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Publisher North Star Games
Language
Language dependence (0-4) 0. No necessary in-game text
Player Count 2 3 4 5 6
Playing Time 0 to 30 minutes
Designer Dominic Crapuchettes
Minimum age 8
Categories Card Game
Mechanics Ladder Climbing, Push Your Luck, Trick-taking
Number of cards
66
Sleeves 63.5x88
Description
Clubs is a card game about taking calculated risks. The goal is very simple: win as many club cards as possible - that's the only suit that scores points. The lower the club card you take, the more points you could win. But there's a catch: The last player to go out for the round does not score ANY points. So players who get too greedy might pick up a pile of clubs, but end up with 0 points for the round!
First there was Hearts, then there was Spades, and now North Star Games is bringing you Clubs. The suit of clubs finally gets some respect!
How to Play
Clubs is a climbing game similar to Tichu, Haggis, Big Two and The Great Dalmuti. It can be played with 2 - 6 players in less 30 minutes. There are two ways to earn points in Clubs:
Play all your cards as quickly as possible each round.
Win tricks with clubs in them.
To play a round, deal out 10 cards to each player. Players may call Double or Nothing anytime before playing their first card. The player to the left of the dealer leads with a Trick-Type. Legal Trick-Types include any singleton, pair, 3-of-a-kind, 4-of-a-kind, or any run of 2 or more cards. Players can either pass or follow with a similar hand of higher rank. When all of the players have passed consecutively, the pile is taken by the person who played last. That player leads with a Trick-Type of their choice.
Players score bonus points for playing all of their cards each round. A 6-player game has all of the following Bonus Cards:
12 bonus points + points for clubs
10 bonus points + points for clubs
8 bonus points + points for clubs
5 bonus points + points for clubs
2 bonus points + points for clubs
0 bonus points. Do not score points for clubs
The last player out for the round does not get bonus points and does not receive points for any clubs he may have taken. The points for clubs varies from 5 points (for the 1 of clubs) to 1 point (for the 10-15 of clubs). The first player to 50 points wins the game.
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