Added: 10/28/2006 |
How to play the control nut game?The control nut game is a game for adults and children ages 10 and up. Two to four players can play, and the game's estimated time to play is 45 minutes. Now with all that said, why is this game so fun, and where can you find it? You will also find out how addicting collecting nuts will become. You can play as a team or you can play against either to find out who is the best squirrel in your family.
How the control nut game is played:
First off, a pile of eight control cards are shuffled, and then four of them are randomly chosen and shown to all the players. Then the four cards are shuffled again and then auctioned off to the players, one at a time. When auctioning, a player must bud with three cards from their hand- with the value of their bid being the sum of the three cards. Players must than all bid, starting first with the dealer, and the must bid a different number from previous bids. The player who wins the bid takes the control card, adding it to their hand. They then give the three cards that they bid to the other players- one to each. This player than starts the bidding for the next control card, until all four control cards have been auctioned off.
The player who has won the most control cards decides what suit is “trump”, and play begins. If there is a tie, then it goes to the player who won the last control card. The dealer starts the first hand, playing any card from their hand. Each player must play a card from their first hand that is from the same suit, unless they have no none, in this case they can play any card that they like. The only exception to this rule is that a player can play a control card at any time. The player who has played the highest valued card of the trump trick wins the “trick” (cards played). If not trump card was played, then the player who has played the highest valued card of the suit that was led wins the trick. This player takes all the cards, placing them face down in front of themselves and leads off on the next trick.
The play then continues until only one partnership can play cards. At this point, the round is scored. Some cards have stars in them. Each player multiplies the number of tricks they have won by the number of stars in the cards the have won. This total is added to any special points that control cards may add, and each team then gets 5 points for each control card they have won. Lastly, players take any cards they have left in their hands, and divide it by four, and add that to their total. Then the round begins again and the play continues until a player meets 300 points. Which then they are named the top squirrel of the game.
The control nut game eight control cards explained:
Trick Control: This card, always wins the trick when played.
Bonus Control: When this card is won at an auction, the player who wins it must guess how many tricks they will win. If they guess right, they get 50 points.
Score Control: If a team wins this card then it worth 20 points.
Value Control: To increase this cards value by 2, it is played with another card.
Hand Control: When you have this card it allows you still one card from each of the opponent’s hands.
Order Control: This card allows each player to pass during each trick, until they decide to start playing again.
Trump Control: This card cancels any trumps and allows the player to choose another trump suit, which starts the next round.
Star Control: The player when winning it in the auction can add it to their score pile immediately, adding 2, or trying it in a trick, which the winner gets it and adds four stars.
These are the control nut game rules.
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