Post by skonenblades on Nov 8, 2016 20:12:12 GMT
Spite and Malice is usually played with two decks of cards so this deck is perfect for it.
The usual rules can be found here
www.pagat.com/patience/spitemal.html
The additions we've made is that we've added the travelers, Crone, Watcher and Darkness cards to it.
Travlers: Since there are more cards than usual (0,11, and Beast), we've included the Travelers as wild cards along with the Jokers.
Crone: If you have an unruly, long, messy discard pile, the Crone can get rid of the whole pile and discard it, giving you a fresh space on your side of the board to fill and start over. Sometimes you get it and you don't need it but boy howdy, when you need it? It's super welcome.
Watcher: Takes you up to the card you need. For instance, if the only available card are a 2 and you need to get rid of a Jack, you can play the Watcher as 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,Beast so you can play your Jack. It skips you ahead so you can get rid of your card. Pretty handy when you're looking to bypass someone else and it's a shame to use if if you only need a couple of cards. NOTE: It doesn't go backwards. If you have to get rid of a six and the only available slot if a nine, you can't play the Watcher to go back down to a six. The watcher only takes your forward.
Darkness: Playing the Darkness gets rid of a pile in the middle no matter where it's at. It can be good if you need to clear a space to play a 0 or if you want to scupper your opponent's chance of getting ahead and you want to force them to start over. Debate is currently raging on whether or not this is an actually good use for the Darkness card but it does seem to come in handy.
We don't use the Talismans, the whatever you want, the arrows, the omnihedron or the Hunters for this one.
We'd really like to use the Hunters (since we're using the travelers) but we're having a hard time coming up with a use for them. If and when we do, I'll update here. Or maybe YOU have an idea! Let me know in a reply if you do. Happy playing!
The usual rules can be found here
www.pagat.com/patience/spitemal.html
The additions we've made is that we've added the travelers, Crone, Watcher and Darkness cards to it.
Travlers: Since there are more cards than usual (0,11, and Beast), we've included the Travelers as wild cards along with the Jokers.
Crone: If you have an unruly, long, messy discard pile, the Crone can get rid of the whole pile and discard it, giving you a fresh space on your side of the board to fill and start over. Sometimes you get it and you don't need it but boy howdy, when you need it? It's super welcome.
Watcher: Takes you up to the card you need. For instance, if the only available card are a 2 and you need to get rid of a Jack, you can play the Watcher as 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,Beast so you can play your Jack. It skips you ahead so you can get rid of your card. Pretty handy when you're looking to bypass someone else and it's a shame to use if if you only need a couple of cards. NOTE: It doesn't go backwards. If you have to get rid of a six and the only available slot if a nine, you can't play the Watcher to go back down to a six. The watcher only takes your forward.
Darkness: Playing the Darkness gets rid of a pile in the middle no matter where it's at. It can be good if you need to clear a space to play a 0 or if you want to scupper your opponent's chance of getting ahead and you want to force them to start over. Debate is currently raging on whether or not this is an actually good use for the Darkness card but it does seem to come in handy.
We don't use the Talismans, the whatever you want, the arrows, the omnihedron or the Hunters for this one.
We'd really like to use the Hunters (since we're using the travelers) but we're having a hard time coming up with a use for them. If and when we do, I'll update here. Or maybe YOU have an idea! Let me know in a reply if you do. Happy playing!
