Tall Cards

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UPDATED: Sunday, May 25, 2008 00:58
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LEOPARDFLAN

Sunday, May 25, 2008 12:03 AM

Stan has found a link with rules for the game; however, they were in a pdf format and that tends to be hard on computers. So, I'm copy+pasting them in this thread, because my comp can handle the file.

Tall Card
Rules of the Game
For 2 or more players (3 or more recommended)
Tall Card is a game from the Firefly universe and was seen being played by Jayne, Book and Simon in the episode “Shindig”. It is played similarly to Draw Poker, but of course with its own unique twists. Players are dealt cards, and after several rounds of betting and drawing new cards, the player with the highest ranked hand wins everything bet into the middle “pot”. This continues until one player has won everything, or until a pre-determined time limit has run out, in
which case, the player with the most wins.


Things you’ll need to play:
1 deck of 72 cards (12 cards of each of 6 suits)
1 “Tall Card” deck of 6 cards (1 card of each suit)
Chips, money, chores or something similar with which to place bets (not included)


Playing a Game
1. Choose a Dealer and that player shuffles the regular cards and the player to the right of the Dealer shuffles the Tall
cards.

2. The Tall card for that Hand is revealed after everyone places an ante into the “pot” (the center of the table). Placing an ante in the middle signals that you are playing the Hand, and the dealer deals everyone who placed an ante, 5 cards. The amount of the ante is up to the players to decide, but usually it is the smallest possible amount a player could bet. If you are using chips to represent money, it is the smallest chip value. Antes ensure the winner of a hand always has something to win.

3. Players look at their hands, and the player to the left of the Dealer begins the first round of betting for the Hand.

4. After all bets have been matched in the first round, starting with the player to the left of the dealer again, players can discard and draw up to 3 new cards OR the face up Tall card can be claimed by a player instead of a discard/draw. If a
player has an Ace, they may choose to discard 4 cards instead of 3, but must reveal their Ace before doing so. Claiming the Tall card allows the cards in one player's hand that are of the same suit as the Tall card, to become wild in rank. Only one player may claim the Tall, and the Tall suit is only wild for that single player. If the option goes around and the Tall is not claimed, the Dealer is forced to claim the Tall rather than discard to draw. If the Dealer has already folded, and everyone passes on the Tall Card, then no one is forced to claim it.

5. Another round of betting takes place, and after the bets have been matched, then the highest ranked hand of any surviving players wins everything in the pot.

6. After the Hand is over, the “Dealer” position shifts one player to the left, and all the cards are shuffled and the next Hand begins the same as before. If a player ever runs out of chips, money or chores with which to bet, they are out of the
game. Other players are free to “donate” chips, money or chores to any other players at any time to allow that player to continue playing.

Betting
Depending on what players have done before you; during a betting round, you have up to five different options when it is your turn: check, bet, raise, call, or fold.

Check: if no bets have been made, you may “check” which is essentially passing the option to place a bet, but allows you to stay in the game without having to fold.

Bet: if no bets have been made yet, you may place a “bet”. You can choose any amount to place into the pot as a bet. After a bet is placed, subsequent players have to either place the same amount in the pot by “calling” to stay in the hand, or “fold”, unless they choose to “raise”.

Raise: if a player before you has placed a bet, you may “raise” this done by first matching the amount they bet, and then placing any amount more than their bet into the pot. This raises the total bet amount that subsequent players must call to
keep playing, including the original player who fir

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STRANGEBIRD

Sunday, May 25, 2008 12:26 AM

Thanks LF! You're awesome.

Stangebird is Stan, btw. Not my real name though. ;^)


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