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An old Chinese card game (since 1960s), that becomes popular in recent years. I started playing it about three months ago with my neighbors.

… my experience: cheating or what

Each player has half deck of cards, playing in two teams. The first one gets rid his or her 27 cards wins the most points, and the last one gets no point: the points system decides which team advance to the next level.

Today I’m lucky to have many great hands. It only occurred to me to take a picture after a couple of them.

Here is the intro on Wikipedia:

Guandan is a shedding-type card game that originated in Jiangsu province, China.

The game in played by four players, sitting opposite each other in partnerships, and uses two decks of standard international playing cards (including the Jokers) for a total of 108 cards. The basic objective of the game is to play increasingly high combinations of cards, so as to empty your hand before your opponents. In Guandan, a team’s score is expressed as a level, of which there are 13 levels in total, corresponding to the card ranks from 2 up to A (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, J, Q, K, A). In a Game-based tournament, a team only wins the game if it wins on Level A.

掼蛋扑克牌

牌点 牌型 规则

牌点由小到大排列为, 2至10, J, Q, K, A 级牌, 小王, 大王.
❤️红心的级牌是掼蛋最为特殊的一张牌, 可以充当任意牌点的花色牌(即除大小王) 搭配使用, 称为逢人配, 进贡时不用进.

牌型

1. 第一类：
   * 单张: 任意一张单牌
   * 对子: 任意两张牌点相同的牌,包括对大王或对小王
   * 三连对: 三对牌点相邻的对子, 如223344
   * 三同张: 三张牌点相同的牌
   * 二连三: 两套牌点相邻的三同张, 如333444
   * 三带二: 三同张加一个对子, 如55522
   * 三三带: 三同相邻+任意两对, 如333444+22JJ
   * 三三三: 222333444
   * 顺子: 五张牌点相邻的牌, 如23456
   * A连2变1: A2345, AA2233 AAA222 (AAA22 beats KKK55)
   ↑以上想出牌必须跟随牌型而且大过上家;改型需要压牌或用炸弹/同花顺 ↓
2. 第二类: 可以改变牌型的组合
   * 炸弹: 四张或四张以上牌点相同的牌
   * 同花顺: 五张花色相同的顺子
   * 大小王炸: 大小王各两张或三张或四张. ♥️不可代替

大小王及其他炸弹大小排列如下：

1. 四人 两副牌, 炸弹大小顺序：
   1. 两大王
   2. 两小王
   3. 六张及以上的同数炸弹
   4. 同花顺
   5. 五张同数炸弹
   6. 四张炸弹
2. 六人三副牌, 炸弹大小顺序：
   1. 叁大王
   2. 叁小王
   3. 七张及以上的同数炸弹
   4. 同花顺
   5. 六张同数炸弹
   6. 两大王
   7. 两小王
   8. 五张同数炸弹
   9. 四张同数炸弹
3. 八人四副牌, 炸弹大小顺序：
   1. 四大王
   2. 四小王
   3. 八张及以上的同数炸弹
   4. 叁大王
   5. 叁小王
   6. 七张同数炸弹
   7. 同花顺
   8. 六张同数炸弹
   9. 两大王
   10. 两小王
   11. 五张同数炸弹
   12. 四张同数炸弹

计分

• 四人 两副牌, 总共7分
  1st player gets 4 pts
  2nd gets 2
  3rd gets 1
  4th gets 0
• 六人 三副牌 总共16分
  1st – 6 pts
  2nd – 4
  3rd – 3
  4th – 2
  5th – 1
  6th – 0
• 八人 四副牌, 总共29分
  1st – 8
  2nd – 6
  3rd – 5
  4th – 4
  5th – 3
  6th – 2
  7th – 1
  8th – 0