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Fleet.
A favoured pass time among military sailors in the armada is called Fleet. The game is played with a deck of cards comprised of:
32 sailor cards;
16 captain cards;
8 adjutant cards;
4 admiral cards;
2 barkeeps (High and Low);
2 Mariners (High and Low);
2 Queens (High and Low); and
2 Kings (High and Low).
Sailor is the lowest, King (High) is the highest.
With the exception of Face Cards each card is assigned a Fleet:
North;
East;
South; and
West.
Each player is likewise assigned a Fleet, with dealer starting as North, and continuing clockwise.
Each player is dealt 5 cards, and may play as many as they wish before game begins. However they cannot draw any additional cards before their turn.
On a players turn, they will draw a card, if this card is a face card it is immediately placed face down and it’s effects take place. (See below) otherwise the card is placed in their hand. A player may place as many cards as they wish in their turn.
A player may also discard a card to force a player to discard any card of equal or lesser value
Each card on the table is worth 1 pt
Each “ship” (2 Sailors and a captain) is worth 5 points
Each “Battle Group” (2 “ships” and an adjutant) is worth 15 pts
Each “Squadron” (2 “battle groups” and an Admiral) is worth 50 pts
A Fleet (A “Squadron” where every card belongs to the same fleet) is worth 75 pts, or an automatic victory If no face cards are affecting it’s value. (see below)
Face Cards
Barkeep (Low) if this card comes into play the player who drew the card must halve the value of their pts (rounding up) this only effects cards currently in play.
Barkeep (High) if this card comes into play the player who drew the card doubles the value of their pts. This only effects cards currently in play.
Mariner (Low) all players must discard half the cards they have in play. (Their choice)
Mariner (High) the player who draws this card chooses a player to discard half the cards they have in play.
Queen (Low) the player who drew this card must discard one of their 3 highest cards (Their choice)
Queen (High) this card may be used to count 2 cards in play, to play as if they were another fleet.
King (Low) all players must discard one of their 3 highest cards (Their choice)
King (High) this card may be played as any card, but can never be counted as being part of a Fleet.
If a player has a face card in their hand, it can be played on an opponent (or themselves) to make them feel the effects as if they’d drawn the card