Please cut A7-sized playing cards (eg. by halving a standard printing paper size 'A4' three times, so that it becomes 8 cards.
Only 4 cards are needed for the training version of
E M O T I O N G A M E
Make the following archetypes appear in the sides of cards as follows:
[side1; side2]
SEX; DEATH
LOVE; HATE
JOY;SORROW
FEAR; BUSY
So each card is always face up, because it has two faces. Take one and give one to Partner. You must be able to play your card so that it fits both cards seen face-up. So, for instance you have LOVE-HATE, and the opponent has JOY-SORROW. Then the ones seen (bolded upwards) are SEX-
DEATH and FEAR-
BUSY.
An Archetype may be played on top of another, if it Fits. Fitting is [0; 1; 2] and '0' is impossible fit, '1' is normal fit and '2' is trump fit.
The cell tells how well [column] Fits [row]: SEX DEATH LOVE HATE JOY SORROW FEAR BUSY
SEX 1 1 1 1 1 1
DEATH 2 1 1 1 2 1
LOVE 2 1 1 1 0 1
HATE 1 1 0 1 1 1
JOY 2 1 1 0 0 0
SORROW 1 2 1 1 1 0
FEAR 1 1 0 2 0 1
BUSY 1 2 1 1 0 0
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Always take a card after you played yours. When Trump is played, every other move must also be a trump or lose. If trump is not played, normal move satisfies. When you cannot place your card, you lose.
