Card games Tam Cuc Vietnam

Card game Tam Cuc

Imported by Thanh Binh Fasting

The tam cuc is a card game Vietnamese traditional, the principle of which is based on the game of the battle.
The goal is to collect the most cards possible.
The number of players is 2 to 4.

• The game

We start the party by handing out 5 cards to each player.
Each turn, players play a card or combination that is to be revealed simultaneously, and whoever has the highest put the winning cards of his side, the others are discounts under the pile.
Each player then draws cards to always have 5. If there is a tie in the number of cards of each hand, no deck.
When there is no more cards in the draw pile, the game stops and whoever has the most cards wins.

• Order of the cards (by value):

Emperor (with the flags)

Scholar (with the music rest)

Elephant

Cart

Canon

Horse

Soldier
Combination (by value)
A combination must be composed of cards of the same color (red or white).
The red is stronger than white.
In order :
3 sequential cards (Emperor-Scholar-Elephant ... Cart-Canon-Horse), the soldier cannot be used

2 identical cards (2 Guns red, 2 white Soldiers, ...)

1 card

• The cards

Attention to the number of cards : there is color
1 Emperor

2 Scholars

2 Elephants

2 Trolleys

2 Guns

2 Horses

5 Soldiers