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Trumps

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on March 24, 2009
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Trumps GameThe game of Trumps is of northern European origin and dates back to the sixteenth Century and over time, has become Italy’s favorite card game. Throughout the years, Italians assigned Trumps a new name and is now referring as ‘Briscola.”

This game is generally played with two or three players but can be played by four participants in teams of two. A standard deck of cards is used with the eights, nines and tens remove leaving a total of 40 cards in play.

The dealer will be decide once each Participants in the game cutting the and the player that displays the lowest numbered card in the deck. Once this first dealer has been determined, turns will be taken as the dealer in a counter-clockwise direction.

Should there be four players in the game; teammates will sit facing one another and if there are three players one of the number 2 cards is removed from the game leaving a total of 39 cards in play.

In Trumps your objective is to earn the most points by performing “tricks.” The player to left of the dealer cuts the cards and then three are dealt to each. One of the left over cards that was removed from the deck is placed face-up in the center of the table and then the remaining cards in the deck are set on top of that card half covering it. This half exposed card is considered the Trump for that particular hand of play. The particular suit is considered the “trump suit” and all cards that are of this suit will trump cards that are of a different suit. Moreover, the lower valued card in this suit will trump cards of a higher valued one if it is of a different suit. An example of this would be a three of diamonds would trump a queen of clubs. This is an example of how the tricks are earned.

The action begins with a card being placed on the table by the player seated directly to the right of the dealer. He then picks up a card from the top of the deck to replace it the discarded one. The players that follow must use the same suit, should they have it in their hand. That player then draws a card from the deck to replace the one that he has discarded.

A player wins a “trick” when he puts a card with the most value and of the leading suit on the table (Dealer’s suit) or presents a trump card. Point values for the trump suit are as follows: Jacks are worth two points, Queens are three points, Kings are four points, 3’s are ten points and Aces are eleven points.

A hand is ended when all the cards are drawn from the pile and only the trump card is remaining. When the game is played in teams of two, one variation is to allow teammates to view each other’s cards to decide the best one to put in play. The player or team wins the hand when they have earned sixty-one or more points. Should each player or team earn sixty points, the hand ends in a draw. The number of hands played is decided beforehand by the participants involved in the game.

Communication of any kind between teammates is forbidden during the first round of play but from the second round on, teammates are allowed to communicate non-verbally with each other with pre-determined facial expressions. Caution must be employed to not allow the other team to figure out what you’re communicating.

Threes and Aces are referred to as “loads.” It is advisable to avoid playing these unless you are certain that both of them are held by your teammate. It is critical that you memorize all of the played cards and in particular, the trumps and the loads.

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Ludo

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on March 19, 2009
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LudoLudo is a game of East-Indian origin and has roots in the game of Pachisi. Once this game was introduced to England, the rules were simplified and the game was changed slightly to move at a faster pace. Ludo is still very popular today and is popular among the sailors of the Royal British Navy.

This game can be played by between two and four players and requires a game board that has a playing area which is in the shape of a cross and squares in each corner. There are four sets of four game pieces with each set being of a different color and one standard six-sided playing die. Play begins with each participant placing his game piece in the starting position of the bottom left corner of the game board. Participants take turns rolling the die to determine who begins the game first. The first player can move either one or two pieces depending on the number that he rolls and each player’s ultimate goal is to get all four of his game pieces home to the center square.

To start a game piece in play, you must first roll either a one or a six. If a one is rolled, the player will start by placing a game piece on the first square but if a six is rolled, he can place two game pieces on the first square or one on the sixth house which is the sixth square in order from the start square.

The roll of the dice will determine the number of square in which a player’s piece will be advanced and a player can move however many spaces or pieces he see fit depending on the number that is rolled on the die. If a player rolls a six he automatically rolls the die again once he’s made his move. It is allowable for a player to have 2 or more of his game pieces on the same space but he is only allowed to move them one at a time.

You can eliminate the opposing player’s pieces by landing on a square in which they occupy. By doing this, you will send your opponent’s game piece back to the starting square, whereby he must again roll either a 1 or a 6 to get back in the game. If there are two or more pieces occupying one square these pieces are safe from attack other pieces are not allowed to land there.

In the final phase of the game, all players will be in the process of moving their game pieces along the central track towards the Home Square. To reach the home square the die must roll the exact number to land on the home square. The first player to get all of his game pieces to the home square is the winner

A player can attempt to employ some strategy by placing two or more of his game pieces within the same square near the end of the track. By doing this, his game pieces are protected from being sent to “square one” by an opponent landing on his square.

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