Talk:Game of Nancy/@comment-77.98.195.115-20121202114124

Here is my own version of the rules of Nancy, please verify for me if it makes sense and is correct, and if so, I hope it helps.

 Game of Nancy Rules 

 Introduction

Game of Nancy  is a turned based card game played in the world of Dishonoured the videogame. It is played through a deck of 78 cards of two types; the Minor Arcana and the Major Arcana.

The Minor Arcana consists of 56 cards, split into four suits:

 ·           Black Rats

 ·           Red Skulls

<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"> ·           <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Red Swords

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;margin-left:38.25pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent: -18.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"> ·           <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Black Pistols

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Each suit contains 10 numbered cards and 4 Face Cards:

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-indent:36.0pt;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack (J), Commoner (C), Queen (Q), King (K)

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Major Arcana consists of 22 trump cards; numbered from 1 to 21, plus a special Outsider card.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:150%"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Summary

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The game is usually played with 4 players. In each round, after all the cards are dealt, each player bets on the number of objectives they think they can complete within the round. The player with the highest number of objectives will be the Taker and he will try to complete his objectives, while the remaining 3 players will work together to try and stop him. The round ends when all the cards have been played and points are distributed between the players depending on how well the Taker did. A new round begins and this continues depending on the agreed number of rounds. After the final round, the player with the most points wins the game of Nancy.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:150%"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:150%"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:150%"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dealing cards

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The first Dealer is chosen at random, and in each new round, the player to the Dealer’s right becomes the new dealer. The player opposite the Dealer shuffles, then the player to the Dealer’s left cuts the cards.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In each round, cards are dealt 3 at a time. 18 are dealt to each player; the first 6 face-up, the rest face-down, forming the player’s hand. 6 cards are dealt face-down in the center and must not be the first 3 or the last 3 cards being dealt, forming the Hound.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:150%"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The 9 Objectives

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">After the cards are dealt, each player bids on the number of objectives they think they can meet within the round, and the highest bidder becomes the Taker.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Taker will try and complete his objectives by adding specific card combinations to a special pile called '''the Nancy. '''The other players will try and prevent the Taker from succeeding.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The 9 Objectives are as followed: <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Once the Taker has been identified, the Hound cards are flipped face-up and the Taker adds them to his hands, and then discards 6 cards face-down to form the Nancy. He cannot discard Trumps, Kings, or the Outsider whiles doing this. If he cannot do this however, he is allowed to discard Trumps valued between 2 and 20, as long as he tells the players this and reveals the discarded Trumps.
 * 1) <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:     "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:      EN-GB">Heir's Bodyguard <span style="font-size:12.0pt;      line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:      "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">– Both Death and Judgement cards (21 and 1) are in the Nancy.
 * 2) <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:     "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:      EN-GB">Empire of Rats <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:      150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";      mso-fareast-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> – All Rat cards are in the Nancy.
 * 3) <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:     "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:      EN-GB">Empire of Swords <span style="font-size:12.0pt;      line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:      "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> – All Sword cards are in the Nancy.
 * 4) <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:     "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:      EN-GB">Empire of Skulls <span style="font-size:12.0pt;      line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:      "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> – All Skull cards are in the Nancy.
 * 5) <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:     "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:      EN-GB">Empire of Pistols <span style="font-size:12.0pt;      line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:      "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> – All Pistol cards are in the Nancy.
 * 6) <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:     "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:      EN-GB">Royal Executioner <span style="font-size:12.0pt;      line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:      "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> – 8 or more Face Cards are in the Nancy.
 * 7) <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:     "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:      EN-GB">Master of the Arcane <span style="font-size:12.0pt;      line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:      "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> – The sum total of trump cards (1 to 21) in the Nancy equals 22.
 * 8) <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:     "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:      EN-GB">Fat Nancy <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;      font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";      mso-fareast-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> – The Taker wins all tricks played (see below) in the round.
 * 9) <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:     "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:      EN-GB">Chosen by the Outsider <span style="font-size:12.0pt;      line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:      "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> – Steal a Face Card from an opponent. This is done when the Taker wins a trick after the Outsider card is played by one of his opponents; allowing him to take a random card from that opponent’s trick pile (see below).

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:150%"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Playing the Game

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Once the Taker has completed the Nancy, the player to the Dealer’s right leads the first trick by playing any one of his cards face-up; establishing the suit. Each player then follows, counter-clockwise, playing a card that matches the first card’s suit if able. The winner of the trick is determined by the player who has the highest valued card of the same suit (or by the highest value Trump if Trumps were played). The winner then places the cards in his trick pile (in the Taker’s case, the Nancy). The player who is on the winning player’s right then plays the next trick.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">When playing a card within an individual trick, the player must play:

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:Arial"> 1. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A card of the same suit as the originated card, else;

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:Arial"> 2. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A Trump card; higher than any previously played Trump card if led, else;

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:Arial"> 3. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Any other Trump Card, else;

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:Arial"> 4. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Any other suited card.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:150%"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Playing the Outsider

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Outsider is the exception to the above rule. If the player holds the Outsider card, he can play it whenever he wants, however the player can never win a trick with it.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">If the first player starts the trick with the Outsider, the second player can play whatever card he wants and his cards becomes the established suit.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">If the Outsider is played before the last trick, the team that played it keeps it in their trick pile, regardless of the winner. If the opposing team wins the trick, the winner is allowed to draw a random card from the opponent’s trick pile. If the losing opponent has no trick pile, the winner is allowed to draw a random card from the losing team’s trick pile when possible.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">If the Outsider is the last card played within the trick, the player who played the highest card within the suit wins.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:150%"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Scoring

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">After the last trick is played, the Taker looks at the Nancy and determines how many of the 9 Objectives were completed.

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"> ·           <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">If the Taker has completed the amount of objectives as he had intended (or more), he wins the round.

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"> ·           <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">If the Taker did not complete the amount of objectives as he had intended, he loses the round.

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"> ·           <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">If the Taker did not complete a single objective, he loses the round with a Skinny Nancy.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Each round, the players’ scores are determined by referring to the following rules:

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"> ·           <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">+5 points if the Taker wins the round.

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"> ·           <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">+2 points for each objective the Taker has completed.

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"> ·           <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">-3 points for each objective the Taker bid, but did not complete.

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"> ·           <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">-5 points if the Taker loses the round.

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"> ·           <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">-10 points if the Taker loses with a Skinny Nancy.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The points are calculated based upon the amount of points the Taker has won from each of his opponents or lost to each of his opponents.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For example, the Taker completes 2 out of 3 objectives:

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-indent:36.0pt;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Taker = ((2 + 2) – 3 – 5) X 3 = – 12 points

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-indent:36.0pt;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Players = The Taker X – 1 / 3 = 4 points each

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Another example, the Taker completes 3 out of 3 objectives:

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-indent:36.0pt;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Taker = (5 + (2 + 2 + 2)) X 3 = 33 points

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;text-indent:36.0pt;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Players = The Taker X –1 / 3 = – 11 points each