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[p. 1] Contents & Instructions [p. 2] Biscuit [p. 3] Chicane [p. 4] Emu Ranchers [p. 5] Jacynth [p. 6] Quincunx [p. 7] Varg Bid This file contains the rules for over several games that you can play with the Decktet, along with a guide to card interpretation. Most of the items are laid out as eight-page mini-books; with some cutting and folding, a single printed sheet turns into a pocket-sized rulebook. If you want the same text formatted for on-screen reading, visit http://www.fecundity.com/decktet
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. s d n a h ’ s t n e n o p p o a P h n i g n i n i a m e r n w c a e r o f 3 f o s u n o b a e r o c s u o y , t u o o g u o y n e h W a P . n w r e h t o n a h t i w r o , n w o r C a h t i w , e n i l e h t f o d n e r e h t o e h t t a e c A n a h t i w s e i s a P n e v e l e s e k a m n w a t a h t s n a e m s i h t ; s e i s n e v e l e f o e s o p r u p e h t a P r o f 0 1 r o 1 r e h t i e t n u o c y a m s n w . s t h g i a r t s f o e s o p r u p e h t r o f Biscuit Scoring
STRAIGHT: Two or more cards in a row, scores the length of the run ELEVENSIES: Two ends of the line add to 11, each opponent must draw a card CROSS CARD: Same rank as starting card, opens cross line MATCHING ENDS: 1 Biscuit [different line] 2 Hot Biscuit [main line] 4 Hot Cross Biscuit [cross line] PLAYING LAST CARD: 5 points, plus bonus for opponents’ hands: 1 per Ace/Crown, 2 per number card, 3 per Pawn
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. s e n i l s s o r c t r a t s t o n n a c ) s d r a c s s o r c m o r f n w o d r o p u ( s e n i l s s o r c n i d e y a l p s d r a C . d r a c s s o r c a t o n s i d r a c p u e c a f l a i t i n i e h t t a h t e t o N . t h g i r r o t f e l h t o t d e u n i t n o c e b y a m e n i l n i a m K C E D D E D N E T X E E H T { e } e h t d n a , m e h t m o r f n w o d r o p u . s n e p p a h d e y a l p e b y a m s d r a c t n e u q e s b u S s i h t f i d n a h r u o y n i t f e l s d r a c r o f : s e d i s e e r h t n o n e p o e r a s d r a c y t l a n e p o n s i e r e h T . s d n e d n a h e h T s s o r C . e n i l s s o r c a n e p o u o y n e h t . e l a t s s i e m a g e h t n e h t , s y a l p r e h t , d r a c p u e c a f l a i t i n i e h t s a k n a r r u f y n a e k a m o t e l b a s i r e y a l p o n e m a s e h t s i t a h t e n i l n i a m e h t n i d n a d e t s u a h x e s i e l i p w a r d e h t f I d r a c a y a l p u o y f I : S E N I L S S O R C . d r a c r e b m u n h c a e r o f 2 , n w o r C r o . ) t i u c s i b e c A h c a e r o f 1 : s d n a h ’ s t n e n o p p o e h t r o f 1 + t i u c s i b s s o r c t o h e h t r u o y n i g n i n i a m e r s d r a c r o f s u n o b a r o f 4 = ( 5 s e r o c s s i h T . e n i l n i a m Games for
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Biscuit
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The basic idea— Put down one card per turn, match the suit of an adjacent card, and score points by card placement and being the first player to play all their cards. The first player places a card to the left or right of the initial card. Subsequent players place cards on the left or right side of this main line. Later in the game, there may be cross lines that allow cards to be played up or down. { GAME PLAY } Deal one card face down in the middle of the table and another card face up crosswise on top of it. Each player starts with a hand
of six cards. The remaining cards form the draw pile. The player to the left of the dealer takes the first turn. On your turn, choose one card from your hand and place it so as to extend one of the lines. The card you play must match at least one suit with the card adjacent to it in line. If you do not have a card that can be played, then you must draw a card. You may pla y it im mediately if possib le. Then it is the next players’ turn. If there are no cards left in the draw pile when you are supposed to draw, you do not draw and play continues. STRAIGHTS: If the card you played forms a continuous run of cards in rank order, then you score the
e h t f o d n e e n o t a n w o r C a o s l a s i e r e h t ; t i f o m o t t o b e h t t a n w o r C a s a h y d a e r l a t a h t e n i l s s o r c a f o p o t e h t t a n w o r C a y a l p u o Y : e l p - m a x e r o F . n r u t e l g n i s a n i s t i u c s i b e l p i t l u m e r o c s o t e l b i s s o p s i t I . t n i o p 1 h t r o w t i u c s i b a s ’ t i n e h t , e n i l r e h t o n a f o d n e e h t s e h c t a m d e y a l p u o y d r a c e h t f I . s t n i o p 4 h t r o w s i d n a t i u c s i b s s o r c t o h a d e l l a c s ’ t i , e n i l s s o r c t a h t f o d n e r e h t o e h t t a d r a c e h t s e h c t a m d n a e n i l s s o r c n w o d o t p u n a n i s i d e y a l p u o y d r a c e h t f I . s t n i o p 2 h t r o w s i d n a t i u c s i b t o h a d e l l a c s ’ t i , e n i l n i a m e h t f o d n e r e h t o e h t t a d r a c e h t s e h c t a m t i d n a e n