Gameplay
Object
The object of Commune is to be the last player remaining in the game. Players are removed from the game when they have received three penalties. Penalties are gathered through making invalid bids or calling valid bids.
Deal
At the beginning of each hand, each player is dealt one card more than the number of penalties they have. For example, a player with one penalty is dealt two cards. Players may look at their own cards, but must refrain from telling other players information about their hand. Twos are wild cards and may take on any value.
Bidding
Beginning with the player who last received a penalty, bidding proceeds clockwise. A bid is a poker hand that the bidder believes exists in the combined cards of all the players, known as the commune. Each successive bid must have a higher value than the previous, with the allowed hands being as follows:
- High Card – e.g. "jack high" – valid if there is one or more card of the named rank in the commune
- Pair – e.g. "two sixes" – valid if there are two or more cards of the named rank in the commune
- Two Pair – e.g. "eights and fours" – valid if there are two or more cards of each of the named ranks in the commune
- Three of a Kind – e.g. "three queens" – valid if there are three or more cards of the named rank in the commune
- Straight – e.g. "straight to nine" – valid if all five consecutively numbered cards, up to and including the named rank, are in the commune
- Full House – e.g. "fives over kings" – valid if there are three or more cards of the first named rank and two or more cards of the second named rank in the commune
- Four of a Kind – e.g. "four aces" – valid if there are four or more cards of the named rank in the commune
Note that flushes are not hands in Commune, because bidding gives no information about the suits of the cards in the commune. Also note that no bid may involve a two, for example, no player may bid "twos over queens" or "straight to six".
Calling
If a player believes that the previous bid is invalid, and does not exist in the commune, then he may announce so by declaring "call". When this happens, players reveal their cards and the validity of the bid is determined. If the bid was valid, the player who "called" receives a penalty. Otherwise, the bidder receives a penalty. The hand is then over and a new hand begins.
End Game
If a player receives three penalties then they are out. However, as players accrue more penalties, they receive more cards each hand and will thus have more information about the game, making it harder to force further penalties on them. Eventually, though, all players will receive their third penalty and drop out of the game. When only one player is left, that player is the winner.
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