dramatispersonae | ✧ Ruby (Chance Game)

The game is five rounds! Each round is allowed 30 minutes for discussion & choosing what cards to play, with a 15 minute window between each round.

Each team starts with 25 points.

At the beginning of round 1, each team gets 6 cards. At the beginning of round 2, 3, 4, and 5, they are dealt 2 cards automatically.

Each round you may choose to take 1 card from a team of your choice—or not.

Each round you can also choose to spend your points to play any of your cards—or not. You can play as many cards as you have points for per round.

The goal of the game is to play and trade cards to end up with as many points as possible.

Cards

There are three types of cards!

Point cards simply award you that number of points if they are in your hand at the end of the game.

Action cards cost points to play, and allow you to take a specific action.

Status cards affect your status, or can be traded away either by random draw or by using an action card to affect other teams' statuses.

Good luck!

You may:
✧ spend points to play any of your action cards
✧ pick a team to steal a card from (to show up in your hand at the beginning of next turn)
✧ draw two cards (to show up in your hand at the beginning of next turn) (default, unless specified otherwise)

Please discuss your options, then comment to [DECISION] with your choices! You have 30 minutes to decide; the new round will go up 15 minutes after all teams' decisions are in.

❋ 20 points
❋ ??? points (a random amount! revealed at game end)
❋ Full Swap: Swap your entire hand with another team.
❋ Protect. Cost: 8. Prevents other teams from stealing cards from you this round.
❋ Go Fish. Cost: 2. Name a card type and a team. If that team has the card type you named, take it. If they do not have it, pay another 8 points.
❋ Halvesies. At the end of the game, if you have this card in your hand, your point total is halved.

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Hi -- looks like we're playing another actual game, huh.

So we are.

You were with us last time, too.

Yup! And this game's straightforward too. I wonder if there's an option to discard that half-points card anywhere, besides another team stealing it...

Perhaps an action card.

Well, not now . . . maybe we could use the 'Go Fish' card to take a point card from another team? Is that allowed?

That seems to be the point of it...

From Sapphire?

Sure, why not.

That was my thinking exactly.

Go fish, Sapphire for a points card and steal from Carnelian.

Edited 2012-11-07 02:20 (UTC)

You currently have 23 points.

Your hand:.
❋ Full Swap: Swap your entire hand with another team.
❋ Protect. Cost: 8. Prevents other teams from stealing cards from you this round.
❋ Halvesies. At the end of the game, if you have this card in your hand, your point total is halved.
❋ Rundown. Cost: 5. Learn how many points each other team has. (action)
❋ Cash In. Turn all point cards into points that you can spend. (action, immediate - PM Zazzle)
❋ 20 points
❋ Foresight. This card allows you to choose one team per round and see what cards they have in their hand.

You can do all of the following:
✧ spend points to play as many of your action cards as you like
✧ pick a team to steal a card from (to show up in your hand at the beginning of next turn)

You also automatically get two cards at the beginning of next turn, unless you specify that you don't want them.

Please discuss your options, then comment to [DECISION] with your choices! You have 30 minutes to decide; the new round will go up 15 minutes after all teams' decisions are in.

Foresight on Emerald.

Steal from Jasper.

As of the start of this round, Emerald had:

❋ Bargain Hunter. All actions taken cost ½ the amount of points.
❋ Great Luck. You have a higher chance of drawing a good card from the deck AND from another team.
❋ Protect. Cost: 8. Prevents other teams from stealing cards from you this round.
❋ Go Fish. Cost: 2. Name a card type and a team. If that team has the card type you named, take it. If they do not have it, pay another 8 points.
❋ 1 point
❋ Great Luck. You have a higher chance of drawing a good card from the deck AND from another team. (status)
❋ Reshuffle: Cost: 10. Get an entirely new hand. (action)
❋ ??? points (a random amount! revealed at game end)
❋ 10 points

You currently have 23 points.

Your hand:.
❋ Full Swap: Swap your entire hand with another team.
❋ Protect. Cost: 8. Prevents other teams from stealing cards from you this round.
❋ Halvesies. At the end of the game, if you have this card in your hand, your point total is halved.
❋ Rundown. Cost: 5. Learn how many points each other team has. (action)
❋ Cash In. Turn all point cards into points that you can spend. (action, immediate - PM Zazzle)
❋ 20 points
❋ Foresight. This card allows you to choose one team per round and see what cards they have in their hand.
❋ Rob Blind. Cost: 20. Take 3 cards from another team. (action)
❋ ??? points (a random amount! revealed at game end)

Your attempt to steal from Jasper failed.