i l t h g i r o t t f e l n i a m e h t n i s i d e y a l p u o y d r a c e h t f I : S T I U C S I B ) . s w a r d h c a e , r e b m u n t s e w e f e m a s e h t s a h t n e n o p p o e n o n a h t length of the run. Aces are before 2s, Crowns are after 9s, and straights do not wrap around. For example: If the initial card is a 5 and you play a 6 next to it, then you score two points. If the next player plays a 7 next to the 6, then they score three points. It does not matter if the straight goes left-to-right, right-to-left, or (on cross lines) up-down, but all the cards must be in the same line. ELEVENSIES: If the card you play and the card at the opposite end of the line add to 11, then every opponent must draw a card. (In a four-player game without partners, only your opponent with the fewest cards must draw. If more
Games for [ ]:
Chicane
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In this basic deck trick-taking game, players bid to decide how the suits and ranks will be determined. A BIDDING a
Deal out the entire basic deck. Starting with the player on the dealer’s left and proceeding clockwise, players bid for control of the hand. A bid is a number and either Top or Bottom. The number is the exact number of tricks the player thinks they can take if they determine suits. A Top bid is considered higher than a Bottom bid with the same number. A player may bid Nil, which commits them to taking exactly zero tricks. In the order of bidding, a Nil Bottom bid is higher than any number bid whatever. A Nil Top bid is higher
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than Nil Bottom. Once someone bids Nil Top, there is no room left for further bidding. Continuing around the table clockwise, players may make a higher bid or pass. Bidding continues until a highest bid is unchallenged. A player may not bid after they have passed. Note that only the highest bid determines whether the hand is played Top or Bottom; lower bids don’t matter once play begins. B PLAYING THE HAND b
The high bidder selects any card from their hand to lead the first trick. Going clockwise, each player plays a card that matches the suit of the card that was led. If you have no cards of the suit led, then you may play any card from your hand. The highest card that follows suit wins
the trick. The winner of the trick leads the next trick. Play continues until players have no cards remaining. C SCORING c
If the high bidder won fewer tricks than they bid, they score nothing; if they score exactly as many tricks as they bid, then they score their bid plus three bonus points; if they score more more tricks than they bid, then they score their bid minus one penalty point per overtrick. Other players score one point for each trick they won, regardless of bids. A player who bids Nil and wins no tricks scores ten points. If the player wins even a single trick, however, the Nil bid is lost. The player loses one point for each trick they won.
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. h t o b e r a e r e h t f i 0 1 ; k c a t s e h t n i n w o r C r o e c A n a s i e r e h t f i s t n i o p 5 n i a g u o y , e r o m r e h t r u F . s d r a c r e b m u n g n i n i a m e r y n a f o l a t o t e h t e r o c s u o y , t i f o r p r o F . t i f o r p e m o s n r a e u o y , g n i n i a m K C E D D E D N E T X E E H T { } e r s d r a c y n a e r a e r e h t f I . 8 1 n a h t r o m d r a c s i d u o y f i s d r a c r o f ’ e g n a h c . s d r i b r u o y f o e u l a v l a t o t e e g ‘ t o n o d u o Y . 8 1 t s a e l t a l a t o t t a h t e h t o t l a u q e s i r a e y e h t r o f e r o c s r u o Y t c a t s e h t m o r f s d r a c r e b m u n d r a c s i D . ) n w o r C & e c A k r i b e h t r o f p e e k p u y a p o t d e e n l l i t s e h t r o f 0 1 s u l p s d r a c r e b m u n e h t r o f : d u o y , e r o m r o 8 1 s i s d r a c r e b m u n e h t 5 = 3 + 2 ( s t n i o p 5 1 e r o c s u o Y . * d n a f o l a t o t e h t f I : T I F O R P E L B I S S O P , 3 , 2 , e c A e h t s e v a e l s i h T . s d r a c f o . ) e h t r o f 5 * n o i t a n i b m o c s i h t h t i w 8 1 y l t c a x e d r a c s i d s u l p s d r a c r e b m u n e h t r o f 1 = 8 9 8 1 ( o t y a w o n s i e r e h t , 9 1 o t s l a t o t s i h t t n i o p 6 e s o l u o Y . s n u S f o 8 d n a , 9 h g u o h t l a ; p e e k p u y a p o t 8 d n a , 6 , 5 e h t s h t s i d r i b e g n a r o r u o y r o f k c a t s d r a c s i d u o Y . s e v a W f o * d n a , 8 , 6 , 5 , 3 , * e h t , r a e y e h t f o d n e e h t t A : e l p m a x E , 2 , e c A e h t s i d r i b e u l b r u o y r o f k c a t s e e h t , r a e y e h t f o d n e e h t t A : e l p m a x E . h t o b you may discard one of your birds that would lose money rather than scoring it. If you have no losin g birds, then the Excuse has no effect. Pawns: A Pawn (#) is a limited wild card. It may be played as any number rank, but only to grow a bird that matches one of the Pawn’s suits. A Pawn may not be played as an Ace or Crown, nor may it be played to hatch a bird.
