User:Desmondbarnes/Blue-Canary

Blue-canary (Also known as Green-Canarie or Breck-fish) is a card game spin-off of Go fish. It involves trying to acquire "veins”.

How to play
The games is played using a 54-card deck (includes two jokers), 8 cards are dealt to each player (5 if there is more than 6 players). The remaining cards are split in two and placed in the middle of the table this is most often refered to as the mine or the pit. Play starts with the player to the Dealers right however the game is then played in a clockwise direction. Players take turns (or take a swing as it is referred to in the game). The player whose turn it is asks other players far a certain number of cards from a particular rank. For example if player A has 2 aces and player B has 1 ace, player B may ask player A for 1 ace and player A must give one ace to player B. If however player B asks player A for 3 aces and since player A has only 2 aces, then player A need give no aces to player B. A players swing ends when he asks a player for a card and the other player does not have the card, the player must then take a card from the mine and the swing moves on to the next player.
 * note that players must ask for a specific amount of cards and players cannot ask others to give them "any" of a particular rank.

Making a vein
A vein can be made in several ways;
 * Usually a vein is made when you have four cards of a kind at witch point you put them down face up on the table.
 * A vein can also be made if you are given 3 cards of a kind on the first deal at witch point these can be put face up on the table. (note that a vein with 3 cards or an “unstable vein” can only be made when dealt 3 cards.)
 * Jokers are unusual cards; a vein can be made with just 2 jokers since there are only 2 jokers in a standard pack.
 * Jokers can also be used to represent any other card in the game: for example if player A has only 3 kings but not the 4th say that player A has a joker this can be used to represent the 4th king and therefore make a vein.
 * Once a player has made a vein he can take a card randomly from the player witch provided the last card to be acquired of that vein or from the mine.

Winning the game
The player who wins the game is the player who at the end of the game acquires the most veins. The game ends when all player have no more cards or when no more veins can be possibly made. In the event of a draw the with highest ranking vein wins Ranking in order from least important to most: 2s,3s,4s,5s,6s,7s,8s,9s,10s,Jacks,Queens,Kings,Aces,Jokers,.