Deck Of Cards System

General Rules

1. Have Fun
2. Play until all the cards are gone
   • Meaning that there are no more cards in the Deck not when the players are out of cards in their hand
3. Each Player is dealt 3 cards
4. The Dealer gets no hand

Game Session Setup

1. Choose whether or not to use Jokers^Rules
2. Shuffle the deck thoroughly
3. Each player is dealt 3 cards, the dealer gets no cards
4. The dealer keeps the remaining cards face down

Terms

• Deck - a normal deck of playing cards(52 normal cards and two optional jokers)
• Action Pile - The pile of cards that is being used for the current action
• Discard Pile - The pile of cards that is no longer in use
• Dealer - Synonym with Storyteller, GM and so on

Card Hierarchy

Value

• Numerical order for normal cards
• Jack → Queen → King for face cards
• Ace is always the highest

Suit (High to Low)

1. Spade
2. Diamond
3. Club
4. Heart

Contests

General Rules

Non-Combat

Combat

1. High card wins - see hierarchy for ties
2. Face Cards
3. Ace

Joker Rules

• OPTIONAL - may choose not to have them at all
• Only two per Deck

Players with a Joker

Rules:

• Players MUST choose to play their Joker either before OR after the Dealer draws their card

Pre-Draw

• Swap a card from their hand with a card from any other player
• Swap the Joker with a card from the discard pile

Post-Draw

• The player can replace their card with any other card in the Action Pile (including the Dealer's)

Dealer gets a Joker

• Dealer has no hand so all actions can be taken only post-draw

Actions

• Replace the Joker with any other card in the Action Pile
• Replace the Joker with any card in the Discard Pile

NOTE: If the Joker gets replaced with a card in the Action Pile then the Joker counts as a value 1