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Games for [ ]:
Emu Ranchers
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It’s a hardscrabble life for emu ranchers like yourself, raising exotic birds for foreign markets. With the high cost for every bird you hatch, it probably won’t be worth it in the end.
Each bird on your ranch is represented by a stack of cards. Cards in a single bird stack must all share a suit and must be in rank order. At the end of the hand, the value of a bird is determined by the total of the number cards in the stack. If the total is too low, then you can end up losing money on a bird. An Ace or Crown (*) makes the stack worth more: more profit if you can cover expenses, but more loss if you can’t. The object,
e r a e r e h t f i 0 1 ; k c a t s e h t n i ) * ( n w o r C r o e c A n a s i e r e h t f i s t n i o p 5 e s o l u o y , e r o m r e h t r u F . s t n i o p 3 e s o l u o y , e l p m a x e r o f , 5 1 o t l a t o t s d r a c r e b m u n e h t f I . 8 1 f o t s o c p e e k p u e h t d n a l a t o t s ’ d r i b e h t n e e w t e b e c n e r e f f i d e h t o t l a u q e s t n i o p e s o l u o Y : Y E N O M G N I S O L . t i f o r p a e k a m y a m u o y n e h t , e r o m r o 8 1 s i l a t o t e h t f I . d r i b e h t n o y e n o m e s o l u o y e h t n e h t , 8 1 n a h t s s e l s i l a t o t e h t f I . k c a t s d r i b e h t n i s d r a c r e b m u n e h t p u l a t o t , d r i b h c a e r o F . y a l p o t e l b a t o n e r a u o y t a h t s d r a c y n a d r a c s i d n e h T . s r e y a l p r e h t o r o f g n i t i a w t u o h t i w s d r a c g n i n i a m e r n w o d y a l y a m u o y , d n e r a e y e h t r e t f a n o i t c a r e t n i r e y a l p r e h t r u f o n s i e r e h t e c n i S . d e d n e s a h r a e y e h t r e t f a s d r a c w a r d r o s d r i b w e n h c t a h t o n y a m
u o y , r e v e w o H . y a l p n i e v a h y d a e r l a u o y t a h t s d r i b o t n o s d n a h r u o y m o r f s d r a c y a l p y a m u o y , r e v o s i r a e y e h t r e t f A . s d n e r a e y e h t , e l i p w a r d e h t m o r f n w a r d s i d r a c t s a l e h t n e h W
naturally enough, is to raise profitable birds. SETUP: Deal six cards to each player. The remaining cards form the draw pile. There is no discard pile at the beginning.
the top of a stack already in front of you. All of the cards in the stack must share a single suit, although of course number cards will each have another suit as well. Stacks must be in either increasing or decreasing order, although you may skip ranks. Aces are below 1s, and *s are above 9s. If you hatch a bird with a number card, you do not need to declare which suit the stack will follow or which direction it will go; this will eventually be determined by cards you play when growing the bird. When you add cards to a stack, you should set them at a bit of an offset so that both you and your opponent can see what cards are in the stack.
