Your Friend Is Sad is a hand management and card matching game where you are trying to cheer up a sad friend. Draw cards from the Brain Deck to collect and match "Feelings" and "Brain Goops" to the icons on any "Active Fun Cards" currently on the board for "Cheer Points." At the end of your turn can also trade in an unwanted Feelings cards to draw a Life Card from the Life Deck, which may or may not be beneficial. First to get 11 Cheer Up Points has succesfully cheered up their friend and gets to flip the sad token to happy and is the winner.