Azul

② Wall-tiling and scoring

1. Go through your pattern lines from top to bottom. Everyone may do this at the same time.
2. Only for completed lines, move the rightmost tile of the line to the matching color space in the same row of your wall.
3. Score the tile as soon as you move it.
4. Discard the rest of that line to the box lid. Lines that are not complete stay as they are for the next round.

Scoring means counting connected tiles — If the tile you just placed has no tile next to it horizontally or vertically, it scores 1 point. If it does, count the tiles connected in its row (including the new tile) and score that many, then count the tiles connected in its column separately and add that too.

Then come the floor line penalties — After wall-tiling, look at your floor line. You lose the number printed above each covered space (−1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3). Your score never drops below 0. After scoring, discard the floor line tiles to the box lid.

One exception for the starting player marker — It costs points like a normal tile, but after scoring you keep it in front of you instead of putting it in the box lid. You are the starting player next round.

When there is no space to move to — If you want to move the rightmost tile of a completed line but no valid space is left on your wall, the whole line goes to your floor line. This mostly happens with the gray-side variant.

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