BARON MUNCHAUSEN PLAYS CARDS

INTRODUCTION
Card game for Aristocratic Adventurers and other Fantasists.
Players use melds of cards to retell the tales of the Baron & score points.

VICTORY
The first player to score 100 points wins.

THE DECK
Players share a common deck.
The deck contains 2 copies of each card on the card list.
The deck contains 7 card types:
M = Dramatic Mood Swings
C = Extraordinary Companion
R = Romantic Interlude
D = Brush with Death
X = Exotic Location
P = Preposterous Escape
E = Envious Enemy
In addition, there are 2 Jokers & 2 Fools.

TURN SEQUENCE
Each turn has 7 Phases:
Fill & Spill Phase
Out with the Old & in with the New Phase
Bid & Trump Phase
Trades & Promises Phase
Tricks up the Sleeve Phase
Side Bets & Wagers Phase
Boast & Toast Phase

FILL & SPILL PHASE
Players may fill their hands up to 8 cards.
Players must discard down to 10 cards.

OUT WITH THE OLD & IN WITH THE NEW PHASE
Players may discard up to 5 cards & draw replacements.

BID & TRUMP PHASE
Each player must discard one card.
The player(or players if tied) who discarded the card with the highest 
point value may draw 2 cards or get 7 points.

TRADES & PROMISES PHASE
Players may trade cards, points, favors, etc. with each other.
Trades must be mutual.

TRICKS UP THE SLEEVE PHASE
Players may discard pairs of cards (2 cards exactly the same).
For each pair discarded, a player may draw 3 cards.

SIDE BETS & WAGERS PHASE
Any player may make any claim whatsoever.
Any other player may call his bluff.
If a wager is agreed to, the loser must give the winner a random 
card (or other agreed upon bet).

BOAST & TOAST PHASE
A player may make a Boast.
A Boast must consist of 7 cards, one of each of the seven types.
Jokers & Fools are wild cards and can be used as any card type, but of zero points.
The Boaster scores points equal to the total point value of all the cards in the Boast.

CARD LIST
Type	Points	Name:
M	1	Deepest Despair
M	2	Aristocratic Aires
M	3	Charismatic Oratory
M	4	Supreme Confidence
M	5	Undaunted Courage
M	6	State of Bliss
M	7	Fantastical Inspiration
C	1	Dancing Bear
C	2	Bertholdt the Fastest Man Alive 
C	3	Adolphus the Best Shot in the World
C	4	Gustavus who can Blow Hurricane Winds
C	5	Albrecht the Strongest Man in the World
C	6	The Baron's Astonishing Horse
C	7	Sally Salt	
R	1	Lovely Ladies
R	2	Seduction
R	3	The Empress of Russia
R	4	The Moon Queen
R	5	A Single Red Rose
R	6	The Goddess Venus
R	7	Dancing on Air
D	1	Old Age 
D	2	The Executioners Axe
D	3	Foulest Treachery
D	4	Assassin
D	5	Sniper
D	6	Doctor
D	7	The Grim Reaper
X	1	Island made of Cheese
X	2	The Hollow Earth
X	3	Inside a Volcano
X	4	Belly of A Giant Fish
X	5	The Celestial Spheres
X	6	The Moon
X	7	The Surface of the Sun
P	1	Whirlpool
P	2	Modicum of Snuff
P	3	Mechanical Bird
P	4	Ride Cannonball
P	5	Impossible Rope Trick
P	6	Fall Through the Earth
P	7	Pull Self up by own Hair
E	1	Unbelievers
E	2	A Friendly Wager
E	3	The Turks
E	4	Vulcan
E	5	The Sultan
E	6	The Moon King
E	7	The Factualist
J	0	The Joker
J	0	Ship of Fools

HOUSE RULES
House Rules are highly encouraged.

UNGENTLEMANLY CONDUCT RULE
Once per game you may steal a random card from your opponents hand.


LINKS
Dreams
TEABM
Trade Cards