The Cabo card game Jun 4th, 2015 11:30 am Comments About five years ago a friend taught me a card game called Cabo. It was a memory game of sorts. Each player is dealt 4 cards face down from the deck Both Jokers are included. The remainder of the cards are placed face down to form the stockpile. The top card is placed face-up next to the stockpile to form a discard pile. Players arrange their cards into a square formation in front of them. Cambio is a traditional game played with either cards or wooden pieces. Cambio originated during the 17th centry in Italy, where it was first known as Cuccu and played with a deck of 38 cards. In the 18th century, the game migrated north through Europe. Cambio's board consists of a 5x5 grid of cubes, and varies depending on the player. The goal of the game is to get the lowest score. Ability cards allow players to view and swap cards from their hand and other player's hands. Use speed to be the first to match atop the last discarded card. With 70 high quality linen cards and a matte finished tuck box, KOMBIO is intended to deliver a dose of fun anytime, anywhere.
The card game Golf takes it's name from the fact that each player attempts to end each hand and the game with the fewest number of points as in the sport of the same name. The game is also sometimes known under the names Polish Polka or Turtle. This game should not be confused with the Solitaire card game which also bears this same name. That game is described at this link.There are variants of this game featuring various numbers of cards in the player's layouts, but the four card version will be described first. For versions of the game using differing number of cards as well as other modified versions of the game, see the variations section below.
Four card Golf is designed to be played by 2 to 8 players using one standard deck. Although the cards, for purposes of this game are not ranked, each card does have a point value which is used for calculating scores at the end of each hand. The following chart shows the point value of each card in the deck:
Cambio Card Game Rules
| Card | Point Value |
|---|---|
| Ace | 1 |
| 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 | Face value marked on card |
| Jack, Queen | 10 |
| King | 0 |
Determination of the first dealer and seating positions can be performed using a number of methods, with drawing for low cards a common method. The players would take seats at the table in order based on the point value of the card drawn, from lowest point value to the highest. The player drawing the lowest point total card becomes the first dealer. If two or more players draw cards with the same point value, those players should discard the card and draw again, continuing to do so until drawing a card no other player has yet drawn.
Once the players are seated and the dealer selected, the dealer thoroughly shuffles the deck and offers it to the player at his right to cut. After the cut, the dealer then deals four face-down cards to each player one at a time and in a clockwise rotation, starting with the player at his immediate left. After the players have received his four card hand, he should arrange them in a face-down rectangle consisting of two rows of two cards each. When arranging the cards the player should never view the cards he was dealt. The dealer then places the remainder of the undealt pack in the center of the table as the stock, taking the top card of the stock and laying it face-up beside the stock pile to start the discard pile. Before play begins, each player may then look at the two cards nearest to himself in his own layout. being careful not to show any other player the point value of these cards. Once he looks at these cards he places them back and may no longer look at the values of any of his face-down cards in his layout. In fact, a player may never again, during the hand look at the values of the face-down cards which are part of his layout. The player to the dealer's immediate left has the first turn and play then rotates in a clockwise rotation around the table.
On his turn, a player may take any one of several actions on that turn, as follows, with the ultimated goal to cause his four card layout to have the lowest total point value of any player in this hand:
- Draw the top card from the stock: The player draws a card from the top of the face-down stock and looks at it's face. If he does not want to replace any of the cards in his own layout with the card drawn, he may simply discard it, placing it face-up on top of the discard pile. However, if the player elects to replace a card from his layout with the newly drawn card, he may not first look at any of the cards in his layout, but simply takes one of the cards in his layout and places that card face-up on the top of the discard pile, replacing that card with the card just drawn. Once he elects to replace a card he may not change his mind, and must discard the card removed from his layout, replacing it with the card drawn from the stock.
- Draw the top card from the discard pile: If the player prefers, he may take the top, exposed card on the discard pile, replacing any one of the four cards in his layout with that card. He may not look at the faces of any of the face-down cards in his layout, but simply selects a card from his layout, removing it and placing it face up on the top of the discard pile, and then replacing the removed card with the card drawn from the discard pile at the start of his turn. The player may not change his mind once he has taken the top card of the discard pile and must replace one of the cards from his layout with the drawn card.
