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Overview
Be the first to 40 points
Card Dynamics
In this trick taking game, a few variations need to be noted
Red (Violence) is always the trump suit
The suit of a card is shown on the back, so what suits a player holds is always visible to everyone else
Brown (Spies) are NOT brown on the back, instead have one of the other suit colours to keep them disguised
Turn
The first player plays any card they wish, to Lead the trick
All other players must follow suit if possible, or play a red trump or brown spy
If the Leader plays a Brown Spy, the other players do NOT have to follow suit even if they can
If all cards are of the lead suit, or there are no special cards, the player who played the highest lead card wins the trick
If at least one card played is the Red Trump, the highest trump card played wins
If at least one card played is a Brown Spy, this beats a Red Trump, but does NOT beat lead cards i.e. if no other card is red, brown does NOT win
Regardless of how someone wins the trick, they can either take a point token or take a card played that round into their hand, the rest of the played cards are discarded