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The Games of a Finnish Card Player The Games of a Finnish Card Player Tuomas Korppi August 2, 2021 Contents I Introductory stuff 12 1 Introduction 13 2 Trick taking games 14 3 Poker betting 15 4 Poker hands 17 5 Card games in teams 19 6 Money stakes 20 7 Card games in Finland 22 8 On the classification of card games 23 Beating card games 25 II Trick taking games without bidding 26 9 Introduction to trick taking without bidding 27 10 Android Whist 30 2 players, standard deck of playing cards, two card holders, pen and paper or poker chips 11 Narnian Whist 33 3 players, Top Trumps deck, pen and paper or poker chips 1 12 Multimulta 35 4 players, playing cards, card sleeves, pen and paper or poker chips 13 Marjapussi 46 4 players, standard deck of playing cards, pen and paper 14 Ristikontra 49 4 players, standard deck of playing cards 15 Katko 51 2 - 7 players, standard deck of playing cards 16 Clinton 53 4 players, standard deck of playing cards 17 Domiwhist 55 4 players, a set of double-nine dominoes, pen and paper III Trick taking games with bidding 57 18 Introduction to trick taking with bidding 58 19 Tuppi 60 4 players, standard deck of playing cards, pen and paper 20 P¨oyt¨atuppi 63 2 players, standard deck of playing cards, pen and paper 21 Bridge Meets Guess Who 65 2 players, standard deck of playing cards, two card holders, poker chips 22 Tuomas's Minibridge 69 3 players, standard deck of playing cards, pen and paper 23 Math students' Huutopussi 73 4 players, standard deck of playing cards, pen and paper 24 Huutopussi strategy 76 25 Three-player Huutopussi 80 3 players, standard deck of playing cards, pen and paper 2 26 Pitro 81 4 players, standard deck of playing cards, pen and paper 27 Contract Misere 84 3 - 5 players, standard deck of playing cards, pen and paper 28 Kingi 86 4 players, standard deck of playing cards, pen and paper IV Skruuvi 89 29 Introdution to Skruuvi 90 30 Modern Skruuvi 92 4 players, standard deck of playing cards, pen and paper, personal Skruuvi teacher 31 Klubiskruuvi 96 4 players, standard deck of playing cards, pen and paper, personal Skruuvi teacher 32 Historical Skruuvi 99 4 players, standard deck of playing cards, pen and paper, personal Skruuvi teacher 33 Skruf-whist 103 4 players, standard deck of playing cards, pen and paper, personal Skruuvi teacher 34 Bidding conventions of Skruuvi 105 35 Puup¨a¨a 107 3 players, standard deck of playing cards, pen and paper 36 Vint 109 4 players, standard deck of playing cards, pen and paper 37 Screw Misere 111 4 players, standard deck of playing cards, pen and paper 3 V Scandinavian beating games 113 38 Introduction to Scandinavian beating games 114 39 Musta Maija 116 3 - 6 players, standard deck of playing cards 40 Moska 118 4 - 6 players, standard deck of playing cards 41 Kitumaija 119 3 - 5 players, standard deck of playing cards 42 Valepaska 120 2 - 6 players, standard deck of playing cards 43 P¨oyt¨apaska 123 2 - 3 players, standard deck of playing-cards 44 Koira 125 2 - 4 players, standard deck of playing cards 45 Knorri 127 3 - 6 players, standard deck of playing cards 46 M¨at¨apes¨a 129 3 - 6 players, standard deck of playing cards Card combination games 130 VI Games using poker hands 131 47 Introduction to games using poker hands 132 48 Fireplace Poker 134 2 or 4 players, 5 standard decks of playing cards, poker chips 49 Single-deck Fireplace Poker 138 2 players, standard deck of playing cards, poker chips or pen and paper 4 50 Kiertopokeri 140 4 or more players, standard deck of playing cards 51 Chinese Poker 142 3 - 5 players, standard deck of playing cards 52 Strip Poker 144 2 - 6 players, standard deck of playing cards, poker chips 53 S¨ok¨o 147 2-10 players, standard deck of playing cards, poker chips 54 Poker Patience 149 1 or more players, standard deck of playing cards for each player, pen and paper VII Rummy games 151 55 Introduction to rummy games 152 56 Sakaali 154 4 players, standard deck of playing cards, pen and paper 57 Duplicate Sakaali 157 8 players, 8 standard decks of playing cards, pens and paper 58 Tuomas's Mah Jong 159 4 players, Mah Jong set, poker chips 59 Sinkki 166 3 - 5 players, standard deck of playing-cards, poker chips 60 500 169 2 - 4 players, standard deck of playing cards, pen and paper 61 Tuomas's Rummikub 172 3 - 4 players, 2 standard decks of playing cards or a Rummikub set VIII Canasta 175 62 Introduction to canasta games 176 5 63 Canasta 178 4 players, 