BlogNomic: The First Dynasty of Desertfrog

If either Proposal: Deck Builder or Proposal: A Minute to Learn, A Lifetime to Master were not enacted, or if Proposal: Polizia di carte was enacted, this proposal does nothing.

In the rule Dynastic Tracking, change “Chamber of the Great Council” to “The Card Table”, which should link to this wiki page.

Add the following to the end of the rule called The Deck:

Each card has a heft. All cards with numbered values have a heft equal to their number value; an Ace has a heft of one, a Knave has a heft of 11, a Knight has a heft of 12, a Queen has a heft of 13 and a King has a heft of 14. All other cards have a heft of zero.

Change the last two paragraphs of the rule called The Game to read as follows:

Beginning with the Starting Player, Players of the Game take turns to make a Play, being a comment to the Game’s Table that names exactly one Card. The card thus named is moved into the rightmost position in their Winnow. After each Play, a Player may score their Winnow based on the instructions in the subrule to this rule, adding that that the scores from previous Plays in that Game to maintain a roling score for that Game.

When each Player of a Game has made seven Plays in that Game, that Game ends. Each Player has a number of pegs, which is publicly tracked and which defaults to zero; when a game ends, the player with the highest score for that game gains one peg..

Add a subrule to that rule, called Tricks:

Each player has a Winnow, which is publicly tracked and defaults to blank. The rightmost three cards in a Player’s Winnow (or all cards in a Player’s Winnow, if there are three or fewer) are referred to as that Player’s Pocket.

When a Player scores their Winnow they are looking for the following patterns of cards (or “Tricks”) in their Pocket. For each Trick in their Pocket they score the indicated points.

* Il Toro: A run of three cards whose Heft adds up to 27. Points: 2
* Il Propore: A run of three cards with the same Suits. Points: 1
* L’Aria: The sum of the Hefts of the cards your Pocket is higher than the sum of the Hefts in your opponent’s Pocket. Points: 1