Chuchula

• Chuchula is a card game played between 2 to 4 players using a standard deck of cards.
• A deck is shuffled and 13 cards are distributed to each player.
• Player makes 4 groups of distributed cards and competes once at a time with opponent players and a player with the highest rank group wins the point. Each group contains 3 cards.
• At the end of the game, a player with the highest points wins the game.

1.   Cards:

• The standard 52 card deck has the following items:
  • Four suits – spades (♠), diamonds (♦), clubs (♣) and hearts (♥). Generally hearts and diamonds are in red color while spades and clubs are in black.
  • 13 cards per each suit.
  • 3 face cards – Jack, Queen and King
  • 10 pip cards – 1 (Ace), 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10.
• Rank cards from highest to lowest are A, K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 irrespective of suits. That is, A is the highest rank card and 2 is the lowest rank card.
• Highest rank card beats the lowest rank card.

2.   Card groups:

• The type of group from highest to lowest are TRIAL, DOUBLE SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE, COLOR, PAIR and INDIVIDUAL.
• Highest group type beats the lowest group type. E.g: ♠A♦A♣A beats ♠10♠9♠8.
• Between two groups of the same type, the one with higher rank cards wins. E.g: ♠A♦A♣A beats ♠J♦J♣J.

     a.   TRIAL:

• Three cards of the same rank. E.g: ♠3♦3♣3

     b.   DOUBLE SEQUENCE:

• Three consecutive cards of the same suit.
• Ace can be used in a sequence of ♠A♠K♠Q and ♠A♠2♠3
• E.g: ♦4♦3♦2

     c.   SEQUENCE:

• Three consecutive cards of not the same suit.
• Ace can be used in a sequence of ♠A♦K♠Q and ♠A♦2♠3
• E.g: ♠6♦5♣4

     d.   COLOR:

• Three cards of the same suit that do not form a SEQUENCE.
• E.g: ♠K♠2♠3

     e.   PAIR:

• Contains 2 equal rank cards and a third different rank card.
• E.g: ♠3♦3♠K

     f.    INDIVIDUAL:

• Group of three cards that do not exist in the above types.
• E.g: ♠Q♠9♦4

1.  Dealer Selection:

• The first dealer is selected randomly from the players.
• After the round is completed, if the game is not finished, the player in the anti-clockwise direction to the dealer has to deal the card successively.
• Dealer shuffles the standard 52-card deck and then distributes 13 cards to each player.

2.  Grouping:

• After distribution is completed, each player groups hand cards.
• Each group is a combination of 3 cards.
• For example: hand cards = ♠A, ♠4, ♠5, ♦K, ♦Q, ♦J, ♦2, ♣9, ♣8, ♥J, ♥7, ♥4, ♥3
• A player divides hand cards into 4 groups and then arrange groups in descending order i.e from highest group to lowest group. And the last card is left as ungrouped. E.g: ♦K♦Q♦J    ♠A♦2♥3    ♣9♣8♥7    ♥4♠4♦J. And ♠5 is left as ungrouped.
• After a player folds groups, he/she is not able to rearrange groups again.

3.  Group Completion:

• After all players fold their groups, each player shows their group at a time.
• Player turn is shifted in the anti-clockwise direction to the dealer.
• At first, each player's highest group is competed and similarly, at last lowest group is competed.
• Among competing groups, the player with the highest ranked group collects one point. E.g on groups ♦K♦Q♦J  ♦A♠2♠3  ♠8♠9♣7  ♥K♥J♥10, ♦K♦Q♦J beats.
• If more than one player has the same highest ranked group, a point is canceled. E.g on groups ♦K♦Q♦J  ♦A♠2♠3  ♠8♠9♣7 ♥K♥Q♥J, a point is canceled.

4.   Round Completion:

• If all 4 groups have competed, then the round is said to be completed.
• The round continues until the game is finished.
• Game is said to be finished, if the selected round is completed or the selected point is acquired by at least one player after the round is completed.

5.   Ranking:

• After the game is completed, a player with the highest point is declared as first (winner) and similarly a player with lowest point is declared as last.
• The players with the same points are ranked randomly.

1.  Round Game:

    i.  5 round game: Game completed in 5 rounds.

    ii. 3 round game: Game completed in 3 rounds.

2.  Point Game:

   i.  10 point game: If at least one player acquired 10 points after the round is completed, the game         is completed.

   ii. 15 point game: If at least one player acquired 15 points after the round is completed, the game is completed.

   iii. 20 point game: If at least one player acquired 20 points after the round is completed, the game is completed.