Bonking

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Bonking is a card game for 4 persons that is played with one deck of cards. Everyone plays for themselves. In total 11 rounds are played, in which every round has its own goal. The goal of the game is to score as many points as possible. The player who scores the most points is declared the winner.

It's a game that, with exception to 'Domino', is played on basis of taking tricks. The trick is taken by the player who played the highest card in the suit of the leading card or, if it applies, the one who played the highest trump. The card rankings are as usual, the ace being high and 2 being low. Players are obliged to follow suit if able to do so. If a trump is in the round, a player is allowed (not obligated), if he cannot follow suit, to play a trump.

One of the players starts as dealer and shuffles the deck. After this, he deals every player 13 cards. The cards are dealed clockwise. The player who sits across the table from the dealer can choose which of the rounds is played (see below for the descriptions). He is not allowed to choose a round that has already been played. The player to the right of the dealer starts doubling. After the descriptions of the rounds is the explanation of doubling. The player on the left of the dealer plays the leading card. After the first trick the player who took that trick plays the next leading card. After each round the cards are shuffled and dealt by the player to the left of the previous dealer. As noted before, each of the rounds has its own goal.

[edit] 1st round

• Ducking

  Goal is to take the least amount of tricks as possible. There are no trumps. Each trick taken by a player gives that player -5 points.

[edit] 2nd round

• Heartshunting

  Goal is to avoid getting any hearts in the trick you take. There are no trump cards. A player cannot play hearts as leading cards unless the player cannot do otherwise. Every hearts gotten gives the player -5 points.

[edit] 3rd round

• Kingjacks

  Goal is to avoid getting any kings and jacks in the tricks you take. There are no trump cards. Each king gotten gives a player -20 points and each jack gives a player -10 points.

[edit] 4th round

• Queens

  Goal is to avoid getting any queens in the tricks you take. There are no trump cards. Each queen gotten gives a player -30 points.

[edit] 5th round

• King of Hearts

  There are no trump cards. A player isn't allowed to play hearts as leading card unless he cannot do otherwise. The player to get the king of hearts in one of the tricks taken gets -50 points.

[edit] 6th round

• Last trick

  There are no trumps. The player who takes the last trick gets -50 points.

[edit] 7th round

• Domino

  All played cards stay on the table. When it's a players turn he has (if he's able) to play an 8 OR a card that connects to a previously played card (6 of diamonds connects to 7 of diamonds, but not the 7 of spades or 8 of diamonds). You are allowed to skip your turn, but only if that player CANNOT make a legal play. The player who plays the last card gets -50 points.

[edit] 8th to 11th round

• Trumps

  Every player is allowed to choose 'trumps' as round once. The player can then choose what suit is trump, or choose to paly SansElke speler mag een keer 'troeven' kiezen als spel. Hij of zij mag dan de troefkleur bepalen, of kiezen om No Trump. The player is not allowed to choose a suit that has already been chosen before. Every trick taken gives a palyer 10 points. Note that only 4 out of 5 possibilities are played.

[edit] Doubling

• Before the chosen round is played all players have the opportunity to double others. As said before, the player to the right of the dealer starts doubling (the other players follow clockwise). If you double a player, or that player doubles you, the difference in point obtained in that round will be added to your point total and substracted from the other players total (the difference can be negative!). If you doubled a player and that player doubled you, the difference is accounted twice.

Example: You obtain 40 points and you doubled a player who obtained 60 points. The difference is -20 points, which are added to your total and substracted from his total. The final score would then be 20 points for you and 80 points for the other player.

The person who chose the round can only double BACK (he cannot double players who haven't doubled him).

If the points are divided correctly, the sum of the final scores of all four player will be 0 (even is players have doubled during the game).