Gamehelppapayoo

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 7 of one of the other suits is worth 40 points.

Game play

1. Deal all of the cards.
   • ​♠​♥​♣​♦ are removed for 7-8 players.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. The dealer plays first, with any card from their hand.
5. 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.
6. 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	calculation	# cards to pass left	cards removed
3	20	(6×3 + 1×2)	5	-
4	15	(5×3)	5	-
5	12	(4×3)	4	-
6	10	(3×3 + 1×1)	3	-
7	8	(2×3 + 1×2)	3	​♠​♥​♣​♦
8	7	(2×3 + 1×1)	3