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author: Akbar Rahman
date: \today
title: oh heck
tags: [ card_games ]
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# oh heck

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## requirements

- deck of cards with 4 (or more?) suites
- some number of mates, `m`, where ` 2 <= m <= floor(52/n)`
- pen and paper, notes app, or good memory

## game

0. sit around table
1. shuffle deck
2. with `n` number of cards, where ` 0 < n <= floor(52/m)`:

   a. deal `n` cards to each player
   b. take the card at the top of the deck and place it face up on the table.
      
      - the suit of this card is the trump suite.
      - trump suites rank higher than all cards in other suites.

   c. starting left of the dealer, each player places a bet on how many *tricks*
      they will win. the dealer's bet must result in the sum of the bets being not equal to `n`.
   d. play a trick: starting with the winner of the previous trick, or left of the dealer,
      each player places a card of their choice from their hand.
      
      - the first player picks the suite of the trick
      - trump cards can not be played first until a trump has been played
      - following players must play cards in that suite if they have one

    e. the player with the highest ranking card wins the trick
    f. go to step d until all hands are empty
    g. calculate each player's score and write it down:
       `player_score = tricks_won + (10 if tricks_won equals bet)`

3. go back to step 2 with `n = n - 1` until `n equals 0`
4. highest score wins