new playing card games suggestion
Posted: 09 February 2020, 16:49
Napoleon is a game I enjoy a lot and currently no online site to played with. I would like to introduce it to the bga gamers!! 
Also like the three new playing card games it is in the public domain!!!
Since Napoleon is a male, I will use he as pronounce to the player. But don't let your gender stops you from playing this fantastic game!!
Napoleon is a trick-taking game of 5 players in which players bid to become Napoleon and strife to make the contract by taking enough AKQJs with his lieutenant.
The game is played with a standard playing card deck with 2 Jokers. Each game each player will be dealt 10 cards, leaving 4 in the middle (face up or face down)
Starting from the dealer the players then bid at least how many AKQJs he and his lieutenant combined will take by winning tricks. One cannot bid lower than 9.
After the other 4 players passed, the Napoleon picks up the middle 4 cards and declare trump or NT (or declare before picking up), discard 4 cards (face up or face down), and declares a lieutenant card (can be Joker or cannot), the player who has the lieutenant card is the lieutenant, and will help Napoleon make his contract secretly.
The player left of Napoleon will be the first lead, going clockwise. Play goes on like other trick-taking games, winner of the trick gets to keep all AKQJs.
Jokers beat all suited cards. Coloured Joker beats B&W Joker. They can be played at any time, even if the player can follow suit. When a Joker is led, the leader declare the trick suit. In the first 3 trick if a trump 2 or 3 is led, the leader can choose to force out B&W Joker and coloured Joker respectively. In the last 3 trick Jokers become the weakest cards, and are considered the lowest value of the trick suit.
The lieutenant card is no longer a suited card and has the same rules as Jokers, except it is always the supreme card. When Napoleon leads he can choose to summon (force out) the lieutenant card.
5 players is not a small number, but Napoleon was played on a taiwanese gaming website before (it was closed), so perhaps many taiwanese players will be in rooms (I dunno how many bga taiwanese players there are tho). Also there are many new players of Skat who learnt the game after it's available on bga, I expect the same for Napoleon!!!
Also like the three new playing card games it is in the public domain!!!Since Napoleon is a male, I will use he as pronounce to the player. But don't let your gender stops you from playing this fantastic game!!
Napoleon is a trick-taking game of 5 players in which players bid to become Napoleon and strife to make the contract by taking enough AKQJs with his lieutenant.
The game is played with a standard playing card deck with 2 Jokers. Each game each player will be dealt 10 cards, leaving 4 in the middle (face up or face down)
Starting from the dealer the players then bid at least how many AKQJs he and his lieutenant combined will take by winning tricks. One cannot bid lower than 9.
After the other 4 players passed, the Napoleon picks up the middle 4 cards and declare trump or NT (or declare before picking up), discard 4 cards (face up or face down), and declares a lieutenant card (can be Joker or cannot), the player who has the lieutenant card is the lieutenant, and will help Napoleon make his contract secretly.
The player left of Napoleon will be the first lead, going clockwise. Play goes on like other trick-taking games, winner of the trick gets to keep all AKQJs.
Jokers beat all suited cards. Coloured Joker beats B&W Joker. They can be played at any time, even if the player can follow suit. When a Joker is led, the leader declare the trick suit. In the first 3 trick if a trump 2 or 3 is led, the leader can choose to force out B&W Joker and coloured Joker respectively. In the last 3 trick Jokers become the weakest cards, and are considered the lowest value of the trick suit.
The lieutenant card is no longer a suited card and has the same rules as Jokers, except it is always the supreme card. When Napoleon leads he can choose to summon (force out) the lieutenant card.
5 players is not a small number, but Napoleon was played on a taiwanese gaming website before (it was closed), so perhaps many taiwanese players will be in rooms (I dunno how many bga taiwanese players there are tho). Also there are many new players of Skat who learnt the game after it's available on bga, I expect the same for Napoleon!!!