{ GAME PLAY } On your turn, you may do one of the following: hatch a new bird, by starting a new stack; grow a bird, by adding a card to an existing stack; or discard a card. After that, you draw one card. bird varieties HATCH A NEW BIRD: You may start a new bird stack by selecting a card from your hand and playing it face up in front of you. GROW A BIRD: You may grow a bird by adding a card from your hand to
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r a c e h t f i n e v e s e i l p p a n o i t c i r t s e r t s u J . s d r a c k c e d d e d n e t x e d d a n a c e r o c s u o y , d n a h e h t f o d n e e h t t A d s i h T . r e y a l p r e h t o n a y b d e l l o r t n o c u o y , e m a g e h t p u e c i p s o t t n a w u o y f I G N I R O C S { } t c i r t s i d a f o t r a p s i t a h t d r a c a n o K C E D D E D N E T X E E H T { } e k o t e c n e u l f n i n a e c a l p t o n y a m u o Y . e t e l p m o c s i n r u t s ’ r e y a l p n . s d r a c g n i t r a t s e h t f o . s t n i o p o w t h t r o w e b d l u o w d n a l a n i f e h t d n a d e y a l p n e e b e v a h s d r a c n o n o n e v e , d r a c r e h t o n a n o r o n r u t , t i u s h c a e r o f e n o , s t c i r t s i d d r a c e l g x i s y t r i h t l i t n u s e u n i t n o c y a l p , d e t e l p e i h t d e d d a u o y d r a c e h t n o e c n e u l f n i s o w t s e s i r p m o c d r a c r e b m u n d e t a l e d s i k c e d e h t r e t f A . n r u t r u o y s o s i e l g n i s A . t i n o n e k o t a d a h o h w s n i e c a l p y a m u o Y . o s o d o t d e r i u q d n e d r a c a g n i w a r D : D R A C A W A R D r e y a l p a o t t n i o p e n o h t r o w e b d l u o w e r t o n e r a u o y ; y a l p n i d r a c a n o e n o . n r u t n w o r C r o e c A d e t a l o s i e l g n i s A . t i s c a l p y a m u o y , g n i n i a m e r s n e k o t e c n e u l f u o i v e r p a n o d e c a l p n e k o t e c n e u l f e n i e v a h u o y f I : E C N E U L F N I T R E X E h t i w t i u s a e r a h s t a h t y n a o t t n e c a j n i n a e v o m t o n y a m u o y d n a , t i n o d a t o n s i d r a c t a h t f i , d r a c e l g n i s a n . y t i c e h t f o d i r g e h t n i h t i w t i e k o t e c n e u l f n i n a s a h y d a e r l a t a h t f o t s i s n o c y a m t c i r t s i d a t a h t e t o N d c a l p t s u m u o Y . y a l p n i y d a e r l a s d r a c r a c a n o n e k o t e c n e u l f n i n a e c a l p e . d n a h e h t f o d n e e h t t a g n i n i a m e r t o n y a m u o y , n r u t r e p n e k o t e c n e u l f e h t f o e n o o t t n e c a j d a , e l b a t e h t n o s n e k o t e c n e u l f n i d e c a l p n u m o r f t c e f n i e n o n a h t e r o m e c a l p t o n y a m u o Y p u e c a f t i y a l p d n a d n a h r u o y m o r f f e o n d n a , t c i r t s i d a n i n e k o t e c n e r a c a t c e l e S : Y T I C E H T E R O L P X E . l o r t n o c y d a e r l a u o y t c i r t d u l f n i e n o n a h t e r o m g n i v a h r o f e g a t s i d a f o t r a p s i t a h t d r a c a n o n e k . d r a c a w a r d , y l l a n i F . n e k o t e c n e u l f n a v d a l a i c e p s r o s u n o b o n s i e r e h T o t e c n e u l f n i n a e c a l p , r e v e w o h , y a m n i n a e c a l p y a m u o y n e h T . y t i c e h t . t c i r t s i d e h t s e s i r p u o Y . d e l l o r t n o c s i s t c i r t s i d e h t f o e n o o t d r a c a g n i d d a y b n i g e b u o y , n r u t - m o c t a h t d r a c h c a e r o f t n i o p e n O y l n o e r e h w , t c i r t s i d d n o c e s f o t r a p r u o y n O . t f e l s ’ r e l a e d e h t n o r e y a l p : l o r t n o c u o y t c i r t s i d h c a e r o f s t n i o p t i s e k a m o s l a t a h t t i u s r e h t o n a s a h e h t h t i w g n i t r a t s , s n r u t e k a t s r e y a l P shuffle them in at the beginning of the game. The Excuse is a block card. It is not part of any adjacent districts, and no district may pass through it. You may not place influence tokens on the Excuse. A Pawn (#), since it has three suits, will be part of three different districts. You may not place influence tokens on Pawns.
