Yes,
it's the totally new craze! Me, being one
of the first when it first opened, got one
of the first tastes! And here I am to tell
you bout the tricks and secrets to this
cool Tyrannian version of the popular card
game Cheat!!!
OK, OK,
enough with the intro. I personally think
Cheat! gets you more NPs, plus it's
easier. This is a plain ol' card game, not
much variation and it needs luck plus
strategy, much more luck than is needed
for Cheat!, BUT this guide will
(hopefully) get you on the right track of
Go Go Go!!!
First
off, a lil extra note&emdash;aces can be
played over ANYTHING, it's the only card
that can be played over a king (except a
2, of course), and the only card that can
be played over it is another ace or a two.
The point? SAVE YOUR ACES!!!
Also,
though they say 2 is a wild card, it can't
be played over a 3. And an ace can't be
played over a 3 or 4. Weird? I think so!
:) So it's a good idea to hang on to a J,
Q, K, or other big even/odd
cards.
CARDS
IN YOUR HAND
1)
Don't use your aces, 2s, or kings unless
you absolutely have to. If I had to list
the cards from least valuable to most
valuable, they would be: 5s, 4s, 3s, 6s,
7s, 8s, 9s, Js, 10s, Qs, Ks, 2s, and Aces.
So use up your cards in approximately that
order. 4s might be less valuable than 5s,
I dunno, because only even numbers can be
played on top of 4s, same with 3s. And Ks
might be more valuable than 2s because it
can be played over any card but As and 4s,
while the only card that can be played
over it is an ace or 2. Anyway, that's
just one way of looking at it!
:)
2) Play
as less valuable a card as possible,
according to that scale I mentioned
above.
3) Try
VERY hard to not pick up the stack,
especially if the stack contains many
cards. You just might miss a good card. In
my second game I picked up the stack
because I forgot aces had total control.
:( Fortunately the stack only had 2 cards.
:)
4) Try
to ALWAYS have an ace, two, and king on
hand. Don't use these cards (especially
ace) unless there's no other
alternative.
5) With
the exception of 2s and Aces (maybe kings
too), if you have more than one card of
the same value, play both of them. (With
the exception if all you have left in your
hand is, say, 3 aces.)
6) If
you have 3 cards of the same value, and
are sure someone else has the other one,
or KNOW for sure that the person at the
right or left has the card, SAVE IT! Take
a pad and pencil, record which cards are
in the stack, and whoever picks up the
stack has those cards. Then, as the person
plays it off, erase those cards and add it
to the stack pile. (Note, suit is not
important, only the value). If the card
which you have 3 of is gone, because
someone cleared the pile, or the middle
guy has it, go ahead and play it. If the
person at the left has it, wait till they
play it before playing (so they can't
complete the set and get an extra turn),
and same goes with the person at the
right, in which case you can complete the
set and get an extra turn! :) However, if
you only know that 1 o' them has it but
not sure which, try to wait it off unless
there's no other alternative. Or, if the
card value is 7 or under, don't wait too
long, since you might end up not being
able to even play that card! There's also
one exception to this rule. (e.g. If
someone put down a 3. I have an Ace, a 2,
and 3 5s. Go ahead and put down 3 5s!) Who
cares if the person after you has the
other five? You might not get another
chance to play your 5s (since it's a
relatively small number), and remember to
always save your 2s and Aces till the last
moment!
7)
Always complete a set when possible! Come
on, its an extra turn! :)
8) Save
tens till the stack is reasonably big (6
or more). Don't use it when there's only 2
cards! It's a fairly big number but if
someone else plays a 3, J, Q, K, or Ace
then you're basically outta there!
Remember that 2s and Aces are still more
valuable!
9)
There's one exception to always saving
aces. If the person after you is about to
win, and the chance of them having a 2 or
Ace is slim/impossible, the stack is over
2 cards, play the Ace. You might knock 'em
out! :)
FACE UP
CARDS
1)
Basically the rules are the same as the
cards in your hand except you can only
play one card at a time. :( All other
rules apply, and remember ACES AND 2S
RULE!!!
FACE
DOWN CARDS
1)
These care EXTREMELY tricky cards. Once I
was very close to winning but my face down
card was not legal and I got the whole
stack of 15 cards! :( Talk about rotten
luck! I did get 170 NPs though, because I
managed to scrape in after Myncha.
2)
There's no use in even contemplating which
cards are in, because even if u know, u
wont be able to tell which of those three
cards are which. Its a lucky guess. This
can be crucial in the outcome of your
game, but there's no way at all to guess!
That can be extremely frustrating. Well,
just go by your instincts!
OTHER
TIPS
First
off, remember to use the list of values.
Then take a pad of paper and pencil to
keep track. It pays off. Also, HAVE FUN,
and GO GO GO for it! :) -^.^-
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