User:Apixiia/Capodama

The cards game Capodama was invented by Astrid Bardelaye on 27 April 2023 in Marnaz, Haute-Savoie, France. The original version is adapted for 4 players and adaptations allow to play from 3 to 6 players.

Order and value of the cards - version with French cards
The game is played with 32 cards. The order of the cards, from the strongest to the lowest is as follows:

Ace - 7 - Jack - King - Queen - 10 - 9 - 8

The value of the cards is as follows:

Ace: 11 points

7: 7 points

Jack: 5 points

King: 4 points

Queen: 3 points

10: 0 points

9: 0 points

8: 0 points

For each round a color is selected and for this color the points are doubled.

Ace: 22 points

7: 14 points

Jack: 10 points

King: 8 points

Queen: 6 points

10 0 points

9: 0 points

8: 0 points

There is a total of 150 points to win in each round.

Start of the game
The deck is shuffled and cut before being dealt, 1 card at a time, clockwise. Players each receive 8 cards which they look at. The player with the ace of hearts is the capo and will team up with the dama, the player with the queen of hearts. The other 2 players team up together against the capo and the dama. The capo announces to the other players that he has the ace of hearts. The dama does not announce herself. The other players will find out who the dama is when the queen of hearts is played. After having announced himself, the capo chooses the color which will see its points doubled during the round. After the announcement of the color, each player chooses a card which he will give to his neighbor on the left. This allows the capo not to play alone against 3 if he has the queen of hearts in his hands. During this exchange of cards, the ace of hearts cannot be passed. The queen of hearts can be exchanged except by the player to the right of the capo (the capo cannot receive the queen of hearts during the exchange). The round can begin and the capo plays the first card.

Course of the game
At each turn the first card played announces the requested color. It is mandatory to play the requested color. If a player does not hold any card of the requested color, he plays the card of his choice. The highest card in the requested color wins the turn and the player who played it collects the cards from this turn. He plays the first card of the next turn.

The last cards won can be watched until a new turn is finished.

There are 3 particular cards that can cut: trumps. These are the ace of hearts, the queen of hearts and the 7 of hearts. These 3 cards can be played at any time. Thus, even if a player holds one or more cards of the requested color, he can cut. On the other hand, if he does not hold any card of the requested color, he can put a card of another color without cutting even if he has one or more of the 3 trumps.

Eight turs are taken until all cards are played.

Winning team
When all the cards have been played, the points are counted. The two teams share 150 points. If the capo chose to double the points at clubs, diamonds or spades, to win, the capo and the dama must score 82 points or more. If the capo chose to double the points at hearts, to win both the capo and the dama must score 89 points or more.

If the capo and the dama win the necessary number of points, they each score 1 point. If they are below, their opponents score 1 point each.

If a team wins 150 points, the players of the winning team then score 2 points each.

During each round the teams change and are defined by the distribution of the ace and the queen of hearts.

The capo from the previous round shuffles the deck and deals it after it has been cut by his right neighbor. The new capo will play the first card.

End of the game
The first player to score 7 points wins the game. If two players reach 7 points at the same time, an additional round is played until only one player has the highest score and wins the game.

Version with the Italian cards
The 8 French cards are replaced as follows:

Ace = 1

7 = 7

Jack = Jack

King = King

Queen = Knight

10 = 6

9 = 5

8 = 4

The sequence of hearts is replaced by the sequence of coins.

In this version the capo is the 1 of coin and the dama the knight of coin.

The rules remain unchanged.

Rule of Capodama with 3 players
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Rule of Capodama with 5 players
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Rule of Capodama with 6 players
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