Tulm Trays

Before you take a seat in the beaded parlour, here is what is waiting on the velvet. THE TABLE ✓ Two lacquer trays, each showing one open card ✓ A 40-card beaded deck: Peony, Lozenge, Leaf and Star, numbered 1 to 9, plus four Lantern wilds ✓ One hand of seven cards for you, one for the hostess across the table ✓ Each motif has its own bead shape as well as its own colour, so cards read at a glance THE RULES, IN FOUR TICKS ✓ Lay a card on either tray when it matches that tray's motif or number ✓ A card that fits both trays at once is a bridge: lay it and take another turn straight away ✓ A Lantern fits anywhere, and you pick the motif that tray takes next ✓ No match? Draw one from the stock, then lay it if it fits or pass Empty your hand first to take the round. Two rounds win the match. THE STREET ✓ Four shophouses, five hostesses in each, twenty matches in all ✓ Each win opens the next seat along the five-foot way ✓ Later hostesses hold their Lanterns, chase bridges and notice which motifs you are missing ✓ Up to three beads per hostess: one for the win, one for a clean 2–0, one for two or more bridges BETWEEN MATCHES ✓ A daily deal against the daily guest, with a streak that grows each day you win it ✓ A cabinet of twelve beaded slipper patterns, unlocked by the beads you string ✓ The pattern you choose becomes the back of every card in your deck AT THE TABLE ✓ Cards fly, flip and settle with a little squash when they land ✓ Bridges thread a string of beads between the trays ✓ Back opens a pause screen, never an exit ✓ Settings for Sound, Haptics and Reduce motion ✓ Offline by design: the street, your beads and the daily streak are saved on this phone, with no sign-in, no adverts and no shop