2 standard decks of playing cards, pen and paper 64 Canasta strategy 182 65 Canasta for two players 193 2 players, 2 standard decks of playing cards, pen and paper 66 Samba 194 4 players, 3 standard decks of playing cards, pen and paper 67 Contract Samba 197 4 players, 3 standard decks of playing cards, pen and paper 68 Hand and Foot 202 4 players, 5 standard decks of playing cards, pen and paper 69 Kananen 204 4 players, 5 standard decks of playing cards, pen and paper, card- board Misc. card and board games 210 IX Board games 211 70 Introduction to board games 212 71 Believe or Doubt 214 3 - 6 players, Trivial Pursuit set or other trivia game set, poker chips 72 Twixt 217 2 players, 2 pens, grid paper 73 Tablut 219 2 players, 16 + 8 + 1 checkers, 9 × 9 square board 74 Vector Formula 222 2 - 5 players, different coloured pen for each player, grid paper 75 Reversi 224 6 2 players, Reversi set 76 Pipes 228 2 players, grid paper, different coloured pen for each player 77 Pipelayer 231 2 players, grid paper, different coloured pen for each player 78 Turn-based internet play 232 X Games for children 236 79 Introduction to childen's games 237 80 Musta Pekka 239 2 - 6 players, standard deck of playing cards 81 J¨akis 241 2 players, standard deck of playing cards 82 The Bleep Game 244 2 - 5 players, moving car, relatively quiet road 83 Indian Poker 245 3 - 10 players, standard deck of playing cards, poker chips, pen and paper 84 Ry¨ost¨o 247 2 - 4 players, standard deck of playing cards 85 Maccarat and Jaccarat 249 1 adult, 2 - 5 children, standard deck of playing cards, poker chips 86 L¨annennopein 252 2 players, standard deck of playing cards The Science of Games 254 87 Introduction to the science of games 255 7 XI Mathematical 256 88 Basic math facts about games 257 89 Hex 263 2 players, Hex set 90 Y 267 2 players, Y set 91 Beginners' Go 269 2 players, 8 × 8 square board, 40 black pieces, 40 white pieces 92 Go and topology 272 93 Mathematical problems on games 274 1 player, pen and paper 94 Solutions to mathematical problems 277 XII The Metaphysics of Games 281 95 Introduction 282 96 The Limits of Applying the Theory 285 97 Ethics 287 98 Examples from Card Games 289 99 Conventions 295 100 Time in Board Games 299 101 Two-subject theory 302 8 Physical Games 303 XIII Dart games 304 102 Introduction to Dart Games 305 103 Tuomas's Round the Clock 307 1 or more players, dartboard, 3 darts 104 Kangaroo 308 2 or more players, dartboard, 3 darts 105 Merirosvo 309 2 players, dartboard, 3 darts, 20 thumbtacks, pen and paper 106 Killeri 310 3 or more players, dartboard, 3 darts XIV Outdoor games for small groups 312 107 Introduction to small group outdoor games 313 108 Tuomas's Petanque 315 2, 4 or 6 players, Petanque set, yard covered with gravel 109 Tuomas's Petanque for 3 players 318 3 players, Petanque set of 3 × 2 balls and the target ball, yard covered with gravel 110 Contract Petanque 320 3 players, Petanque set of 3 × 2 balls and the target ball, yard covered with gravel 111 Swing Dodgeball 323 3 - 5 players, two swings, ball 112 Seinis 326 2 or more players, piece of wall, soccer ball 113 Totem Tennis 327 2 players, 2 rackets, ball, piece of string, pole 9 114 Tuomas's Croquet 329 2 - 4 players, crocquet set, lawn 115 Kirppukarate 331 2 players XV Outdoor games for large groups 332 116 Introduction to outdoor games for large groups 333 117 Purkkis 335 around 10 players, large yard, soccer ball 118 Kymmenen tikkua laudalla 337 around 10 players, large yard, two pieces of wood, ten sticks 119 Tuikkunen 338 10 or more players, large yard, flashlight for each player 120 Poliisi ja Rosvo 339 10 or more players, yard 121 Rymypallo 340 around 10-20 players, ball, field covered with snow 122 Breakthrough 342 15 or more players, forest, campfire, flashlight for each player 123 Vuorenvalloitus 344 around 10 players, heap of snow XVI Spectator sports 345 124 Introduction to light spectator sports 346 125 Curling 347 8 players, curling arena, curling equipment 126 Snooker 351 2 players, snooker table, snooker equipment 10 127 9-ball 354 2 or 4 players, pool table, pool equipment 128 5 Pin Billiards 357 2 players, billiards table, billiards equipment 129 3 Cushion Billiards 359 2 players, billiards table, billiards equipment Appendices 361 130 Basics of card games 362 131 Glossary 364 132 Self-developed games 370 11 Part I Introductory stuff 12 Chapter 1 Introduction Life is like a card game.
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