Nacci

The goal of the game is to get your entire hand to be one suit (color). Once one player has their entire hand of one suit, the round ends, and points are calculated.

There are only 6 different ranks of cards, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13. There are more of the lower ranks and only one 13 in each suit. At the start of the game each player is dealt seven cards. Next deal cards face up from the deck into the center of the table to create the pot. The number of cards that start in the pot is equal to eight minus the number of players (e.g. a six player game will start with two cards in the pot). Play starts with the person to the left of the dealer. At the start of your turn, you turn over one card from the deck into the pot. Then you can trade cards with the pot. When trading the sum of the ranks of each side must be equal. Trading can take one of three forms.

One card for Two cards

Two cards for One card

One card for One card

Once you have traded with the pot your turn is over. If you do not want to trade with the pot, you can simply turn over another card from the deck into the pot to end your turn.

Once one player has an entire hand of the same suit, they have scored a nacci and the round is over. Each card is worth it’s rank in points. You first add up all the points in your largest suit, then subtract the ranks of your other cards. If your score would be negative, you instead score zero points. The player who scored a nacci also receives five bonus points. The dealer rotates to the left, and a new round is started. You can either play a set number of hands, or until a pre-determined score threshold is reached.