The Great Dalmuti Card Game

Life isn't fair... and neither is The Great Dalmuti! One turn you could be king, the next a servant. Strive for the highest social class and crown yourself The Great Dalmuti!!!

Eighty playing cards must be played as quickly as possible. If you manage to get rid of all your cards first, you will be The Great Dalmuti in the next round. However, if you finish last, you will be the Grand Servant of The Great Dalmuti in the next round and must collect, shuffle, and deal all the cards. As the Great Dalmuti, beware of the Fool's Revolution and the cunning of your subjects: you could be dethroned again! The deck of cards is shuffled and dealt among the players.

In each round, The Great Dalmuti begins with the first trick. He plays any card or multiple cards of the same rank. Clockwise, players must then play a higher card or a higher set of cards (with the same number of cards), or pass. A set consists of two or more cards of the same rank. During a trick, a player can play or pass multiple times. The trick ends when all players have passed. The player who played the highest card or the highest set begins the next trick. As soon as a player plays their last card, they win the round. They become The Great Dalmuti in the following round. The player who played their cards second becomes the Little Dalmuti, and so on.

After each round, the Great Dalmuti receives one point for each of his subjects. In a 5-player game, he receives 4 points. The new Little Dalmuti then receives 3 points for his subjects, and so on. Only the Great Servant always receives 0 points. The player with the most points at the end of the game wins!

Contents: 80 playing cards and game rules.