thank you all,
I eventually found the rules in a greek card games rule book, and I
include them hereafter translated for the group.
Athanasios Tsakonas
Avissinia
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The Players, the Cards and the Objective
This game is for 4 players. Each player plays for his own or in
partnerships,
partners facing each other.
A regular 52 card deck is used. The aim is to capture cards from a
central pile on the table, by playing a card from hand which
matches at least the top of a table card. Picked up cards are placed
face up in
front of the player to form a pile.
The Deal
The dealer deals six cards to each player counter-clockwise and four
cards face up in the centre in
a pile. The remainder of the deck is temporarily put aside. After
everyone has
played their six cards, another hand of six cards is dealt to each
player. After
these cards have been played and the hand scored, the deal passes to
the
right for the next round.
The Play
Starting with the player to the left of the dealer and continuing
counter clockwise,
each player in turn must play one card out from hand face up on the
table. This
card may do the one of the following:
1. Capture one or more cards from the central pile. For ex. in the
central pile there
are a 4 (on bottom) a 7 (in the middle) and another 7 (on top). A
player who plays
a 7, can take the two 7s of the pile. A player who plays a 4 cannot
capture
anything. If in the central pile there were a 4 (on bottom) a 5 (in
the middle) and
another 7 (on top), then the player who plays a 7 can capture only the
top 7,
leaving the other two cards intact.
2. Capture one or more cards from a players pile. This works the same
with the
previous example.
3. Add a card to his own pile. F.ex. a player has in his pile two 7s.
He can play a
third 7 from the hand and put it on top of his pile.
4. Trail a card. A player can simply lay a card on top of the central
pile. Trailing
is always allowed, even if the played card could make a capture.
Captured cards are placed in front of the player, with the capturing
card on top,
whithout the ability for the player to change their
sequence.Irrespective of
whether a capture was made or not, the turn passes to the next player.
When all the cards have been played in the final deal, any cards which
are left
on the central pile on the table do not count in the game scoring.
Scoring
Each player counts their score based on the pile of cards they have
won.
- each card, is worth one point;
- each jack, is worth three points;
that makes 60 points in total for the deck.
Ending the Game
In this game, whoever first reaches a total of 61 or more points, over
however
many rounds it takes, wins the game. If two people reach the target on
the same
round, whoever has the higher score wins. If there is a tie, another
round is
played.
Partnership Avissinia
In the partnership game, partners keep their sum of scores as the team
score.
The rest of the game are the same.
Source: Giorgos Kousounelos, "The alphabet of the gambler", In Greek
("To alphavitari tou hartopekti"), editions Diavlos, 1998, pages 21-24
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Post by joseplluis pibernathttp://www.pagat.com/fishing/cau.html
(I knew that game as "roba montons": "stealing piles")
joseplluis pibernat
Post by tsakonasNo, actually it is a fishing card game (for 4 players in partnerships?).
The
Post by tsakonaslayout is like the turkish pishti game (6 cards deal, a central pile with
4
Post by tsakonascards initially) but the strategy is completely different. Captured cards
are put faced up in front of the players and these cards can be taken by
the
Post by tsakonasoppenents. This is similar to swazi casino, here though there are not card
combinations (e.g. 3+7=10) since there's only a central pile to get cards
from.
I've learned this game when I was a small child by an uncle of mine in
Greece, and I know now that it is still played among Greeks/Greek
descendants, mostly students, in Germany (where it is known also as
"kleftiko" - meaning "the robbing one").
I don't remember however, which cards have the points or i may miss some
details. When I tried to reconstructed, i saw that, when playing as
individuals, players should never take cards, unless this is a 100% sure
capture, since the odds are against them (they may lose the captured cards
easily). The game works better with partnerships, although one has to take
a
Post by tsakonaslot of risk in order to capture cards. But I may be missing something.
I'm trying to find these rules in Greece too (i've heard that there's a
greek book that includes the rules). If i succeed in finding i'll inform
the
Post by tsakonasgroup.
I was surprised to see in pagat.com that a very similar name exists for a
poker variant.
Thanks anyway,
Regards,
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Athanasios Tsakonas
Post by Iain CheyneI'm looking for rules or rule versions of the Avyssinia game. Any help
would be appreciated.
Is it this poker variant - Abyssinia?
http://www.pagat.com/jerrycooley/studpoker.html#ThePriceIsRight
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Iain Cheyne