TripleTopper.com/Bruise Jack
Play a free card game of Blackjack which is 3 dimensional. Bruise Jack is a three variable version of Black Jack. This is Triple TopperClick here or scroll down to read more info or click on a link below.
The Third Dimension for the Third Millennium Card Game
No longer auto blocking addresses for ads or card decks. Click here to go to the store. It was hard to think of a new name for a Triple Topper Version of Black Jack. The original name and theme was considered to be possibly misinterpreted. Besides the humor was old, (referring to Mr. Newt), so we had to freshen it with something less provocative. My mom suggested Black Bart, but that can refer to a bootleg Simpsons T-shirt. Since Black and Blue is a combination to get you ahead, why not the name Bruise Jack?. Everyone agreed, so the name Bruise Jack stays. Better to be safe than cutting edge.
This version is called the Equality version, it’s not recommended to play as a casino game, where the house has an advantage.
Set up: 2 to 6 players.
1. One card is dealt face down to each player, then each player gets 3 cards face up, one behind (away from you) the down card, one to its right, and one in front of it (towards you).
2. The object is to get a total of 11 points in each of the three ways. away from you, where you add values of numbers, to the right, use shapes, and colors toward you, with the down card belonging to all 3 ways .
S. Black, blob, & question mark can either be 6 or 1, while the rest is the relative value for the card as shown below:
1, circle, red 2
2, heart , yellow 3
3, triangle, green 4
4, square, blue 5
(all of these are one more than its Poke'm value. You can think of it as it’s Pokem value with black, blob, and question mark being 0 or 5, plus one point for the card.)
4. If a person has one or more combined 6-and-5's, called an Bruise Jack, that person claims it & turns over the down card to show. And the variable where an Bruise Jack is made is noted, by discarding the upcard(s) associated with the Jack play continues because of tiebreakers. (explained later) Then the player gets a new down card, where he/she can score another Bruise Jack, where the process repeats. If all 3 are Bruise Jacks, that beats anyone without 3 Bruise Jacks.
5. If a person likes his/her three totals, that person can end the turn or “stand”. If not a card can be taken (called a "hit"). (S)he must put the card in one of the three rows, depending which of the three value (s)he wants. Play passes to the left. The dealer includes him/herself in the rotation. If the person had one or two Bruise Jacks, you can’t put a card in the direction a Bruise Jack was scored.
6. If a person didn't stand in this hand, that person may take another hit on that person's next turn. If a person busts, (goes over 11 in one direction) (s)he can continue to hit until more than 11 shown on the up-cards, at which point (s)he most stop using that row but can fill other rows.
7. A person can fake that he/she's still in when it's a bust and hope other people bust.
8. If a person gets 5 cards in one direction and doesn't bust, that person has a 5-card Guile (which is played just like a 5-card Charlie in Blackjack, a reference to Street Fighter Alpha), in which case, that person is tied only with people who also get a 5-card Guile and loses to an Bruise Jack in that direction.
9. Resolution:
9a. After everyone stood or got 5-card Guiles, draw the 3 variable chits randomly. Whoever has the highest score that way wins. If tied, draw a second random variable, and compare. If still tied, compare third way. If still tied, split pot or tiebreaker. Ranks from high to low:
Bruise Jack
5-card Guile
Plain 11-4 in descending order
Bust
If one were gambling in this mode, everyone tosses in one chip in a pot which everyone plays, and the winner takes the pot, tiebreakers can be played out or pot can be split.
You could also play a version where everyone plays against one dealer, which could change or remain the same.
10. Computer display- You see one person at a time. Press "Previous Player" and "Next Player" to cycle through your opponents. Their Down card will not be shown. Only what's showing will be displayed as the total of number, color, and suit. It was originally designed to accommodate more than 2 players. But James Ranson had some other business. To see your own cards anytime, click "You Own Hand". The center-most card is the card not shown to the opponents. And the center most card is the one card that is for all 3 variables.
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Play this game with a Triple Topper deck. Notice the light blocking ability on the right. (the left was the previous model, that was free.) Buy one by clicking on the picture of the cards.
