Schwimmen Deluxe (card game)

SchwimmenDeluxe,that’stheGermancardgame"Schwimmen".Itissimilarto"Thirty-one","BigTonka","NickelNock",or"Blitz".In"SchwimmenDeluxe"youplaythegameexactlyasyoulikeit:

✓ Playagainstuptoeightcomputeropponents
✓ Changetherulesofthegameasyouknowit
✓ Chooseoneofthreedifficultylevels
✓ Lookatstatisticsaboutyoursuccesses
✓ Useintutitivecontrols
✓ Enjoythebeautifullyarrangedgraphicsandtheingenioussoundeffects
✓ Readthetipsontherulesduringthecourseofthegame

Herearetherulesofthegameagainincaseyoudon‘trememberthemall:

Yourgoalistoscoreasmanypointsaspossiblewithahandofthreecards.Indoingso,anacecountseleven,king,queenandjackcount10,andtheothercardscountfacevalue.Youcanaddupthescoreofthesinglecards,ifthecardsareofthesamesuit.Thehighestscorepossibleamountsto31,whichiscalleda"blitz".Itcanbeachieved,forexample,byanace,akingandatenofthesamesuit.Besides,threecardsofthesamerank(e.g.threejacks)countasascoreof30½.

Atfirst,thedealerchoosestoputhercardsface-uponthetableortokeephercards.Inthefirstcaseshegetsnewcardsfromthestack.Inthesecondcasesheputsthreenewcardsfromthestackonthetable.

Thenthegamestarts.Theplayerstaketurnsandhavethefollowingoptions:

1)Discardonecardtothetableandpickuponecardfromthetable(choosethisoptionbyusingdraganddrop)
2)Pickupallcardsfromthetableanddiscardallyourcardstothetable(Button"Swapall")
3)Donothing(Button"Pass")
4)"Knock".Theotherplayershaveonemoreturneachandthenthegameends.

Ifallplayerschoose"pass",newcardsaredrawnfromthestocktothetable.

Thegameendsimmediately,ifoneplayer’sscoreis31(blitz)orifoneplayerholdsthreeaces.

Finallyallplayersshowtheirhands.Theplayerwiththelowestscorelosesthegame.Ifmorethanoneplayerhavethesamelowestscore,eachofthemloses.Butifoneoftheplayerswiththelowestscorehasknocked,onlythisonelosesthegame.Ifoneplayerholds3aces,allotherplayerslosethegameregardlessoftheirscore.

Atthestartofaserieseachplayerhasthreetokens.Ifaplayerlosesagame,shealsolosesatoken.Onlyinthespecialcaseoftwoplayersplayingthegameandoneofthemhavingthreeaces,theloserofthegamehastogiveuptwotokens.Whenaplayerhaslostallofhertokens,shecontinuestoplayona"freeride".Losingagain,sheiseliminatedfromtheseries.Thelastremainingplayerintheserieshaswontheseries.Ifshestillownsallthreeofhertokens,shehas"wonwithcrown".