SCANDAROON TWO-PLAYER VARIANT
(by Steve Walker and Tony Boydell)

PREPARATION:

Remove the four 3* (end of line) cards from the playing deck and set them aside in the game box and ALL of the player BONUS CYLINDERS - these will not be used in this variant
Each player sets their scoring pieces adjacent to the game board, as normal, but ALSO takes a set of the four scoring cubes (belonging to a colour not being played) into their own playing area. Shuffle the cards and establish the trump suit for the first round as per regular SCANDAROON
After dealing 5 cards to each player, deal an additional FIVE cards to one side of the board - these are the BONUS CARDS (available to both players) which can be bought during a players turn (see later)

In addition to the regular THREE actions available to a player on their turn ie. play a card, use an ability, or pass, the fourth action (BONUS CYLINDER) has been replaced by the BUY A BONUS CARD action.
This new action resolves as follows:
- 1a - discard one of your bonus cubes to the game box to select one of the set aside cards and place it in your own line.
- 1b - discard one of your bonus cubes to the game box to discard the current bonus cards and reveal five NEW bonus cards - if you do, you may immediately buy a card from the new set for one cube. You cannot 'discard all cards' (1b) more than once in your turn
At the end of each round, discard the set-aside cards and deal FIVE new cards for the next round; each player gains one cube (if they already have all four then this effect fizzles).
Scoring and other aspects of SCANDAROON still apply