Point of Order!

[horizonfyre.livejournal.com]

[Pizza, sodas, chips--it's certainly college student food, minus the liquor that is--but it's not needed for what Axel has planned. He's set himself up with a circular rug in the middle of his room, tossing pillows around the perimeter. Tonight he's got a card game in mind--and a rather vicious one that that, providing you don't know the rules. But that's sort of the point, isn't it? Initiate the new ones roughly, and all those trained in the art earn a good laugh.

Tonight was Mao.

So he set things up and tacked a notice on his door to advertise the whole ordeal. And hopefully...hopefully Luxord would show up with a few friends and they could get the ball rolling.]




I am the King of Mao and thus the game has ended!

The game is Mao. If you know it or is you don't--you're probably in the same boat. These may not be the rules you know.

And though you're technically not supposed to explain any of the rules of Mao (Rule Number One! You don't discuss the rules of Mao! Rule Number Two! You don't talk about Fight Club!), here are some good hints;

It's a little like Uno. Get rid of your cards. If you can't drop one, draw until you can drop one.

Every one of Axel's actions will be given in detail. Pay attention. This may come in handy

But here comes how the game will run;

Over here in the real world, I'm going to take a deck(possibly two, if the number of players in big enough). I'll set aside seven cards(a hand) out for each player. Each player will be informed what their hand is. Please keep your posts updated with your hands. This is simply for your own reference and mine.

As well, I will check what the next few cards are in the remaining draw-pile and post them in an (ooc:) message. This serves so that characters can draw a card without having to refer constantly back to the dealer-character. Every so often, the dealer will release the next few cards in waiting in similar statements, so that gameplay may go unhindered.

The game will continue until everyone gets bloody sick of it (usually the case), or someone runs out of playable cards. In the case of an emptied hand, the winner creates a new rule, whom he tells only one other, and the game continues. Or in the case of everyone being absolutely sick of said game, the new rule is created, but play is suspended until a later date.

And hopefully...hopefully this should all work! Consider this game a test run! :)

Comments

[drawingly.livejournal.com]

It's Selene. [takes them and looks at them, putting a king of clubs down]

Like that, right?

EDITED because i am a moron

[horizonfyre.livejournal.com]

[She doesn't get a penalty card for her name. She'd spoken before the game began. But as for the second outburst...]

Penalty card.

[She gets a 4diamond and the game continues with silence. Axel drops a 3 of clubs and goes rummaging for a slice of pizza.]


[ooc: Axel's hand
Spades: J, 2
Diamonds:
Clubs: A
Hearts: 9, 7

Sora received a 6spade as penalty
Selene received a 4diamond as penalty

Shhhhh XD]

[featheredapple.livejournal.com]

[puts down the four of clubs]

[drawingly.livejournal.com]

[four of diamonds. s-starting to figure out how this is played.]

[horizonfyre.livejournal.com]

[Axel scowls--he doesn't have any fours or diamonds. Time to draw.
10club, 2diamond. That'll do. He plays it.]

Point of order! [Axel immediately puts his cards face down in front of him, pulling his hands away from them like the cards've got the plague.]

Sora, can you pass the two-liter? I can't reach from over here.


[ooc: Axel's hand
Spades: J, 2
Diamonds:
Clubs: A, 10
Hearts: 9, 7

Draw pile top cards; 6 diamond, 6club, 2heart, 10heart, 3spade]

[featheredapple.livejournal.com]

[puts down a 10 of diamonds]

[drawingly.livejournal.com]

[puts down her 5 of diamonds.]

EDIT for both

[horizonfyre.livejournal.com]

Penalty card! [Axel laughs and tosses one to each, still not touching his own hand. He can't explain it, but he does repeat himself--]

Sora, Selene...Point of Order... [--and holds his hands up infront of him, card free.]

So...soda? Yes? Maybe? [he obviously doesn't play a card, haulting play for now]


[ooc; Sora's penalty is 6diamond, Selene's is 6club]

[featheredapple.livejournal.com]

Oh, right. Ok. [hands it over] Why did we get penalty cards?

[horizonfyre.livejournal.com]

Well-- [glances down to his abandoned hand of cards]

--consider what I called and what I did... Not much else I can tell you. The game's a lot of putting two and two together.

There's a lot of copying involved. If I do something, take a good long look at what I did. You'll probably have to do it sometime as well.

Buut...I guess I can let this rule slip. --just to make things easier, you know.

'Point of Order', call it and all cards have got to hit the ground and all hands come off. [he eyes Sora's card] --so I'd suggest you both drop 'em before I penalize you again.

--but once the Point-of-Order is called, you can talk again, when it ends, we go back to playing. ANYONE can call a Point-of-Order and it's best when you're going fast and lots of people start calling. It's hilarious when people get confused and can't figure out whether to hold their cards or drop them. Lots of extra penalties that way.

[He goes and grabs a box of pizza off the bed and noms a slice, keeping the box close so anyone can reach.]

Any more questions? [pours himself a cup of soda and takes a swig]

[drawingly.livejournal.com]

[puts her cards down at that]

... Are all card games like this?

EDIT

[horizonfyre.livejournal.com]

Not really. Mao's a bit of a crackpot game. Anyone can play--but you only win if you're paying attention.

[featheredapple.livejournal.com]

Oooh. That makes sense! [not really, but to Sora it does]

[featheredapple.livejournal.com]

[and he totally put his cards down]

[horizonfyre.livejournal.com]

Alright! End point of order! [he picks his card back up...and realizes he has to draw again. WTF!

2heart, 10heart, 3club--today wasn't his day... AceDiamond. He'll play that one.]


[ooc: Axel's hand
diamond:
heart: 10, 9, 7, 2
club: A, 10
spade: J, 3, 2

Draw pile: 7spade, 3heart, 8diamond, Qspade, Kheart]

[featheredapple.livejournal.com]

[six of diamonds]

[drawingly.livejournal.com]

[six of clubs, hi there.]

[horizonfyre.livejournal.com]

[Axel can't remember for the life of him if there's a rule for double-plays or not. Whatever. he just knows he wants to play his seven and CAN'T and it pisses him off so bad.

10 of clubs]

[featheredapple.livejournal.com]

[2 of clubs!]

[drawingly.livejournal.com]

[...uh-oh, she doesn't have any cards that'll work. ends up picking up all five of the top cards from the pile, what.]

[horizonfyre.livejournal.com]

[Presents for you! --7spade, 3heart, 8diamond, Qspade, Kheart

And suddenly, Axel doesn't feel like that huge of a looser for having so many cards anymore.]



[ooc; Drawpile top 5: 9diamond, 3 diamond, 4spade, 5 club, 8club--draw from there again if necessary XD]

[drawingly.livejournal.com]

[diamond, diamond, spade... there, a club! and she puts down the five of clubs, wincing at how many cards she has now.]

We has many cards, you and I XD

[horizonfyre.livejournal.com]

[Fuck. Still can't play his seven.

Until then, a Ace club.

Oh noes. Out of clubs.]

Re: We has many cards, you and I XD

[featheredapple.livejournal.com]

[Uh-oh, draws a card- club! puts down the 8 of clubs]

fff twelve after this post

[yourfighter.livejournal.com]

[eight of hearts.]