Diamonds

Objective: The goal is to place exactly one of each number in its respective slot.

Gameplay:

• Use a standard deck of cards, but with all hearts removed.
• Place all the diamonds to create the diamond formation to the right.
• Note that there are only black cards in the draw pile——2 of each number.
• Deal each player a random hand of 4 cards. Like hanabi, a player cannot see their hand, but everyone else can!
• On a given turn, and player can:
  • Play a card from their hand in the correct spot, e.g. playing a Jack on the Jack. Playing a card in the incorrect spot or on top of an already played card (i.e. a black card) is a strike. If 2 strikes occur, the game ends.
  • Discard any card from their hand. Discarding adds a clue.
  • Clue another player. A clue touches all cards of a given row or a given column.
    • For instance, cluing row 2 to a player with a 6, 8, Jack, and King would touch 6 and the 8.
• The game starts with 4 clues. Use hearts to keep track of the - number of clues left.
• Upon playing or discarding, take a card from the draw pile.
• After the draw pile finishes, each player gets 2 turns.
• Your final score is the number of correctly placed cards, giving a max score of 13.
• As with most cooperative games, come up with a convention, i.e. a strategy the team players follow, before playing.