Welcome to Juse!

Hey there! I’m excited to tell you all about Juse – an awesome card game that’s perfect for 3 to 7 players. It’s not your typical patience game, though. In Juse, we compete against each other to see who can empty their pool of cards first. It’s a thrilling race to the finish!

Let’s Get Started: Setup

Alright, here’s how we set up the game. First, we need a dealer. The dealer will shuffle the deck of cards and deal them out, one at a time, to each player in a clockwise direction. Sometimes, there might be one extra card, but that’s no biggie. We’ll deal with it later.

Now, here’s the trick – you can’t look at your cards just yet. Instead, you’ll need to keep them facedown and create a pile in front of you. This will be your draw pile, and you’ll pick cards from here during the game.

Oh, and remember that one lonely card the dealer didn’t deal? Well, that card is a superstar. We’ll place it face-up in the center of the play area. This little card will be the start of our foundations. It’s going to be fun, I promise!

Understanding Card Ranking

When it comes to card games, it’s important to know how the cards are ranked. The ranking of cards is continuous, meaning there is no higher or lower card, just a start and an end. The ranking starts with the Ace and follows with the numbers 2 through 10. After that, we have the face cards – Jack, Queen, and King.

But here’s the interesting part: since the ranking is continuous, you can start from anywhere in the sequence to determine the ranking. For example, if the starting foundation card is the 3 of spades, the ranking for that particular game will be 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King, Ace, 2.

Gameplay

The game starts with me, sitting to the left of the dealer, and then goes around in a circle. When it’s my turn, I’ll pick up the top card from the pile, unless I have to pick a card from the discard pile. I’ll try to play the card I picked up. There are a few ways I can play it. If it matches the rank of the first card, I can start a new set. If it matches the suit and is the next rank in line, I can add it to a set that’s already been started. And if it’s one rank higher than the card on top of someone else’s discard pile, I can play it on there. In this case, it doesn’t have to match the suit. If there are multiple places I can play the card, I have to start with the center sets. I can keep playing cards as long as I can find a place for them. If I can’t play the card anywhere else, I’ll put it in my discard pile and it will be the end of my turn.

If the top card of your discard pile can be played to the foundations, you gotta play it first before drawing from your draw pile. Gotta get those cards out there!

If you can play the last card of your draw pile, then you can play any cards from your discard pile that can be played to the table. We want to keep the game going!

Now, if you can’t play the last card in your draw pile, don’t sweat it. Just toss it into your discard pile. On your next turn, you can play any cards you can from your discard pile and make it your new draw pile. Keep the momentum rolling!

Here’s the goal: when you’ve played all your cards from both your discard and draw pile, and you don’t have any more cards in your pool, congratulations, you’ve won the game! Celebrate those victories!

Penalties

Let’s talk about what happens when a player makes a mistake during the game. We call this a misplay, and there are a few different ways it can happen. For example, if you play a card out of order or if you play a card to discard when you actually have a valid play to the foundations, that’s considered a misplay. Another example is drawing a card from the draw pile instead of playing the top card of your discard pile when you have the chance. All of these actions result in the same penalty.

So what happens when a player is penalized? Well, each of the other players must give that player the bottom card from their draw deck. The penalized player then adds this card to their own draw deck. If a player doesn’t have any cards left in their draw deck, they can instead give the bottom card from their discard pile to the penalized player.

And now, let’s talk about the end of the game.

The game comes to an end when a player successfully plays all of their cards and empties their entire pool. This player is declared the winner!

The game comes to an end when a player successfully plays all of their cards and empties their entire pool. This player is declared the winner!