The Bogey
The Bogey Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Set up
Remove the jokers from a deck of traditional playing cards. Shuffle the deck and deal yourself an opening hand of 5 cards.
How to Win
The aim of the game is to play all the cards in as few columns as you can. The win criterion, in terms of number of columns, is as follows:
- novice: 12 columns
- normal: 11 columns
- advanced: 10 columns
- legendary: 9 columns
- epic: 8 columns
How to play a card to the table
Over the course of the game, columns of cards are built. In each column, the cards are of the same suit, and the cards must be decreasing in value (K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, A) but may skip values. To play a card to the table it must be either added to the bottom of a column of the same suit containing only cards of a higher value, or placed to start a new column.
Gameplay
The game starts with an empty board. Play alternates between you and the bogie, starting with you.
On your turn you first draw enough cards to bring your hand to five cards. For each card in your hand you must decide whether to play it to the table, discard it, or to hold on to it for the next turn.
The bogey then takes his turn. He plays the next card in the deck, either adding to an existing column or starting a new one. You may choose where the card is played. If it cannot be played legally the game is lost. Remember there is a limit of twelve columns.
When the deck has run out the discards are shuffled and become the deck.
A more difficult variant: A more difficult version of the game is to change the hand size to 4 (instead of 5). This means the bogey plays cards a higher proportion of the time.
FAQ
Are the jokers used? The jokers are not used.
Can you pass a turn? Yes. Passing a turn, that is letting the bogey play multiple times in a row, is the same as choosing to "hold on" to all your cards (not discarding nor playing any of them).