If one rushed ahead and got a number card at the end without being attacked, others wouldn't grab it away as long as there were number cards left on the board. Only when the number cards were all taken would the participants begin to steal them from each other.
By then, there would be more people with number cards than those without, so it was good luck if he or she could hold a number card till the end.
In addition, if there were several number cards left when the first part of the game was over, one could directly pick a number card up, which was very easy but it rarely happened.
Because the aim of participants of the first part was to get a number card instead of having a fight, normally they wouldn't attack the others unless someone stood in their way. They usually fought with each other at the end when they tried to steal the others's number cards.
