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For tips on how to play Papayoo, see Tips_papayoo
Overview
- Papayoo is a trick-taking game with five suits:
- The object of the game is to take as few points as possible.
Components
- 8-sided die.
- ♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠
- ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
- ♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣
- ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
- Payoo cards are worth points equal to their number value.
- The Papayoo card is the of one of the other suits and is worth 40 points.
Game play
- Deal all of the cards.
- ♠♥♣♦ are removed for 7-8 players.
- Depending on the number of players, choose 3-5 cards to pass face-down to the player to your left.
- This must be done before you look at any cards passed to you.
- Once all players have passed cards, an eight-sided die is rolled.
- Whichever side lands face up determines which card is worth points in that round.
- For example, if ♠ is rolled, the ♠ is worth 40 points.
- The dealer plays first, with any card from their hand.
- In clockwise rotation, each player plays a card.
- Suit must be followed where possible.
- There is no trump suit; the highest card in the led suit wins the trick.
- Whoever takes the trick leads the next trick.
- The number of rounds is determined before the game.
- Points are accumulated throughout the game.
- The total number of points in the round should equal to 250.
Cards distribution
# players | # cards in hand | # cards to pass left | cards removed |
---|---|---|---|
3 | 20 | 5 | - |
4 | 15 | 5 | - |
5 | 12 | 4 | - |
6 | 10 | 3 | - |
7 | 8 | 3 | ♠♥♣♦ |
8 | 7 | 3 |