in intense Burrito Battles, win the game, and even play with the Block Block Burrito expansion.

Throw Throw Burrito Overview

  • Number of Players: 2-6
  • Setup: Shuffle the deck and deal 15 cards to each player. Split the rest of the deck and place it on the table with the 2 Burritos and the game tokens.
  • Objective: Battle other players by making sets of 3 cards to trigger Burrito-throwing battles. The best Burrito Battler after 2 rounds wins the game.
Section 1 of 5:

Setting Up the Game

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  1. Take all 120 cards and shuffle them face-down so nobody sees what they are. Then, give each player a stack of about 15 cards for their own Personal Draw Pile. The exact number of cards doesn’t matter as long as everyone’s Personal Draw Pile looks about the same. Keep your Personal Draw Pile in front of you to your right. [1]
    • Throw Throw Burrito can be played with 2-6 players.
    • It might seem a little unfair that some players have more or fewer cards in their Draw Pile than others, but the game goes so quickly that it won’t make a big difference.
  2. Split the rest of the cards into 2 stacks to make the Community Piles and put a Burrito next to either of them. Take all 6 of the cardboard Burrito Bruise tokens and set them in a pile as well. [2]
    • Make sure that every player can easily reach at least 1 Community Pile and 1 Burrito.
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  3. Take the top 5 cards from your Personal Draw Pile and look at them. Keep your cards a secret from other players, though! [3]
    • The rest of your draw pile remains face-down for now.
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Section 2 of 5:

How to Play

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  1. When everyone’s ready, start the round by saying “3, 2, 1, Burrito!” Rather than waiting for your turn, everyone at the table plays as soon as the round begins, so you’ll have to race against the other players to play cards and earn the most points. [4]
  2. If you have 3 of a kind in your hand, play them in a face-up stack in front of you. Immediately draw 3 new cards from your Personal Draw Pile so you have 5 cards in your hand again. [5]
    • Each set of cards is worth points at the end of the round, so try to play as many as you can.
    • If you ever run out of cards in your Personal Draw Pile, then draw cards from the Community Piles in the middle of the table, instead.
  3. You can only ever have 5 cards in your hand at a time. If you don’t have 3 of a kind, choose 1 of the cards in your hand and put it face-down on top of the player to your left’s Personal Draw Pile. Immediately draw a card from your Personal Draw Pile to refill your hand. [6]
    • You can only discard 1 card at a time, so decide quickly so you have more time to draw cards and make sets.
    • Be careful not to discard a lot of cards with the same name, since the player to your left might collect them in their hand and play a set.
    • Remember, the player to your right is going to be discarding cards they don’t want onto your Personal Draw Pile, too.
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Section 3 of 5:

Burrito Battling

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  1. Brawl Cards either have a green or pink background. As soon as you play 3 Brawl cards of the same color, say “Burrito Brawl!” loudly. The players on your left and right have to grab a Burrito as quickly as they can and try to throw it at the other person. Whoever gets hit with a Burrito first loses the battle. [7]
    • Everything else stops as soon as a battle starts, so you can’t keep playing sets from your hand.
    • You can try to run away, hide, and dodge the Burrito when someone throws it at you.
    • If you catch the Burrito, the player who threw it loses the battle. [8]
    • If the Burrito hits something else before it hits the other player, it counts as a miss.
    • If both players miss each other, they can pick up a Burrito and try again.
    • If someone who isn’t involved in the battle grabs a Burrito, the player who took the Burrito by mistake loses instead.
  2. If you play a set of Burrito War cards with an orange background, shout “Burrito War!” and take cover. Every other player except for you races for a Burrito and tries to throw it at someone else. Whoever gets hit by a Burrito first loses the War. [9]
    • You can’t take both Burritos at the same time, and you can’t block another player from picking them up.
  3. When you play 3 brown Duel cards, choose any 2 players to duel each other. They both take a Burrito and stand back-to-back. Count to 3 out loud and have each player take a step forward as you say each number. Yell “Burrito!” so the dueling players turn around at the same time and throw the Burrito at each other. The first person who gets hit loses the Duel. [10]
    • After you turn around, you can wait to see what the other player is going to do before you throw your Burrito. You don’t have to throw right away.
  4. If you got hit with a Burrito or accidentally took a Burrito when you weren’t supposed to, take one of the Burrito Bruise tokens from the middle of the table. They’re worth negative points at the end of the round, so avoid taking them as much as possible. Replace the burritos on the table, then count down and say, “3, 2, 1, Burrito!” to start playing and passing cards again. [11]
    • If you won the battle, there aren’t any additional rewards, but you get to keep your points.
    • Also take a burrito bruise if you accidentally declared a Burrito Battle when you weren’t supposed to.
    • Keep your Burrito Bruise tokens in front of you as the game resumes, and until the end of the game.
  5. After 6 battles, you’ll run out of tokens for the round. Stop playing cards and passing cards from your hand so you can tally up your points! [12]
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Section 4 of 5:

