GREAT WALL
INTRODUCTION
Card Game for 2-4+ players.
Theme: Building The Great Wall of China
Note: This game requires a long playing surface.
VICTORY
Score the most Honor points when the game ends.
END GAME
When the last card is drawn from the deck, each player
Gets 1 last turn and then the game ends.
HONOR POINTS
Use Poker Chips to keep track of Honor Points.
THE DECK
Shuffle together 2 regular decks of cards.
SETUP
Players cut the deck. High cut goes first.
Each player is dealt 7 cards.
Play the top card of the deck face-up to the right end of the table.
This card is called the Eastern End.
TURN SEQUENCE
Players take turns.
Each turn has 3 Phases:
Build Phase
Honor Phase
Supply Phase
BUILD PHASE
The current Player adds cards to the growing wall from their hand.
The wall is only built in 1 direction: from right to left.
The leftmost (most recently built) card is called the Eastern Edge.
The cards added must be one of 3 types of combos:
1. Flush: They must match the suite of the Eastern Edge.
2. X of a Kind: They must have the same number value as the Eastern Edge.
3. Straight: They create a consecutive numerical sequence starting with the Eastern Edge.
In a Straight the cards can be ascending or descending.
Straights may wrap around. For example: Q-K-A-2-3.
For all 3 types of combos, you must add at least 2 cards.
If you cannot make a combo, you must pass
HONOR PHASE
Gain Honor points according to the number of cards you played in Build Phase:
Cards Honor Points
0 (Pass) 0
2 5
3 10
4 15
5 25
6 35
7 50
Get 5 extra Honor Points for every King you play.
SUPPLY PHASE
Draw cards from the deck to fill your hand to 7 cards.
If you Passed (played zero cards in Build phase), you may discard any
Number of cards and then refill your hand.
KINGS
Kings represent Guard Towers.
You cannot make an X of a Kind using Kings or place 2 Kings Adjacent to each other.