Eleusis card game online

A player who believes they know the rule may declare themselves a prophet and take over the duties of god but if they answer incorrectly, they are outcasted and become a normal player again. The dealer will first determine the rule s for the round. They can be almost anything some easy examples are: Cards must alternate between red and black or cards must alternate between even and odd, but face values switch the order.

The rules will then be written down on the paper and hidden from other players. The dealer will then shuffle the cards and deal each player 14 cards. The remaining cards are for the dealer to use, though it is not counted as their hand. The dealer will pull from the top of the remaining deck till they find a card s that are legal to play and will start the game with those.

Any illegal cards drawn this way will be placed at the bottom of the deck. The game is complex in concept but simple in play. They will play this card to the side of the last legal card played. God will then say if it is a legal play or not. If it is it will remain in the legal main sequence of play and the next player may go, but if it is incorrect then the card is moved to a sideline of incorrect cards it should be played under the last legal card played and all cards must be kept in order of play.

Players may play strings of cards they believe to be correct. If you do this your cards will all be played slightly overlapping to indicate a string. If God determines if any of your cards are illegal the whole string is invalidated and removed to the sidelines.

God will not tell you which card you got incorrect only that something is wrong. Stage 1 Players taking turns, choose a card from their hand and place it face up on the middle pile, overlapping but not hiding the previous cards. Play continues by turns until players have used all the cards in their hands.

Stage 2 Players then use the cards from their mistake piles, which are lying face up and fanned out in front of them. They play in turn and can use any of the cards in their pile. Game ends when a player has no cards left or when the dealer declares that it is impossible for anyone to play a card which conforms to the secret rule.

A set of games is complete when each player has had the chance to be dealer once. Ace counts as 1 Jack as eleven and so on. This limits players to one of four in the pack each turn. Dealer may wish to give a hint. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

This website uses cookies to improve your experience. The dealer sometimes known as God secretly invents and writes down the rule governing play.

The other players try to guess the rule by observing which plays are legal. The original version of Eleusis was invented by Robert Abbott in , and was published in Martin Gardner's column in the Scientific American in June