Treasure (card game)
| Players | 2 |
|---|---|
| Skills required | Memory, Strategy, Logical Thinking |
| Age range | 12+ |
| Cards | 20 |
| Deck | 10-A only |
| Playing time | ~15 min. |
| Related games | |
| Bullshit (card game) | |
Treasure is a difficult information-based card game requiring large amounts of memorization and strategy. The gameplay is similar to that of Bullshit (card game), but the goal of the game is different enough that the two games are vastly different.
Gameplay
Deck and Deal
Treasure is played with a 20-card deck consisting of the ranks 10 through Ace of a standard Anglo-American playing card deck. After shuffling, two cards, known as the treasure cards are removed from the game face-down, and the remaining 18 cards are dealt out equally between the two players.
Turn Play
Play alternates back and forth between the two players. On a player's turn, he is assigned the card rank one higher than the previous rank played (10s on the first turn and after Aces). He must then play face-down into the center any number of cards that he claims are of that rank, and while playing them states the suit of each. The other player may choose to begin his turn, or he may call "bluff". When this happens, the cards just played are turned face-up, and if they were the cards the player claimed they were, the player of the cards wins the bluff. Otherwise, the player who called bluff wins it. The loser of the bluff shuffles the cards in his hand, and then hold them face down so that nobody can see them. The winner then takes a penalty pull and selects one card from the hand to look at and then put back. The loser may not know which card was pulled. After this, the loser draws the entire pile into his hand.
Going Out and Winning
When a player believes he knows both of the treasure cards, he attempts to shed his hand. When a player has no cards remaining in his hand, he must guess what the two treasure cards are. After he has done so, the two cards are revealed. If they were the guessed cards, the guessing player wins the game. Otherwise, his opponent does.