Card game "Quartet" | Game elements The Night of the Rabbit Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

When you learn how to play quartet (old magician will teach you that) you will be able to play with Mousewood citizen's - for fun. To do that open inventory and select Quartets, and next click with it on one of characters.

"Quartet" is a real game. There is total 32 cards (8 families and in every of them 4 cards - no. 1, 2, 3 and 4). In the beginning every player has 10 cards - remaining 12 lie concealed in the stack. On the bottom of the screen you see your cards, in the top there are opponents cards. Goal of the game is to collect as many quartets as you can get (quartets - 4 card in the same family e.g. clover or leaf).

You asks opponent for a card, and then he do the same to you. When it's your turn first you select card family and next you select a card. When you are selecting card to ask from opponent remember: you have to complete quartet - four card from the same family. E.g. if you have two cards with clover, two with hazelnut and two with tree (and you don't have tree cards in the same family) you can select any of these families e.g. clover.

After you select family it's time for a card. E.g. you have clever no. 2 and 4 cards so from your opponent you can ask for no. 1 or 3 card.

If opponent has a card that you asked for this card will be yours. After that your turn continues. You have to analyze your situation again and select family and card to ask for. But if he doesn't have this card your turn ends and in this moment you get one card from stack. Then it's opponents turn - he asks for a card. If you have it you lose it and he ask for another card. If you don't have card that he asks, opponent turn ends and he gets one card from stack. Etc.

When you get four cards from one family you have a quartet - all four cards leaves game table and go to right-bottom corner. Those are your cards, and they don't take part in this game no more.

The most important for you is to remember what cards opponent ask for and what cards he took from you. E.g. if he ask for clever no. 2 card, it means that he has minimum one card with clever (no. 1 and/or no. 3 and/or no. 4). It also mean that in this moment he doesn't have this card (but remember, he can get it in the end of turn from stack). Memorizing what he took from you is also important - you know what cards you have to get back. Of course if quartet is completed you have to forget about those four cards that leave table. Remember that when you are asking cards from your opponent you can ask only about cards families that you have.

Game finishes in two ways. First when one of the players completed five quartets (more than half available quartets). Second when one of the players will no longer have any cards (and it doesn't matter how many cards have opponent or how many cards are in stack).