Scoring and Winning

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  1. Any cards that have a white background are normal sets of cards, while the Battle Cards are either pink, green, orange, or brown. Add up all of your points from the sets of 3 you played in front of you. [13]
    • Cards in your hand don’t count toward your score, so if you didn’t have the time to play a set, you miss out on the points.
    • For example, if you have 2 normal sets and 3 Battle Card sets, you’d score 8 points this round.
  2. Count all of the Burrito Bruises you have in front of you and subtract them from your total score. Return all of your Burrito Bruises to the middle of the table when you’re finished. [14]
    • It’s possible to have negative points if you have more Burrito Bruises than sets of cards.
  3. Tell the other players how many points you have for the round. Whoever has the highest number of points wins the first round and keeps the Fear Me Badge in front of them until the end of the game. [15]
    • If there’s a tie between 2 people, resolve it with a Duel.
    • If 3 or more people are tied for points, shuffle all of the cards together and reveal 1 card at a time from the top. As soon as a War card is revealed, every tied player races to grab and throw a Burrito at each other. If you get hit, you’re out! Win the round by being the last person standing.
  4. All games of Throw Throw Burrito are 2 rounds long. Shuffle all of the cards back into a deck and deal about 15 to each player for their Personal Draw Deck. Play just like you did during the first round of the game, laying down sets of cards and battling. The game ends once the last Burrito Bruise token gets taken from the center. [16]
    • Your points don’t carry over between rounds, so you’ll start from scratch again.
  5. Total up your points for the second round, and subtract however many Burrito Bruises you have. If you won the Fear Me badge in the first round and then had the most points in the second round, you’re automatically the winner! [17]
    • If another player has the most points in the second round, they have a Duel with the player who has the Fear Me Badge to determine who wins.
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Section 5 of 5:

Playing the Block Block Burrito Expansion

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  1. The Block Block Burrito expansion has its own set of 36 battle cards, so remove the green, pink, orange, and brown cards from the original deck, and shuffle in the expansion cards instead. [18]
  2. Like usual, deal each player about 15 cards, and set the throwable Burritos and the tokens on the table, along with the 2 draw piles. Then, set an inflated Tortilla Shield on top of either Burrito. [19]
    • Make sure everyone can reach the Community Draw Pile and at least 1 Burrito and Tortilla from where they’re sitting.
  3. In Block Block Burrito, players still battle by throwing Burritos at each other. In this version, though, players can also block Burritos by grabbing Tortilla Shields and using them to deflect. You may only hold 1 Tortilla Shield at a time. [20]
    • If you successfully deflect a Burrito and it hits any other object, like a chair or the table, that counts as a miss.
    • If you deflect a Burrito and it hits another player, that player loses the battle instead, and has to take a Burrito Bruise token.
    • Battles that end in a tie, like if both players hit each other at the same time, are settled with a Duel.
    • Players may not throw the Tortilla Shields.
  4. If you play a set of 3 Tortilla Brawl cards, take the Tortilla Shields and toss them away from the table. Then, as soon as you throw them, the players on either side of you dash to grab a Burrito, then a Shield, and battle each other. Players may only throw a Burrito once they’re holding a shield. [21]
    • The first player to get hit by a Burrito is the loser of the Brawl.
  5. When a player plays a set of 3 Super Block War cards, every other player scrambles for a Burrito and a Shield, but there are only 2 of each, so think fast! In this Battle, the first player to get hit by a Burrito, or to have their Burrito successfully blocked by another player’s Shield, loses the war. [22]
  6. When a player plays a set of Split Up Duel cards, they choose any 2 players to fight against any single player. On the team of 2, one player takes the Burrito and the other takes the Tortilla Shield. The player fighting alone gets one of each. Players all stand with their backs to each other. Count “3, 2, 1, Duel!” With each number, players take a step forward. On “Duel!” the battle begins. [23]
    • Each player on the team of 2 can only hold 1 object at a time.
    • If the team of 2 loses the duel, they both take a Burrito Bruise.
    • If you’re playing with only 2 players, swap the Split Up Duel cards with the Duel cards from the original game.
    • If there aren’t enough Burrito Bruise tokens for both losing players, the player who took the hit takes the single remaining token.
  7. Aside from the Battles, play the game like normal! Play until there are no more Burrito Bruise tokens, then tally your points and assign a winner for the round. Then play another round. The player who gets the Fear Me Badge twice wins, or the player with the most points in the second round duels the Fear Me Badge holder for the win. [24]
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