Day - Card Game

Legend

Game of Day

Day is a game of strategy, bluffing and betting. It uses the standard 40 card deck, the goal being to meet the highest win condition. The point of the game is to beat the other players, and in the event of no dedicated dealer the position will rotate with one player acting as both dealer and player going from left to right. In a casino setting the house makes money from day by Raking.

Standard Deck of Cards

A standard deck of cards consists of a total of 40 cards, there are 3 suits of 13 cards, 12 of the cards have a sun on them with sunrays dictating the value of the cards, from 1-12. The 13th card is known as the Moon and counts as a 0. The card suits are dictated by colour, from top down they are Rising, Risen and Setting. E.g. I play a 3 of Rising. The final card in the deck is known as the Crown, this card counts as a wildcard and games can dictate the value.

Card Values

Numbers: 1-12
Moons: 13
Crown: Wildcard, counts as highest card or a filler number decided by the player.

Order of Play

Dealer deals two cards to each player, placing two face up infront of themselves.
Players have a chance to substitute.
First round of betting begins, from left to right each player may bet, call or fold. Once no one raises and everyone has either called or folded the round of betting ends.
The dealer will place their final card above the others.
Final round of betting.
Once betting is finished the remaining players in play will flip over their hands and win conditions are chosen.

Win Conditions

Win conditions are decided by points, each condition has a point assigned to it and the highest point wins. These points aren't used for anything other than deciding who has the winning hand.

Win Condition Name	Condition	Point
Highest Card	If no other win condition is met then whoever has the highest number card wins.	1
X of a kind	Player wins with the highest value of the same cards. The amount of cards beats the base value. E.g. Have three 2 cards would beat two 5s	2
Eclipse	All moons are in play, the player holding atleast one of them.	3
Consecutive	The player's cards make 4 cards in order with any of the dealers cards.	4
Full Consecutive	The players and dealer's cards, 5 in total can be arrange in order.	5
Day	The player must have two cards of the same suit, either Rising or Setting. The dealer must have the other suit and the middle card must be Risen	6
Full Day	Both a Day and a Full Consecutive	6

Rules

Substitution - A player may swap one of their cards with another randomly drawn card from the deck. Doing so minus' 1 point from what ever win condition they have (win conditions no matter what can't drop below 1 point)
Tie breaker - In the event of more than one player have the same win condition then each player will be dealt one card face down, on the call from the dealer they will flip their card and who ever is highest will win.
Crowns - When the dealer has a crown played it acts as any card for each player, if the players have 3 of 4 cards for a consecutive the crown will count as their last card needed.

Example Game

In the below game, the dealer has played all the cards, in this game the left most player will win with a Consecutive. They were dealt a Crown and a 4, they choose to make the Crown a 6 providing them with a 4, 5, 6, 7. The remaining players both had a 3 of a kind for 7s and would have tied if the Consecutive wasn't met.

The cards dealt are Players from left to right
*,4 | 7,10 | 7,3
Dealer 7,9,5