playnine
Play Nine Card Game of Golf There's plenty of strategy mixed with a little luck-of-the-draw as you pit your wits against everyone else to post the lowest score. Of course, just when it seems as though everything is rolling your way, up pops that unexpected "challenge" to test even the savviest golfer.
LB_NUMBER_OF_PLAYERS: 2 - 6
Game duration: 20 mn
Complexity: 2 / 5
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Rules summary
OBJECTIVE
Achieve the lowest total score over 9 rounds (holes). Just like in real golf, a lower score is better!
GAMEPLAY (per round)
Each player starts with 8 cards dealt face-down in two rows in front of them.
- Start: Each player flips over any two of their cards.
- The Turn: On your turn, draw the top card from either the draw pile or the discard pile.
- Swap or Discard:
- You may swap any of your 8 cards (whether face-up or face-down) with the card you drew. The old card is placed face-up on the discard pile.
- If you drew from the draw pile, you may also discard the card directly face-up onto the discard pile. If you do this, you must flip over one of your face-down cards.
- End of Round: Once a player has flipped all 8 of their cards face-up, all other players have exactly one more turn. Then, all remaining cards are revealed.
CARD VALUES
- -5 (Hole-in-One): The best card.
- 0 (Eagle): Very good.
- 1 to 12: These score their printed value.
- Stroke: Cards with "+" values (e.g., +2 or +3).
SPECIAL RULE: PAIRS (Sharing)
If you have two identical cards (same number) in a vertical column, that column scores 0 points (even if they are high numbers like two 12s!).
- Exception: Two "-5" cards in a column count as -10 points total.
Double pairs A double pairs (two pairs) beside each other will score -10
SCORING
After each round, the points of the 8 cards (considering pairs) are added up and recorded. The player with the lowest total sum after 9 rounds wins the game.