Rules to War of Succession

This was one of many shitty card games made by Alex K (see Rules to Royalty, Rules to Sink the Ship, and Rules to Floating Aces)

This one in particular however was a meme because when the rules were explained to James C, he famously had an aneurysm and died due to how convoluted the game was. PLAY THIS GAME AT YOUR OWN RISK

War of Succession (5 players)

**OBJECTIVE: To gain the power of the kingdom**

There will be a war between the King (King of Spades) and the Prince (Jack of Spades). The winner of the war will be determined by who has the most soldiers. Everyone will have a face up army pile, but only the King’s and the Prince’s will matter for the war. In this pile, weapons (Spade cards) and people (all the other Jacks, Kings, and Queens) will be put. One soldier is equal to one weapon and one person. Of the King and the Prince, whoever has the most soldiers by the end of the game wins the war. If there is a tie in soldiers, no one wins the war.

Then there is the Queen (Queen of Spades) and the Lover (Ace of Hearts). If the King wins the war, then the Queen can seduce him and take power for herself. The same goes for the Prince and the Lover. Whether or not the King or Prince is seduced is determined by which of them has more affection (Heart cards) by the end of the game. Whichever one has more affection is seduced. Everyone will have a face up pile for affection, but only the King’s and the Prince’s matter in the end. If there is a tie in affection, neither the Prince, nor the King is seduced.

Lastly, there is an Assassin (Ace of Spades) who chooses one person to kill right when the game ends. If the Assassin chooses the person that ends up with the power, he wins. The Assassin has the same piles as all the other players.

Everyone will have a third pile for their goblet. In this pile, poison (Club cards) and wine (Diamond cards) can be put. This pile is the only pile that is face down. If a player ends the game with more poison than wine in their goblet, they die. All characters can be poisoned including the Assassin in which case he cannot choose a player to kill.

The roles are picked at random in the beginning. Everyone will have three piles, their army, their affection, and their goblet. The deck is placed in the center of the circle of players. Each player takes 4 cards into their hand. A player will take their turn by putting a card into anyone’s corresponding pile and drawing a card. It then is the next player’s turn. If a player draws an Ace, that player must take one other player aside and tell that player their role. The Ace is then discarded and a new card is promptly drawn to maintain a 4 card hand size. If an Ace appears in someone’s starting hand, the Ace or Aces should be taken out and shuffled into the deck. Then cards should be drawn to replace the Aces taken out of that player’s hand. The game ends when all the cards in the deck and each player’s hand run out.

When the game ends, the first thing that must happen is the Assassin reveals himself. The Assassin turns over his goblet to see whether or not he is poisoned. If the Assassin is not poisoned, then he will choose his victim. The Prince and the King must then reveal themselves. Of the Prince and the King, the winner of the war is determined. After the winner of the war is determined, it is found out whether or not the winner of the war was seduced. If the winner of the war has more heart cards than the loser of the war, and was not poisoned, then the woman of the winner of the war ends up with the power.

If the winner of the war is poisoned then it goes to the loser of the war. In this case, the loser of the war ends up with the power unless he is seduced in which case the woman of the loser of the war ends up with the power. If both the winner of the war and the loser of the war are poisoned then the power will end up with the woman of the winner of the war and if all three of them are poisoned, then power will end up with the woman of the loser of the war. Lastly, if the Assassin had killed the person that would have ended up with the power by the end, he wins. Otherwise, the person that ends up with the power wins.

If no one wins the war then the person who ends up with the power will be the woman that seduces her man. If there is a tie in affection, then no one gets seduced and power remains with the winner of the war. If there is a true tie in which no one wins the war and no one gets seduced, power will always go to the King. In the case of this sort of tie, the King is immune to the Assassin and poison.