  tri is a two- or three-player matching card game in which players attempt to achieve at least 65 net points in one suit. the suit is not verbally declared; players select a suit by using plays, discards, and pick-ups as signals. ==game history== the game was developed in march 2001 by will m. baker and pete richert, in an attempt to create a card game that was entirely cooperative. the game went through many revisions and much playtesting, seeing crucial rules added and ineffective rules dropped. the game reached its final form sometime in april 2001. tri was created using the 5-suited "instinct" deck produced by wizards of the coast. the suit names (stars, fire, skulls, drips, and brocs) were derived directly from the images on the "instinct" cards. ('brocs' is, perhaps, the only obscure suit title; the true suit image is that of a tree, but it has an uncanny resemblance to broccoli.) the title comes simply from the game's process of "trying" to select a suit. tri was developed by will m. baker and pete richert in march 2001. a computerized version is in planning stages. ==description== played in a format similar to gin, players each take turns drawing from either the discard pile or the deck, then discarding, all the while attempting to isolate a suit in which to collect as many high-ranking cards as possible. the game ends when any player, after drawing a card, has four cards of the same suit in one's hand; that suit becomes the "tri", i.e. the attempted suit (even if the player did not intend that suit!). the players' ending score is calculated by summing from their hands the face values of all cards in the tried suit, and subtracting from that sub-total half the total face value of any cards in hand that are not in the tried suit. players win if their net total equals or exceeds 65. ==play== tri is played with a special deck containing five suits (stars, fire, skulls, drips, and brocs), each with cards numbering 1 through 12, and one wild card. each player is originally dealt 6 cards. on each turn, a player: #draw 1 card, from either the discard pile or the deck, and #discard 1 card to the discard pile. the game ends when any player, after drawing a card, has in hand four cards of the same suit. this suit becomes the tried suit, and the player declares "tri." ==strategy== if the purpose of the game is to collect as many cards as possible of one suit, then th
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