You can do all of the following:
✧ spend points to play as many of your action cards as you like
✧ pick a team to steal a card from (to show up in your hand at the beginning of next turn)

You also automatically get two cards at the beginning of next turn, unless you specify that you don't want them.

Please discuss your options, then reply to this comment with your choices! You have 30 minutes to decide; the new round will go up 15 minutes after all teams' decisions are in.

*rrround three*

It's probably still not worth swapping, I don't know . . .

Is it not?

Emerald seems to have better cards. We would get rid of the halfsies.

*thinks about it some more, then nods*

I was looking at losing that twenty-point card, but I guess they have a ten, so it evens out. All right, then. Swap and steal?

We could cashout, then swap and steal.

Right.

Very well then.

Cash in, then swap hands with Emerald.

Steal from Amethyst.

Edited 2012-11-07 04:05 (UTC)

(43 points!)

You currently have 43 points.

Your hand:
❋ Bargain Hunter. All actions taken cost ½ the amount of points.
❋ Great Luck. You have a higher chance of drawing a good card from the deck AND from another team.
❋ Protect. Cost: 8. Prevents other teams from stealing cards from you this round.
❋ Reshuffle: Cost: 10. Get an entirely new hand. (action)
❋ ??? points (a random amount! revealed at game end)
❋ Reshuffle: Cost: 10. Get an entirely new hand.
❋ 5 points
❋ Take A Chance. Switch point values with another team. (action)

You can do all of the following:
✧ spend points to play as many of your action cards as you like
✧ pick a team to steal a card from (to show up in your hand at the beginning of next turn)

You also automatically get two cards at the beginning of next turn, unless you specify that you don't want them.

Please discuss your options, then reply to this comment with your choices! You have 30 minutes to decide; the new round will go up 15 minutes after all teams' decisions are in.

We can use great luck this turn, and if we have them still have them next time, protect with bargain hunter.

We could also just use all three this round.

We would be sure not to lose anything that way...

Mm, and if we've got a better chance of getting three additional good cards -- worth spending four points right away.

Then let's do that.

Use bargain hunter, great luck and protect.

Steal from Heliodor.

You currently have 39 points.

Your hand:
❋ Bargain Hunter. All actions taken cost ½ the amount of points.
❋ Great Luck. You have a higher chance of drawing a good card from the deck AND from another team.
❋ Reshuffle: Cost: 10. Get an entirely new hand. (action)
❋ ??? points (a random amount! revealed at game end)
❋ Reshuffle: Cost: 10. Get an entirely new hand.
❋ 5 points
❋ Take A Chance. Switch point values with another team. (action)
❋ Foist Off: Cost: 10. Choose a card from your hand and give it to another team of your choice.
❋ Extreme gamble. Choose a team. You have a 50/50 chance of taking 30 points from them, or giving 30 points to them. (action)
❋ Cash In. Turn all point cards into points that you can spend. (action, immediate - PM Zazzle)

You can do all of the following:
✧ spend points to play as many of your action cards as you like
✧ pick a team to steal a card from (to show up in your hand at the beginning of next turn)

You also automatically get two cards at the beginning of next turn, unless you specify that you don't want them.

Please discuss your options, then reply to this comment with your choices! You have 30 minutes to decide; the new round will go up 15 minutes after all teams' decisions are in.

Edited 2012-11-07 05:45 (UTC)

...great luck, cash in, steal? Unless you wanna gamble.

...No, not this time I think. I like that.

All right; let's see how this turns out.

We will cash in, use great luck, and steal from Iolite.

(44 points)

You started with 44 points.
Iolite switched with you for 11.5 points.
Coral stole from you.
You stole from Iolite.

You were sabotaged by Sapphire! Points were divided by 2. = 5.75

Your final hand:
❋ Bargain Hunter. All actions taken cost ½ the amount of points.
❋ Great Luck. You have a higher chance of drawing a good card from the deck AND from another team.
❋ Reshuffle: Cost: 10. Get an entirely new hand. (action)
❋ Reshuffle: Cost: 10. Get an entirely new hand.
❋ 5 points
❋ Take A Chance. Switch point values with another team. (action)
❋ Foist Off: Cost: 10. Choose a card from your hand and give it to another team of your choice.
❋ Extreme gamble. Choose a team. You have a 50/50 chance of taking 30 points from them, or giving 30 points to them. (action)
❋ ??? points (a random amount! revealed at game end) 50

5.75 + 5 + 50 = 60.75

Final score: 60.75

✧ Ruby (Chance Game)

✧ Rules

✧ Starting Hand

✧ Round One

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