The game works best with 2-4 players, although theoretically others can take part in it. It differs in that it is one of the few games in which two, three or four players are equally distributed. Four players can play in partnership, two against two, with partners sitting opposite each other.
A regular 52-card deck is used. Each numerical card (ace-ten) is counted as its numerical value (ace = 1, two = 2, etc.). The selected cards are accumulated in the stack for counting at the end of the round.
Deal
The dealer deals four cards to each player and four cards face up in the center (these central cards are laid out separately so that all are visible). Traditionally, the transaction is carried out in twos: two cards to each other to the player, two to the table, then two to the dealer, then repeat. However, some players prefer to deal cards one by one. The rest of the deck is temporarily put aside. After everyone has played their four cards, each player is dealt another four-card combination from the remaining cards, but after the first hand, no more cards are dealt to the table. After these cards have been played, another deal occurs, and this continues until all 52 cards are dealt (this requires 6 deals for 2 players, 4 deals for three players, 3 deals for 4 players). The dealer must declare "last" when the last cards are dealt. After the last cards have been played and the hand is scored, the deal moves to the left for the next round.
The play
Starting from the player to the dealer's left and continuing clockwise, each player in turn must play one card from the hand face up on the table. This card may or may not capture one or more cards from the table.
In the case of capture, when other players had the opportunity to see the capture card, the player takes this card and the captured cards and puts them all face down in a stack.
If there is no capture, the played card remains face up on the table.
Regardless of whether the capture was made or not, the turn goes to the next player.
In detail, the possible types of the game are as follows:
1. Capture with a face card
If the card being played is a face card (king, queen or jack) that corresponds to the rank of the face card on the table, the face card on the table can be captured. This is the only possible capture using a face card. If the table contains more than one matching map, only one can be captured.
Example: Clubq and spadeQ are on the table, and diamondQ is played. A player can capture one of the queens from the table, but not both.
2. Capture using a digital card
A digital card (ace, 2, ..., 10) can capture any digital cards on the table that have the same rank as the played card, and any sets of digital cards that in total correspond to the rank of the played card, with the following restrictions:
cards that are part of an assembly (see below) can only be captured by a rank card declared for that assembly;
when sets are captured, each captured card can only be counted as belonging to one such set.
Example, if an eight is played, it can capture one, two or three eights from the table. He can also capture a five and a three or a four and two twos. If the following cards are on the table: 2 3 5 6 8, then the eight can capture 8 6 2 5 3 or 8 5 2 A, but not all six cards.
3. Construction
A numerical card can be played and combined with other cards on the table by putting them together to form an assembly. The assembly can be made from any collection of digital cards that can be captured by a single digital card in accordance with rule 2 above. The player making the build must declare the capture number (for example, "building 5") and must have a digital card that can later make the capture. There are two types of builds: single builds and multiple builds.
One assembly consists of two or more cards whose capture values add up to the capture value of the assembly - for example, 5 is an assembly consisting of 2 and 3, or 10 is an assembly consisting of 4-5.
A multiple assembly consists of two or more cards or sets of cards, each of which corresponds to the value of the capture of the assembly - for example, 5 is an assembly of 2 and 3 plus 4 and an ace, or 5 is an assembly of 4 and 5, or 9 is an assembly of two nines, or 9 is an assembly of 6-3 plus 5-4 plus 9.
When you make an assembly, it must include the card you just played - you cannot create an assembly consisting entirely of cards that were already on the table. The cards that were made into an assembly can subsequently be captured only as a whole, never separately.
Loading...
- new message
