Terrapin
Terrapin is a family of Decktet betting games. All Terrapin games use the same basic rules for ranking possible hands, but each has a different structure for distributing cards and betting. Western, Temptation, and Liar's Terrapin play well with up to 7 players; Provincial plays better with 4.
To play, you'll need to provide chips or a substitute - glass beads, pretzels, pennies, nickels, electrum pieces, or some other countable token. If you are using nickels as the smallest token, for example, read 'one chip' in the rules as 'a nickel.' Don't bet serious money, and don't come crying to me if you lose your last glass bead playing Terrapin.
Links
- Rules for Terrapin at the Decktet wiki
- More about Terrapin at BoardGameGeek
- Discuss Terrapin at the Decktet wiki
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