Murder of Crows invites you to be the first player to spell "murder" – but thankfully you don&t have to use crow carcasses to do it Instead you&re spelling the word with letter cards from your hand Each player starts with five cards in hand & on a turn a player either (a) draws two cards or (b) draws one card & plays one card In addition to the Wild Crow card which can do just about anything cards come in five letters each with a special power that takes place when you play that card M – Misplace Take one card from a player&s murder – that is his collection of cards on the table – & add it to your hand U – Uncover All players reveal their hands & you take any one card & add it to your hand R – Reap Draw one additional card D – Drain Choose one letter All players discard one of those letters from play if possible E – Expel Everyone discards their hand & draws three new cards When an opponent&s card would affect you you can discard a card of matching crow power – as indicated in the top left corner of the card – to be immune from the action