Monday, September 23, 2002
Presidents - A Card Game
Presidents is yet another bizarre card game for the fun-minded few
To get a taste for the politics of this game, read on:
At the end of each round, the seating arrangement is changed, and all players are given new socioeconomic positions of sorts. The person who scored highest in the last round is declared the President (or King or Queen or Prime Minister or Dictator), and is given the seat of his choice. Players then assume seats clockwise from him according to their performance in the previous round. It is highly recommended for all players to associate titles with their seats... for example, the President may be sitting next to the VP, next to the landowner, the bourgeois, the farm worker, and the peasantry (pit). If you've followed directions correctly, the pit will end up on the President's right.
For subsequent rounds, the cards are shuffled, dealt, and distributed as usual. However, the peasantry must now pay taxes to the ruling class. The highest and lowest on the socioeconomic ladder exchange cards as follows:
3 or 4 player game: Highest scorer gives Lowest scorer his one worst card, Lowest gives Highest his one best card.
4 or more players: Highest and Lowest exchange 2 best/worst cards in manner stated above. Second highest and second lowest exchange 1 best/worst card in same manner.
People not on the very top or bottom do not, and may not, exchange cards.
Ah, the intrigue!
To get a taste for the politics of this game, read on:
At the end of each round, the seating arrangement is changed, and all players are given new socioeconomic positions of sorts. The person who scored highest in the last round is declared the President (or King or Queen or Prime Minister or Dictator), and is given the seat of his choice. Players then assume seats clockwise from him according to their performance in the previous round. It is highly recommended for all players to associate titles with their seats... for example, the President may be sitting next to the VP, next to the landowner, the bourgeois, the farm worker, and the peasantry (pit). If you've followed directions correctly, the pit will end up on the President's right.
For subsequent rounds, the cards are shuffled, dealt, and distributed as usual. However, the peasantry must now pay taxes to the ruling class. The highest and lowest on the socioeconomic ladder exchange cards as follows:
3 or 4 player game: Highest scorer gives Lowest scorer his one worst card, Lowest gives Highest his one best card.
4 or more players: Highest and Lowest exchange 2 best/worst cards in manner stated above. Second highest and second lowest exchange 1 best/worst card in same manner.
People not on the very top or bottom do not, and may not, exchange cards.
Ah, the intrigue!
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