Game Rules

[deepakkumarnd]

So many variations of the game is available with different rules at different places. We need to have a discussion on this issue and finalize on rules we need to follow to start coding.

Basically we need to finalize on

1. number of players involved( min limit and max limit)
2. number of cards
3. card precedence order.
4. direction of play( clockwise or anti clockwise )
5. timeout for each player.

So just start commenting on the rules that you are aware of or share some links on the standard procedure of this game.

[deepakkumarnd]

At least we can start with this

1. the player with a spade ace will start the game by playing his card of choice.

[mukesh-rk]

@deepak not his card of choice. The spade ace itself.

On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Deepak Kumar [email protected]:

At least we can start with this

1. the player with a spade ace will start the game by playing his card of
   choice.

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[mukesh-rk]

Hi all,

Here are few details about the game logic I used to play. There could be
variants, and lets discuss about them to create our own rules for the game.

1. optimum no. of people for the game is 3-6
2. players share a deck of cards, without joker cards
3. the order of precedence in ascending order is 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,J,K,Q,A
4. The player who got the spade ace should pop spade ace first, because
   otherwise, all other people will know that the first player has a ace of
   spades, and ace being the most precedent one, can affect the flow of the
   game.
5. most variants use anticlockwise direction of play

Pls share the rules you used to play with. It seems we need to play donkey
with a deck of cards in the next meetup. :)

[deepakkumarnd]

So here are the rules till now

1. 52 cards in a deck
2. No need of joker
3. 3-6 players
   Doubt: some people will have more cards than others, is that a problem
4. order 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,J,K,Q,A
5. Anti clockwise
6. The player who gets the spade ace should start the game by putting spade ace itself.
   Doubt: if someone gets all spades including spade ace except one or two other cards, he can easily throw down
   other cards and just keep on attack others by putting his spades in the consecutive moves, there by he can win the game.

[mukesh-rk]

@deepakkumarnd
Doubt: some people will have more cards than others, is that a problem??
Ans: i think this is only a theoretical problem. this difference is balanced as the game progresses
Doubt: if someone gets all spades including spade ace except one or two other cards, he can easily throw down
other cards and just keep on attack others by putting his spades in the consecutive moves, there by he can win the game.
Ans: This also a theoretical problem. There is very rare chance for a player to get all cards of the same kind, as the deck is well shuffled. i have never seen such a happening whenever i played. et hope be on the Array.sample() function. :)

[pradtv]

I think the player with spade ace should start the game but there is no rules like playing spade ace itself as the first card.

[deepakkumarnd]

@mukesh-rk yea I too think the first doubt is not a big problem as the game proceeds the number of cards will be different anyway.

[mukesh-rk]

@pradtv There are no written rules for these games, but this convention is widely followed because, i think, all other people will know that the first player has a ace of spades, and ace being the most precedent one, can affect the flow of the game.

[deepakkumarnd]

@coderhs @manusajith @nithinbekal thoughts on this please