Pope Joan

The play of the pope Joan (also known under the name of lindor at the 17th century) is a Card deck for 3 to 8 players using a table made up of 5 boxes on which are posed removable boxes. Its origin is badly known.

Setting of the tokens

Each player receives an equal number of tokens - approximately 50 for a short part, plus a longer part. Each player put at the beginning of the part with tokens on the boxes of the plate:

On the 10 of square: 1 token
On the knave of clubs: 2 tokens
On the queen of spades: 3 tokens
On the king of hearts: 4 tokens
On the 7 of square or Pope Joan: 5 tokens

Distribution of the charts

One uses one pack of 52 cards, distributed according to the number of players, namely:

3 players, 15 charts each one, remains with heel 7
4 players, 12 charts each one, remains with heel 4
5 players, 9 charts each one, remains with heel 7
6 players, 8 charts each one, remains with heel 4
7 players, 7 charts each one, remains with heel 3
8 players, 6 charts each one, remains with heel 4

Rules of the game

It is a question of demolishing its charts in the order ascending by making a continuation of chart.

The player on the left of the donor begins the part by playing his lowest chart, that is to say in as order, 2,3,4,… servant, lady, king.

When the player misses a chart, for example a servant , the player announces “without servant ” and ceases playing. The player on his left takes over then.

When a king is played, one can start again a continuation. One can then start again a continuation by any chart (not necessarily lowest of its play as to the first turn).

When a player has in his play one of the charts of the table, for example the queen of spades , it announces “lady which takes” by playing it and collects the stake posed above. So on the other hand it does not on the occasion to play it before the end of the part, it must double the corresponding stake.

The gaining player is that which gets rid the first of his last chart. He as many receives other players tokens as there remain to them points in the hand.

If a player gets rid of all his charts to the first turn, that is called Grand opera and it receives, in addition to the payment of the other players, all that is on the table.

The part is finished when a player cannot any more miser the 15 tokens of a beginning of part. Gaining is that which has the most tokens.

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