Learn the Object of Barbu

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"Then we have the game hearts, no queen of spades, ace of hearts is bad, six points and each heart is one. We'll go into these later on that's another component. Then we have probably what I consider to be the most beautiful games or components called last two. The object of the game is to play your hand out, there's no penalty for hearts except the person who takes the last trick gets rooked out for minus 20 points and the person who takes the second last trick gets rooked out for -10 points so the beauty is the ability to count, plan the hand so that you escape from the lead and you never can be thrown back in. Then we have a game called trump or tricks and the object of that game is to take as many tricks as you can. You get to name the trump you can say no trump and you get five points for every trick you take so that way it simulates bridge and it simulates or is parallel to whist. Then we have a game which is absolutely terrific called Fan tan and that is game that is popular in its own right. Fan tan is a game where you build pyramids or structures with the cards and you have an opportunity to gain premiums on points depending on whether you were the last one out. There is an optional eighth level called ravage city; don't you just love that name, Ravage City? The idea of that game if you want to play the short game because you need to have an eighth level to make the game symmetrical is whoever takes the most cards in any particular suit, it's a no trump hand, then they are penalized accordingly so it is the multi level card game and you get to pick the level that's available when it's your deal. That's the beauty of the game and it is somebody else's deal and they pick queens and you don't have a good hand then you are going to have to try to keep the damage to a minimum. Great game."