Casino Macedonia
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Named after the game it s based on and my old home town. No humor here.

Object: Win points by winning cards in general as well as specific cards.

Set up: 2-6 players. Use full deck. Determine order and first dealer
randomly. Determine a number of hands where everyone is a dealer an equal
number of times.

How a hand plays:

1. Place 5 cards face up in the center.

2. Then deal 5 cards face down to each person alternating one at a time.

3. A player puts down a card in one of 4 ways.

3a. Build - Assuming one of the non-number variables is wild or they match,
then the numbers add up to a number up to 8, with as many cards as
possible. Ex. A red 3 and a red 2 build to a red 5. Then a red 1 can be added
to make it a 6 of reds. And a black 2 can make it a red 7 because blacks are
wild.

3b. Stack - Add one card to a card so that they are the same or the whole
built pile equals another card or built pile of one of the non-number variables
matching. Stack a circle 3 can a circle 3. You are not allowed to stack builds that are higher than 4, but a 4 can stack on a 3+1 of the same color or suit. Stack a blue ? on a blue or black ?. A stack cannot be built upon, but can be restacked.

3c. Take - Take any one or multiple combinations of cards from different
piles that add up to value of the card or build, assuming one of the non-number
variables match. Examples: (in all, a legal match takes itself too)

1. Red 2 takes red 2.

2. Circle 3 takes a circle 1 and a circle 2 (either separate or
together).

3 Red circle 4, takes a red 4 and two circle 2’s

4. Red 1 built on a 4 takes a red 2+3 and itself.

5. A black 1 by itself takes every isolated 1 of any color.

6. If all cards are blob in a 6 build, any combination of piles that
total 6 and are the SAME SHAPE AS EACH OTHER (like a square (4+2) and a circle
1+2+3 together, but not a triangle 3 and a heart 3, nor a built up 6 of 2
different shapes that match by color)

7. Black Blob take everything that add up to that number as long as
either the color and suit match between themselves.

8. The only thing which can take question marks are question marks of
the same color or suit. If stacked, whatever matches the stack must be the
taking card. (A blue circle ? and a blue heart ? stacked can only be taken by a
blue or black ?) (optional alternate rules at bottom)

3d. Drop - Put a card in a new pile.

3e. A card of stack cannot be moved.

4. The next person follows with any of the above rules and continues
clockwise No one redraws a card until all players have played all 5 of their
cards one at a time.

5. As soon as the dealer plays the fifth card, the dealer deals 5 cards to
everybody face down. Play continues like above.

6. If after the dealing of the cards there are no more cards in the draw pile,
everyone should remember who had the last take. (Who last made a take play by
laying a card). After the final card of the dealer is laid, whoever made the
last take of the hand takes the remaining cards. At this point the score is
taken.

(For those of you who dropped out of public school, a
plurality means the way President Clinton won in 1992, He had the most among
the candidates, but didn’t necessarily have more than all opponents combined.
Clinton got 42% of the vote, Bush 37%, Perot 19%, all other candidates combined
2%. Non-Clinton votes got 58%. But it didn’t matter, Clinton won the
Presidency. (I know it's really the electoral college that determines the
president, but I m just trying to demonstrate the concept of plurality. So
don t write me complaining.) Likewise whichever person has the most cards, even
though they don’t own a majority, wins the plurality points.)

7. Points:

If you have...	Score for each	Quantity	Total for category
Plurality of cards wins	25 pts.	x1	=25
Plurality of reds wins	10 pts.	x1	=10
Plurality of Circles wins	10 pts.	x1	=10
Each one wins	01pt.	x25	=25
Each Red Circle wins	03 pts.	x5	=15
The Blue Square 4 wins	15 pts.	x1	=15
Having ALL 5 Yellow Hearts	50pts.	x1	=50
Having 0-4 Yellow Hearts	0 pts.	X4	=0
Total to win			=150

In case of a tie for the lead for any 1 or more of the 3 plurality
categories. that category will not be scored.

8. Whoever has the most points at the designated end wins the game. In case
of a tie for the lead, there will be sudden death. (and no, don’t call Jack
Kevorkian) There will be as many hands as there are people tied for the lead,
each person dealing once. Whoever wins that is the winner, otherwise do it
again, and again, until someone wins or until you're sick of the game and
declare it a tie between those so many people. Heck, declare it a tie if you
don't have enough time to do sudden death.

9. Rules with Jokers (optional):
9a. Deal the bottom 3 cards to the center face down at the start. These are out of play and can make less than 25 ones or 5 red circles, tthe possible tie for a majority of circles, reds, or cards if 2 players play, the elimination of the Blue Square 4, and the elimination of the possibility of a Yellow Heart bonus (because you msut have all 5 to win 50 points) Then deal 4 cards to the center face up.
9b. If a joker appears in the first 5 face up cards, it’s taken by the person who takes the last card when no cards are left in the draw pile.
9c. When a Joker is played and ?’s are not wild, then a joker is a black, blob, any number from 1-4.

Second optional rule set:

10a. A question mark can mean any number from 1 to 4. It must be declared one of the 4 numbers, especially if it has nothing to take. This would override rule 3-c-8.
10b. If jokers are to be used, deal 3 card face down cards from the botttom to the center and 4 cards face up at the start.
10c. When a Joker is played, a Joker takes all cards in the center pile. It must have something to take, or else it’s discarded to the center leaving a spare joke
10d. If a joker appears to start it’s only taken when the other joker is played. If a joker appears after being discarded, or both jokers appear to start, it’s taken by the person who takes the last card when no cards are left in the draw pile.