Can’t cha read? ’Ta name’s Fabiana ♣, DUH! Of course, ya recognize me! Everyone does, DUH!
Anyway, I can’t believe “someone” didn’t already show ya how to play Royal Four-Ces! (more like Royal Snore-Ces if you ask me, cuz sometimes it puts me to sleep..)
Don’t cha worry~♥ I won’t bore you with the details! Well…at least not all at once~♥ Let’s take it one step at a time!
First, we can chit-chat about what you’ll need to play~♥
You’ll need:
- A 54-card deck of playing cards per player. Jokers included.
- One six-sided dice numbered 1-6.
- One ten-sided dice numbered 0-9.
- Or two sets of dice per player, if I make you too shy and you don’t feel like sharing~♥
- 10 markers for each player to keep track of the Stat Cards. What are the Stat Cards? We’ll save that for a later lesson! Anyway, the 10 markers can be whatever junk ya have layin’ around, like coins, or in this case, we’ll be using red and black game pawns!
- (This one is optional but recommended~♥) Smallholders/stands to prop up yer cards on the War Grid with! What’s the War Grid? You’ll see~♥
That’s not too much, is it~? Good! Cuz we ain’t dun yet~♥ Let’s talk about that War Grid!
This is yer War Grid~♥
You may construct it however ya want, on paper or an actual game board. It don’t matter, just as long it matches this overall layout~♥ Faith prefers constructing it with wood hexagon tiles, but I prefer squares. I mean, look at it, DUH, everything is in neat rows, so why not use squares? Anyway, you CAN see it, right? I shouldn’t have to explain that your tiles should be marked with poker Hearts ♥, Spades ♠, and roman numerals. Just check the pretty picture for assistance, DUH!
Moving on~♥ I promise we are almost done for the day~♥
This is what a complete War Grid looks like~♥
See those poker cards off to the left-hand sides of the Burning Lands ♥ and Nightfall Swamp (Yuck! 🤮)? Those are ’ta Stat Cards I was talkin’ about! Those black lines and tan blocks on top of the Hearts ♥ and Spade ♠ symbol tiles represent the smallholders/stands for the cards. When they are propped up, your opponent should see the sleeves of the cards, not the faces, because they are supposed to be hidden. Well, I guess if ya make big ass tiles, you could put your cards face down on the War Grid, but I think using stands would make your life easier…
Okay, since a promise is a promise, I’ll wrap things up~♥ We’ll return to the subject of divvying up the Stat Cards and what cards go where on the symbol tiles later~♥
That’s all for now! This ain’t everything, DUH, but it should help visualize if you were reading a story or somethin’.
Buh-Bye~♥
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Special Shoutout to Kokishi 🦖, Digitkame 👻, and KDMiddleford 💙 for donating rare memorabilia to Fabiana’s Game Shop~♥
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