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🃏 Napoleon - Basic Rule Guide

Napoleon is a highly strategic trick-taking game for 5 players, originating from Japan. Players are divided into the Napoleon's Army (2 players) and the Allied Forces (3 players).

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🏆 Game Overview

• Deck: 52 standard cards + 1 Joker = 53 cards in total.
• Honor Cards: A, K, Q, J, 10 (20 cards in total). The goal is to collect these cards.
• Victory Conditions:
  • Napoleon's Army: Collect at least the number of Honor Cards declared during the bidding.
  • Allied Forces: Prevent Napoleon's Army from reaching their declared target.

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👑 Game Flow

1. Bidding

Players take turns declaring how many Honor Cards they can collect if they become "Napoleon."

• Bid Range: 10 to 20 cards.
• Bid Content: Number of cards and the desired Trump suit (e.g., "13, Spades").
• Bidding continues until someone makes the highest bid or everyone else passes.
• All Pass Scenario: If everyone passes, the dealer (first bidder) is forced to become Napoleon with a bid of "10, Clubs".

2. Card Exchange

The winner of the bid (Napoleon) takes the 3 face-down cards from the center (the "Widow") and discards 3 cards from their hand. These 3 discarded cards are revealed to all players.

• Important: If any Honor Cards are included in the discarded 3 cards, they are awarded to the winner of the first trick.

3. Adjudant Nomination

Napoleon nominates an "Adjudant Card" to choose their secret partner.

• Example: "The Ace of Spades" or "The Queen of Hearts (Yoromeki)."
• The player holding that card becomes the secret partner, the "Adjudant."
• Napoleon must fight alone (Solo Napoleon) if they hold the nominated card themselves.
• If the nominated card is among the 3 cards in the Widow or among the cards Napoleon discarded, Napoleon also becomes a Solo Napoleon.

4. Trick-Taking

Starting from the player to the left of Napoleon, players play one card clockwise.

• Must Follow: You must play a card of the same suit as the lead card if you have one.
• If you are void in the lead suit, you may play any card (including Trump cards or other suits).
• Leading with Joker: If a player leads with the Joker, they specify a suit that others must follow for that trick.
• The strongest card wins the 5 cards in that trick and leads the next trick.

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🔥 Card Strength (from Strongest)

1. 🂱 Mighty: ♠A. Always the strongest card in the game.
2. 🃏 Joker: The second strongest card.
3. 🂻 Right Jack: The Jack of the Trump suit.
4. 🂻 Left Jack: The Jack of the same color as the Trump suit.
   • If Trump is ♠ (Spades), ♣J is the Left Jack.
   • If Trump is ♣ (Clubs), ♠J is the Left Jack.
   • If Trump is ♥ (Hearts), ♦J is the Left Jack.
   • If Trump is ♦ (Diamonds), ♥J is the Left Jack.
5. Trump Cards: A, K, Q, J, 10, 9...
6. Lead Suit Cards: A, K, Q, J, 10, 9... of the suit matching the first card played in the trick.
7. Other Cards

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⚠️ Special Rules

💃 The Queen of Hearts (Yoromeki)

• Card: ♥Q.
• Effect: Activates only if the Mighty (♠A) is played in the same trick.
• Result: The ♥Q defeats the Mighty and becomes the strongest card. In this scenario, the Mighty becomes the weakest card in the trick.

♣️3 Joker Request

• Condition: If the ♣3 is played as the lead card of a trick.
• Effect: The player holding the Joker must play it in this trick.

🦈 Same-Two

• Card: The "2" of the lead suit.
• Effect: Activates only after the first trick and only if all players followed the lead suit (no Joker/Mighty/Right Jack/Left Jack or other suits played). The "2" of the lead suit defeats all other cards in the trick.

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📊 Scoring

After 10 tricks, victory points (VP) are distributed based on the outcome.

Result	Napoleon	Adjudant	Allied Forces (each)
Napoleon Army Wins (Normal)	+4	+2	0
Napoleon Army Wins (Solo)	+6	-	0
Allied Forces Win (Down)	0	0	+2

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📱 BGA Interface & Tips

• Highlighting: Playable cards (Must Follow) are highlighted in your hand.
• HUD: Real-time display showing "Cards Collected," "Current Trump," and "Revealed Adjudant."