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author: Akbar Rahman
date: \today
title: cambio
tags: [ card_games ]
uuid: ea4b73ab-87e0-4436-bf87-ccf62009b838
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# cambio

## requiremets

- standard deck of cards
- at least one mate

## start

0. sit around table
0. each player gets 4 cards. do not look. arrange in 2x2 grid
0. place the remaining deck in the middle
0. at an agreed time, each player looks at their two closest cards. remember these

## objective

have the fewest points at the end of the game

## points and actions

when immediately discarding a card picked up from the deck,
some cards **require** the player to perform an action

| card       | points | action                                        |
|------------|--------|-----------------------------------------------|
| ace        | 0      | none                                          |
| 2-6        | 2-6    | none                                          |
| 7,8        | 7, 8   | look at any card in own hand                  |
| 9,10       | 9, 10  | look at any card in another player's hand     |
| jack       | 11     | swap any two cards without looking            |
| queen      | 12     | swap any two cards without looking            |
| black king | 20     | look at any two cards and swap any two cards* |
| red king   | -1     | look at any two cards and swap any two cards* |

*these cards do not have to be same

## game

- in turns, draw a card from the deck or discard pile

    - if drawing from discard pile, swap with a card in your hand
    - if drawing from the deck, swap with a card in your hand or [discard/play](#points-and-actions)

- at any point, a player may *snap* by taking a card from any player's hand whose number/face
  matches the top of the discard pile

  - snapping reduces the number of cards in your hand
  - snapping incorrectly they must add a card to their hand. they cannot look at the card.
  - a player may snap multiple cards
  - a player may not snap on a card placed by another player's snapping
  - if snapping another player's card,
    the snapper chooses a card from their hand to replace the card they snapped
 
- a player may use their turn to end the game by calling Cambio. every other player gets one more
  turn before ending the game


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### tips

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- you may want to minimise the number of unknown cards in your deck as soon as possible,
  even if that means swapping a big pointer in

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