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Games for [ ]:
Jacynth
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Jacynth is among the oldest cities, and a map of its streets is a record of history. It is a haphazard maze of overlapping interests and neighborhoods, with intricate social bonds tying one block to the next. You could control the city if you could control a nexus in that maze of ancient intrigue, but first you would have to find it. In addition to a Decktet, Jacynth requires four influence tokens for each player. During a hand of Jacynth, cards are laid out to form a six-by-six grid that represents the cit y. Players claim areas by placing influence tokens on cards, aiming to control more of the
city than their opponents. DISTRICTS: A district is a group of cards that share a suit symbol and are adjacent to one other. The cards in a district need not be in a straight line, but each card must share an edge with another card in the district. Districts do not connect across diagonals or across open spaces that do not have cards in them yet. A number card (since it has two suits) will be part of two districts; one for each suit. A player controls a district when they have an influence token on a card in that district. You cannot place an influence token in a district already controlled by an opponent, but it is possible that subsequent card play will connect what
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had been two separate districts. If this happens, then the player whose token is on the higher ranked card controls the district. Crowns beat 9s; 2s beat Aces. If you have more than one token in a district, the card ranks do not add together; only the highest ranked card counts for district control. { SET UP } The dealer shuffles the deck, deals each player a three card hand, and deals cards face up to form the initial play area. There are three possible init ial arrangements; with each, further cards are played around them so as to form a six-by-six grid. Each player starts with four influence tokens. { GAME PLAY }
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Quincunx
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The game is played on a five by five grid. On your turn, you place a card in an open spot, score points depending on the connections between the played card and nearby cards, and possibly draw cards depending on those connections. You are penalized for any cards left in your hand at the end of the game. { SETUP } Shuffle the deck. With two players, deal 5 face up cards (one card in each corner and one in the center) and a 10 card hand to each player. With three players, deal 4 face up cards (one card in each corner) and 7 to each player.
Starting configuration for two or four players.
Starting configuration for three players.
With four players, deal 5 face up cards and 6 to each player. Play begins with the player on the dealer’s left and continues clockwise. { GAME PLAY } On your turn, select one card from your hand and place it into an open space. This may score points in several different ways: Basic scoring, pairs, sequences, and power plays. If the total is negative, then you lose points for the turn. BASIC SCORING: Consider this card (the one you played) with respect to each
horizontally or vertically adjacent card. Diagonals don’t count for basic scoring. Add the rank of the two cards together. . If the sum is 9 or less: Lose points equal to the sum of the two cards. The Ace Matching exception: If one of the cards is an Ace and the two cards share a suit, then gain those points instead of losing them. . If the sum is exactly 11 or 20: Draw a card. . If the sum is between 12 and 19: Add points equal to ten less than the sum. For example, a 6 next to a 7 (total 13) makes for 3 points. PAIRS: If this card is the same rank as an adjacent card, add 5 points. STRAIGHT: If this card completes a continuous line of three or more cards that
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Varg Bid
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In Varg Bid, your hand of cards is used to provide both the commodities being auctioned and the currency for bidding on them. The aim is to win high ranked cards at auction; the cards you spend to win them are discarded. { SETUP } Shuffle the basic deck and deal each player ten cards. (With four players and the basic deck, each player will get only nine cards. With five players, each player will get only seven; this will leave one card.) Crowns (*) are treated as rank 10 for both bidding and auction value. Aces are treating as rank 1 for the purpose of bidding, but have an auction value of 11.
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The player to the dealer’s left starts the first auction. (With five players, the left over card is auctioned first; the dealer is the first to bid on it. After that initial auction, the player to the dealer’s left selects a card to auction and play proceeds normally.) { GAME PLAY } The player starting the auction selects one card from his hand and plays it where everyone can see it. Starting on his left and going clockwise, players choose to bid or pass. When you make your first bid in an auction, you may bid any card from your hand. After everyone has had a chance to play a first bid card, bidding continues. You may add one card at a time to your bid, but you may only add a card that shares at least one suit symbol with the first
card you bid in this auction. You may not increase your bid if you currently have the highest bid in the auction. You may bid even if you passed earlier in the auction. Bidding continues until every player passes. When bidding is complete, the player with the highest total bid takes the auctioned card and puts it face down in his scoring pile. Add together the ranks of multiple bid cards. If multiple players have the same total bid, then the player who reached that total first wins the auction. If no one played a bid card in the auction, then the auctioned card is discarded. Otherwise, all bid cards are dis carded. The pla yer to the left of the player who started the auction starts the next auction.
Once you have played all of your cards, you sit out the remainder of the hand. At the end of the hand, Aces in your score pile are worth 11 points each and all other cards are worth their rank. The player to the dealer’s left becomes the new dealer. A game consists of a number of hands equal to the number of players, so that each player deals once.
= Varg bid was designed by Felbrigg Herriot.
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