- Knock: If a player is satisfied with what he believes the current total point value of his layout is, the player may knock on his turn. He does this by simply clearly stating 'Knock' or rapping on the table with his knuckles such that all players can hear. He makes no other play on this turn. Once one player knocks each remaining player has exactly one more turn to exchange cards from the layout, starting with the next player to the left of the knocking player.
After a player knocks, each additional player in turn after the knocker has one more turn to attempt to improve his hand. In addition, if the last card of the stock is draw, the hand also immediately ends. After the hand ends, the players turn over all the cards in his layout and the cards are scored.
As per the chart above, each card in the players layout is summed to determine his score for this hand (called a hole). Each players total is then added to that players cumulative total over the course of nine holes to make a complete game. After nine holes, the player with the lowest grand total is declared the game winner.
Cambio is played with 2 or more players. It’s easy to learn and quick to play!
You start by dealing four cards to each player face down in a 2×2 pattern and leaving the deck in the middle.
The goal is to have the least amount of points by the end of the game. You may only play the game with one hand. Each player is given one chance before the first player picks a card from the deck to view the 2 cards closest to them and memorize them. After that you may not peek again unless you pull a 7 or 8.
The game starts by the first player to the right of the dealer picking a card from the deck. You may swap the card you pull with one of your own. This would be in order to reduce the amount of points you have.
Deal four cards to each player and face them down in a 2×2 pattern and leave the deck in the middle.
Each player is given one chance to check out the 2 cards closest to them and memorize them. After that you may not peek again unless you pull a 7 or 8.
You may only play the game with one hand.
The game starts by the first player to the right of the dealer picking a card from the deck. You may swap the card you pull with one of your own. This would be in order to reduce the amount of points you have.
When you “play” a card, you’re laying it face up in the throwaway pile beside the deck. Certain cards have rules when you play them:
7 or 8 – Look at your own card
9 or 10 – Look at someone else’s card
Jack or Queen – Without looking at the card, you can blind switch one of your own with someone else’s.
Black King – You can look at anyone’s card and switch anyone’s card with any one of yours.
Scenario: If you pull a 7 card and want to swap it with your 8 that you have face down, you are refusing to play the card and since you can only play the cards you pull, the 8 that you swapped and threw down in the throwaway pile does not count as a “Look at your own.”
When you are playing you can receive an extra penalty card if you:
Use two hands while playing
Stick a wrong card
The extra penalty card is placed face down next to the other player’s cards and the player is not allowed to see it when they receive it.
If a card is placed on the throwaway pile and a player knows one of their cards is the same, they can stick it on top of the matching card so now they have one less card. Only one player may stick per card (so be quick!) but any player may stick a card even if it’s not their turn.
If a player knows another player’s card and is quick enough to stick that card, the player who stuck it can give one of their own cards to the other player. If you stick a card and are wrong about that card, you have to keep the card in addition to receiving a penalty card. If you attempt to stick another player’s card and it’s wrong, they keep the card and you still receive the penalty card.
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How To Play Cambio Card Game
Contribution: The way I’ve played is that you can’t stick your own discard. I think this makes sense, because then there could be a strategy if you have 2 cards of the same value, you could immediately force a discard of one of those cards to match the second card. However, we allow others to match someone’s discard. – from Charlotte Huang of San Francisco
In order to win, one player has to call “Cambio” during their turn and cannot play a card if they call it. This must be done prior to the next player touching the deck. Once the player calls Cambio, the rest of the players get one more turn to play before everyone flips their cards and adds up their points. The person with the least amount of points wins. If there is a tie, the player who didn’t call Cambio wins. If there is a tie between two players who didn’t call Cambio, the player with the least value cards wins. (i.e. Joker, Ace and Red King, 2 = Joker, Ace would win)
If you get a blind switch (Jack or Queen), you can blind switch with someone’s first two cards. The advantage here is that you may know what card you’re giving them which gives you the opportunity to stick it later and also you are playing defense by giving the other player an unknown so now they may only know 1 card of their 4.
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If you pull a card from the deck, you can immediately stick it after you place it on the throwaway pile. You may only use one hand still so you’ll have to be quick, otherwise someone will know your card.