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A card game for 4 – 14 players
ages 10 years old and up.
components
52 playing cards (13 each in diamonds, hearts, spades, and clubs).
Rank of Cards from low to high:
2-10, Jack, Queen, King, Ace. For cards of the same rank the order by
suit is: Diamonds, Hearts, Spades, Clubs.
Example: The 10 of Hearts is lower than the 10 of Spades, which in turn
is lower than the Jack of Diamonds.
You will need poker chips or similar markers all of denomination 1 for
betting.
set up
Shuffle the 52 playing cards and create a face down draw deck in the
middle of the playing area.
Agree on the number of chips per player before starting the game. We
recommend 15 chips per player.
The bravest player is designated as start player.
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sequence of play
Each hand of play consists of the following 8 steps:
Step 1: Ante
Each player must ante 1 chip. This is a required bet to start the hand
of play.
Players should place this chip in front of themselves close to the
center of the playing area so that each player’s total current bet can be
individually tracked.
Step 2: Draw a starting card
Beginning with the start player and proceeding clockwise, each player
draws 1 card from either the top or the bottom card of the draw
deck into their hand. Make sure to keep your card secret from your
opponents!
Step 3: First Betting Round
The first betting round begins with the start player and proceeds
clockwise around the table. Each player will have one turn to act and
must choose one of the following 2 options:
1. Check: If no one has raised the current bet, you can check to continue without raising the current bet. Play now passes to the next
player on your left.
2. Raise: You may choose to raise the current bet by adding as many
chips as you like to your existing bet. Immediately now, going clockwise from your left, each remaining player must decide whether to
call your raise or fold.
•C
all: To call a bet you must add enough chips to your existing bet
to match the current bet, or you must fold.
S
pecial Case: If you do not have enough chips to make a full call,
you can still call by putting all of your remaining chips into your existing bet (including zero). You will now be skipped in the following
steps but will still participate in the showdown for this hand of play.
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• Fold: If you do not want to call a raise then you must fold. Your bet
remains in the middle and you are eliminated from the showdown.
Play now passes to the player on your left.
Step 4: Exchange the Card in Hand
The remaining players (who have not folded) may now, in clockwise
order beginning with the start player, either discard their card face up
into a discard pile and draw 1 new card from either the top or bottom
of the draw deck; or, keep their current card unrevealed.
Step 5: Second Betting Round
This step is identical to Step 3.
Step 6. Exchange the Card in Hand
This step is identical to Step 4.
Step 7: Third Betting Round
This step is identical to Step 3.
Step 8: The Showdown
The remaining players must now simultaneously reveal their card in
hand. The player with the highest card wins the hand of play and takes
all the chips that were bet.
Schritt 9: Preparation for the next Hand of Play
Shuffle the 52 playing cards and create a face down draw deck in the
middle of the playing area. The player to the left of the previous start
player will be the new start player. Start the hand of play at Step 1.
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If a player draws the ace of spades at any time, he must immediately
fold this hand of play. His bet remains in the middle of the table and
the ace of spades is immediately reshuffled into the draw deck.
Elimination
If a player no longer has any chips after a showdown they are eliminated from the game.
Game End and Winner
The game ends once only one player remains. They have won all the
chips and victory!
Credits
Designer: Markus Heitz – Graphic design: Guter Punkt, Anke Koopmann – Illustration Ace of Spades: © Elm Haßfurth – Illustration Face cards: © Shutterstock /
Maisei Raman – Graphic design German edition: Jens Wiese – Translation: Ralph
Anderson
Based on a novel by Markus Heitz: Des Teufels Gebetbuch
©2017 by Markus Heitz represented by AVA international GmbH
(www.ava-international.de).
Cover illustration © Anke Koopmann, with the kind permission of Verlagsgruppe
Droemer Knaur GmbH & Co. KG.
©2017 by Pegasus Spiele GmbH, Am Straßbach 3, 61169 Friedberg, Germany, licensed by Markus Heitz (www.mahet.de).
All rights reserved.
Reprinting and publishing of game rules, game components or
illustrations without the permission of Pegasus Spiele is prohibited.
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