User:Morgan The Pilot/Rat Fuck

Rat Fuck

Object of the Game The object is for each player to bid the number of tricks he thinks he can take from each hand, then to take exactly that many; no more and no fewer. Points are awarded only for making the bid exactly, and are deducted for missing the bid, either over or under. If you bid and make zero you score 10 points. Scoring Each player receives 1 point for each trick taken. If the number of tricks taken exactly matches the player’s bid, he or she is awarded a 10-point bonus. For example, if the player’s bid is 2 and he or she takes 2 tricks, 12 points are awarded. However, if he or she takes 3 tricks only 3 points are credited. Play a set number of games. The Game A game consists of a fixed number of hands or rounds (16), and each hand consists of dealing a certain number of cards to each player. The number of hands on the way up starts with one and goes up to 8, which will have no trump as there will not be a card remaining to turn over for trump. (1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1) The dealer is initially determined by cutting cards. The dealer then deals out the cards one by one, starting with the player to his left, in a clockwise direction, until the cards have been dealt. The trump suit is determined by turning over the first card after the cards are dealt. Each player now bids for the number of tricks he believes he can win. The player to the left of the dealer bids first. Bidding is unrestricted except for the dealer, here the screw the dealer rule applies: the total number of tricks bid cannot equal the number available. That is, every deal must in total be either overbid or underbid. When every player has made a bid, the player to the left of the dealer makes the opening lead playing any card they want. Play then proceeds as usual in a trick-taking game, with each player in turn playing one card. Players must follow suit, unless they have no cards of the led suit, in which case they may play any card. The highest card of the led suit wins the trick unless ruffed, when the highest trump card wins.

The Play The number of players determines the number of card used in the deck. There are 8 cards per person. For example, in a four-player game of Rat Fuck 32 the highest cards in the deck will be used (4 X 8). In a three-player game of Rat Fuck 24 the highest cards in the deck will be used (3 X 8). The first hand is played with one card dealt to each player then one turned face up to determine trump. On each succeeding deal one more card is dealt out to each player. The second hand is played with two cards dealt to each player then one turned face up to determine trump and so on up to 8 where there is no trump. After the second hand of 8, the number of cards per player decreases by one every round. The game is complete when the last round (with one card per player) has been played. The highest score wins.