Diamonds
by Mike Fitzgerald
Players: 3-6.
Uses chips and bags/cups.
Game by Mike Fitzgerald.
Uses chips and bags/cups.
Game by Mike Fitzgerald.
- No trump suit
- Give three chips to each player.
- Each Hand:
- Deal 10 cards to each player.
- Dealer chooses 1/2/3. Each players passes that many cards to their left.
- If a player cannot follow suit, they take a Suit Action
- The winner of each trick plays a Suit Action
- At the end of the Hand:
- For each suit, the player with the most cards of that suit plays a Suit Action. Ties get no action.
- If a player has taken no tricks, they play two ♦︎ Suit Actions
- Suit Actions are based on the card played:
- ♦︎: Place a chip from the supply into your bag.
- ♥︎: Take a chip from the supply.
- ♠︎: Place one of your chips in your bag.
- ♣︎: Steal a chip. (You can’t steal bagged chips.)
- After a predetermined number of rounds (4/5/6), most chips wins.
- Chips in the bag count as doubled.
Game adapted from Diamonds by Mike Fitzgerald