Vizzini's Battle of Wits

• The dealer deals one card, face down, to each player, including themself. Either a hearts card (wine) or a spades card (poison).
  • The dealer knows what they’ve dealt out, and can choose what card to give to each player.
  • The other players can’t look at their card yet.
  • The dealer must deal out at least one heart and one spade.
• Going around the table, each other player chooses to ‘drink’ or ‘swap’.
  • If they swap, they trade face-down cards with another player.
  • If they drink, they flip over the card in front of them. That card can no longer be swapped.
• After everyone (except the dealer) has chosen their move, all of the cards are flipped up.
• Any player with a spades card (poison) in front of them is out of the game. Anyone with a hearts card (wine) gets to go to the next round.
• Start the round again with the remaining players. The dealer is now the first player to drink, or the next clockwise player if no surviving players chose to drink.

Adapted from In Vino Morte by Chris Anderson