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English Translation
26 October 2010. |
Components
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60 Playing cards
(4 colors - Fans, Coins, Koi and Gates – with values 1 to 15) |
60 Rules cards
(21 Trump Rule, 19 Basic Rule, 20 Scoring Rule – numbered 1 to 60) |
Idea of the Game
Using their Rules cards, the players
determine new rules at the beginning of each round.
Trumps are set and scoring rules determine the value of a
trick.
Even the basic rules are altered by the Rules cards.
Once the rules are fixed, as many tricks as players have hand
cards are played out.
At the end of the round, all tricks are scored.
The player who collects the most points after several rounds wins.
The Rules Cards
Each of the individual rules cards changes the rules in one
particular.
Trump is defined and the value of taken tricks altered.
Even the basic rules of the game can be influenced.
The Trump Rule cards
The Trump Rule cards determine the trump suit and thereby the trump
cards (see 2. Determine Trumps).
The Basic Rule cards
A played Basic Rule card supplements or replaces the
corresponding basic rule for the entire round.
If there are multiple Basic Rule cards active in a round,
they are treated in order by number (lowest number first).
The Scoring Rule cards
In the absence of any Scoring Rule card, each trick is worth 1 point
at the end of the round.
Scoring Rule cards change the value of a trick or earn additional
positive or negative points for individual cards.
Setting Up the Game
A player is chosen to deal the first round.
This duty moves clockwise in subsequent rounds.
The Rule and Playing cards are separated and each shuffled.
Each player is dealt 3 Rule cards face down; the rest are placed
in a pile nearby.
The dealer distributes all of the Playing cards evenly to the players.
| With 3 players: Before the game, cards having values 1, 10 and 13 (Samurai), are removed. They are not used in the three-player game. |
Course of a Round
There are as many rounds as there are participating players.
Each round takes place in four phases:
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With 3 players:
The top card of the Rule cards deck is shuffled with the selected
cards and also exposed and read out.
With 5 players: The player left of the dealer does not choose a Rule card. |
Tip: You might want to sort the revealed cards by number.
The selected control cards are valid for the entire round, including Scoring.
Trump cards are determined by the Trump Rule cards.
These can be suits and ranks.
When no Trump Rule cards are played, there is no trump in the current round.
Trump cards win against all other types of cards.
Note: All trump cards make up the trump suit.
Examples:
[left illustration]
All of the "6" cards together form the trump suit.
[right illustration]
All of the Gate cards together form the trump suit; the ranking is
from 15 (high) to 1 (low).
When multiple Trump Rule cards are played in the same round, precedence is as follows:
Example:
Precedence is as shown:
The 4 Koi card is the most powerful in the game because it is
designated by two Trump Rules. After that and having the same value
are all of the other "4" cards since the Trump Rule which so
designates has the lower number. Coming after these are the rest of
the Koi cards from 15 down to 1.
If no Basic Rule cards were played, the following rules apply for the
trick-taking game. If Basic Rule cards were played, they alter these
rules accordingly.
The player left of the dealer leads the first trick.
In clockwise order, each player plays a card to the
trick.
First the card must follow suit if possible.
A led trump card may be followed with any trump card.
A player who cannot follow suit plays any card, including a trump
card.
Note: Cards of the trump suit can never be used to follow other suits.
Example: All "4" cards are trumps in this round. Anna plays 6 Fan as the first card in the trick. Bernd as the next player has 4 Fan in hand. This card can not be played now because it is a trump card.
Who Wins the Trick?
A trick containing at least one trump card is won by the
highest trump card; a trick with no trump cards is won by
the highest card of the first-played color.
Note: If according to the rules two or more cards are
of equal power, the last played is considered higher.
Examples:
The following cards have been played:
No trump cards was played.
Thus Dirk wins the trick with the highest card in
the first played in color, 11 Fan.
The "6" cards are higher than the
Gate cards, because the relevant Trump Rule card has a lower number.
Claudia wins the trick with the 6 Koi. Anna's 6 Fan is
equally high, but Claudia played her card last.
The player who wins the trick keeps it face down nearby.
Taken tricks must be stored separately so that is always clear how many
tricks a player already has.
The winner of the last trick plays the first card for the next trick.
When all tricks have been played and distributed, proceed to Scoring.
If no Scoring Rules cards were played for the round,
each trick counts 1 point.
If Scoring Rules cards were played for the
round, they are applied in numerical order (lowest first).
The number of points earned by each player are noted.
The Next Round
The Rule cards used in this round are removed from the game.
Each player refills his hand of Rules cards to 3.
The next player to the left of the current dealer becomes the new
dealer.
The new round begins with shuffling and dealing the playing cards.
End of the Game
There are as many rounds as there are participating players.
The player with the most points wins.
Tip: For more examples of the interaction of various Rule cards see our website www.amigo-spiele.de/.
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