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Objective

Score the most points to avoid losing lives.

Game play

Select 1 action each turn:

Swap 1 card in hand for 1 face-up card.
Swap all cards in hand for all the face-up cards.
Pass for the remainder of the round and keep the cards you have.

Scoring

Same Suit

2 or 3 cards.
Add the values:

Rank	A	K	Q	J	10	9…2
Value	11	10				9…2

Same Value

Must be 3 cards.
Always scores 30.5.

Turn end

A player loses a life with:

< 21 points, or
≥ 21 points & lowest or tied lowest score.

Options

Number of players

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Number of lives

2

3

5

Rule set

Schwimmen

A commerce game using a piquet pack.

Blitz

A draw and discard game using a standard deck.

Custom

Table creator can customize variant options.

Exchange mechanism

Commerce

May exchange 1 or 3 cards with face-up cards.
If all players consecutively pass, all face-up cards are replaced.

Draw and discard

Draw from the deck or discard pile, then discard.
Cannot discard the same card taken from the discard pile.

Three of a kind

Fire

Three of a kind: 30.5 points.
3×A: 32 points.

Three of a kind

Three of a kind: 30.5 points.

Disabled

Remove 2 to 6

Dealer hand exchange

Dealer may exchange their hand with 3 cards from the deck before play begins.
- Draw and discard variant: exchanged cards are shuffled into the deck.
- Commerce variant: exchanged cards are used as the initial face-up cards.

Hand tiebreaker

Suit (for regular hands) or the rank (for threes of a kind) breaks hand value ties.

31 affects all other players

Round end by closing or 31: player with the lowest hand value loses a life.
Round end by Fire: all players except the winner lose a life.

Closer rule

Tie with the round closer: closer wins the tiebreak.
Closer's score is the sole lowest: loses 1 more life.

Points limit

Round end: players with ≤ 20 points or lowest score > 20 lose 1 life (except the winner).

First turn close limit

Non-dealers cannot close the round during their 1st turn.

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