INTRODUCTION Poker variant with a Leonardo da Vinci theme. THE DECK Players share a Unique 52 card deck THE SUITES There are 5 Suites: 1. Art 2. Earth Science 3. Humanities 4. Engineering 5. Life Science Each suite represents a field of knowledge that Leonardo contributed to.
THE CARDS Each card has 4 properties: 1. Suite (One of the Five Suites) 2. Rank (Numerical value from 1 to 10) 3. Name (Unique for each card) 4. Details (Unique for each card) The 5 Suites comprise 50 of the cards. There are 2 Additional “Renaissance Man” cards that act as Wild cards. PLAY Play is that of poker, the main differences being there are 5 suites and no Face cards, so available Hand combos will be different. 5 card stud and 5 card draw are recommended to start. HAND COMBINATIONS In order from lowest to highest scoring: 2 of a Kind 2 Pair (2 of a Kind and 2 of a Kind) 3 of a Kind Full House (2 of a Kind and 3 of a Kind) 4 of a Kind Flush 5 of a Kind Straight Straight Unique (Renaissance Man: All 5 Suites) Straight Flush (Master)
CARD LIST NOTATION Suite Abbreviation Symbol Art A Mona Lisa Earth Science S Sun & Moon Humanities H Codex Manuscript Engineering E Flying Machine Life Science L Vitruvian Man CARD LIST Suite Rank Name Details A 1 Music A 2 Artists Materials A 3 Sculpture A 4 Precepts of the Painter A 5 Colour A 6 Landscape A 7 Light & Shade A 8 Perspective A 9 Comparison of the Arts A 10 Commissions Mona Lisa, Last Supper S 1 Astronomy S 2 Experimentation S 3 Physical Geography Topography, Canalization S 4 Mathematics Proofs S 5 Atmosphere S 6 Flight S 7 Acoustics S 8 Optics S 9 The Nature of Water S 10 Movement & Weight H 1 Jests H 2 Tales H 3 Fables H 4 Aphorisms H 5 Philosophy H 6 Bestiary H 7 Allegory H 8 Prophecies H 9 Dated Notes Personalia, Books H 10 Letters Notebooks E 1 Gunnery E 2 Tools E 3 Machines E 4 Casting E 5 Hydraulics E 6 Flying Machine Flight E 7 Warfare E 8 Naval Warfare E 9 Architecture E 10 Inventions L 1 Natural History L 2 Medicine L 3 Spirit L 4 Botany L 5 Demonstrations L 6 Muscles L 7 Physiology Reproduction, Growth, Gait L 8 Comparative Anatomy Lion, Horse, Bull L 9 Human Proportions Studies L 10 Anatomy
