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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

- players: 2+

## 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

| card       | points |
|------------|--------|
| ace        | 0      |
| 2-10       | 2-10   |
| jack       | 11     |
| queen      | 12     |
| black king | 20     |
| red king   | -1     |

## actions

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

| card        | action                                        |
|-------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| 7,8         | look at own card                              |
| 9,10        | look at another player's card                 |
| jack, queen | swap any two cards without looking            |
| black king  | 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](#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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