Monday, February 10, 2025

Proposal: Know When To Hold Em

Replace the text of the rule “Kahuna Local Rules” with the following text:

Each Meeple has a publicly-tracked Hand that is a list of up to 6 numbers, defaulting to an empty list. There is a publicly-tracked Royal Hand that defaults to an empty list.

As a Phase 2 Turn Action, a Meeple may perform one of the following actions if they meet the criteria for that action:
* If that Meeple has a Hand with 4 or less numbers, they may roll Sicherman Dice of their own Dice Type and add the individual die results (rather than the sum of the dice) from that roll to their Hand.
* If that Meeple has non-empty Hand, they may set their Hand to an empty list.

A Meeple’s Hand has a Rank determined by the pattern of numbers in that Meeple’s Hand. A Hand’s Rank is Unranked if that Hand has less than 6 numbers in it; an Unranked Hand has the same Rank as any other Unranked Hand. If it is not Unranked, a Hand’s Rank is the first criteria that it meets from the list below, starting at the top of the list in order from highest Rank to lowest Rank as follows:
* 6 of the same number
* 5 of the same number and any other number
* 6 numbers that can be arranged in a contiguous sequence of unique numbers
* 4 of the same number and 2 of the same other number
* 5 numbers that can be arranged in a contiguous sequence of unique numbers and any other number
* 4 of the same number and any 2 other numbers
* 3 of the same number, 2 of the same other number, and any other number
* 4 numbers that can be arranged in a contiguous sequence of unique numbers and any 2 other numbers
* 2 of the same number, 2 of the same other number, and any 2 other numbers
* 3 of the same number and any 3 other numbers
* 2 of the same number and any 4 other numbers
* Any combination of numbers not already described above

When comparing two Hands, if neither are Unranked and both have the same Rank, the Hand whose sum of its numbers is higher is considered to have the higher Rank of those two Hands. If a Meeple’s Hand has a higher Rank than the Royal Hand, that Meeple may set the Royal of Kahuna to their name and set the Royal Hand to their Hand.

Some pseudo card playing mechanics, trying to get the best “poker” hand. I figure if Island of Kittens is snakes-and-ladders, the next step up is to have Kahuna be the card-playing island.

Comments

Raven1207: Monarchple he/they

10-02-2025 17:35:38 UTC

I like this local rule

JonathanDark: he/him

10-02-2025 17:44:15 UTC

😁

Raven1207: Monarchple he/they

10-02-2025 18:15:43 UTC

Also when I “chutes and ladders”, meant the entire thing in general,

But regardless, I do like if things go in the direction of “A player must beat luck or do ‘X’ number of task to become royal”

Habanero:

10-02-2025 19:04:39 UTC

Should probably specify that a Hand only has the highest Rank that applies to it, otherwise you might be able to argue that, for example, a 4 of a kind is higher than a 6-straight because the 6-straight also meets the conditions to be a 4-straight

JonathanDark: he/him

10-02-2025 19:24:04 UTC

Fixed the issue Habanero mentioned.

Habanero:

10-02-2025 20:13:50 UTC

Also, how is this gonna work with Tokens? Do you need all three of your tokens in the island to have the rule apply to you or does just one suffice? It’s unclear with the brokenness of Local Rules right now

JonathanDark: he/him

10-02-2025 21:39:56 UTC

Not sure yet. That should probably be clarified in the rules for Tokens and Meeples rather than here.

Habanero:

10-02-2025 23:29:59 UTC

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Raven1207: Monarchple he/they

11-02-2025 00:57:21 UTC

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