BlogNomic: The First Dynasty of Desertfrog

Add the following to the end of the atomic action in Tournament Rules of Giolitti:

* Secretly randomly generate one card that is in neither players’ hands. Add a comment to the game’s Table naming that card. The card is referred to as the Grand Canal.

Rewrite the first paragraph of the rule Tricks as follows:

The most recent three Cards a Player has Played in their current game, or all the Cards they’ve Played during their current Game if that’s less than three, are referred to as that Player’s Pocket. A Player who is not currently a participant in a Game has an empty Pocket.

If either player has taken fewer than three Plays in the current game, when a Player is claiming a Trick that requires them to compare the contents of their Pocket to that of the other Player, the defending Player should be considered to have the Grand Canal for that game in their Pocket.

Amend the first sentence of the rule Arcana as follows:

Cards whose suit is Arcana can have effects on the game, based on where they appear. The following is a list of the effects different Arcana have when they appear in a Player’s Pocket:

To the end of that rule, append:

The following is a list of the effects different Arcana have when they appear in the Grand Canal: