MANUAL OF CARD'S "FORTY"

1.- OBJECT The goal of  Forty is complette forty points. In the game play only two or four players. Our application in present version play one person with the computer. The pack of cards is used in several hands, (one hand of cards have five cards for each player). The purpose is to withdraw the card's of the opponent player that he throwed  then before that you throw yours cards on the game's table. To withdraw the cards you have to follow the game's rules (fall, cleaning, round, combined additions), to acumulate points and to join the greatest number of cards that they will account points later. The first player that complette the needed score of 40 or more points win the game.

                

2.- CARDS USED The game need all the pack of cards with exception the cards that have the value of eight, nine, ten and the jockey cards, these cards are used like the reference to count the points. These cards are named dogs and they are equivalent to ten points, The number of the rest of the cards is forty. In the computer game is used an abbreviation  to refer the different cards so, "BH" to black hearts, "RH" red harts, "BC" black clover, "RD" red diamonds. For example: 1 BH mean AS of black heart card.

                            

3.- GAME'S RULES In each deaperture the player receive one hand of cards, in other words, five cards.  The player that initiate the game  (the user in our application), throw one card over the game's table. The opponent player have the possibility to throw one card that allow him to withdrawthe card of the other player or some cards that are stayed over the game´s table. It's possible to win points of the following mode:

3.1 FALL: It consist in withdraw or raise the cards with the same value that the throwed one by the opponent player. It isn't matter the image card (denomination of the card as: red hearts, black hearts, red diamonds, black clovers).

3.2 CLEARING: It is said that one player is clearing the table when he raises or carries all the cards over the game's table.

3.3 ROUND: One player might o round of cards when in the moment of distribute them he receive three or four cards with the same value. It's necessary to explain that if one player receive's four cards with the same value. He win the game !!.

3.4 COMBINED ADDITIONS: To withdraw the cards over the game's table it is possible to do combined additions with the cards. There are several cards over the game's table whose values might be additioned until to give like the result the same value of the card that the player just to throw. The result of additions should be in the rank of one to seven, for example: *  There are the cards: 7, 4, 1 on the table. If the player can throw the card whose value is seven, so the player only can withdraw the card: seven. *  There are the cards: 2,3,6,7, J, K on the game's table. If the player throw the card 5, he can to carry the cards: 3,2 (3+2=5),  and he also can to carry the cards whose value is inmediatelly after to 5 like: 6,7,J.  The card K the player can't carrie because there isn't the card Q on the table to complette the serie. *  There are the cards: 1,7,J, Q on the table. If the player throw the card J, he can't add the cards: (1 + 7 =  J   (8)  ), so he only can to carry the cards with the value J and Q. One  player can't win the game in only one hand of cards, then it's necessary  to suffle all the cards and to start a new game by the follow acummulating points until the player arrives to the goal of "forty points".

                           

4.- SCORE: By FALL win 1 Tanto = 2 Points By CLEARING win 1 Tanto = 2 Points By FALL and CLEARING win 2 Tantos = 4 Points By ROUND win 1 Tanto = 2 Points When the player complettes five "Tantos" or 10 Points, these points are exchanged by one Dog. 1 Dog = 10 Points. The dogs can be represented by the cards whose values are eight, nine, ten or the jocker.

4.1.- ADDITIONAL CARDS At the end of each hand it will be proceed to count the number of cards ruined by each player. If these number is greater than 19, then by each additional card the player wins new points, as follow:

                           

Number of Cards	Tantos	Points	Equivalent
20	3	6	3 tantos
21	4	7	4 tantos
22	4	8	4 tantos
23	5	9	5 tantos
24	5	10	5 tantos
25	6	11	1 dog + 1 tanto
26	6	12	1 dog + 1 tanto
27	7	13	1 dog + 2 tantos
28	7	14	1 dog + 2 tantos
29	8	15	1 dog + 3 tantos
30	8	16	1 dog + 3 tantos
31	9	17	1 dog + 4 tantos
32	9	18	1 dog + 4 tantos
33	10	19	2 dog
34	10	20	2 dog
35	11	21	2 dog + 1 tanto
36	11	22	2 dog + 1 tanto
37	12	23	2 dog + 2 tantos
38	12	24	2 dog + 2 tantos
39	13	25	2 dog + 3 tantos
40	13	26	2 dog + 3 tantos

         

5.- USE OF THE GAME 1) SHUFFLE the cards. 2) DISTRIBUTION five cards to each player. 3) The player throw one card to the game's table. 4) If the player can get cards with the game's rules (FALL, CLEARING, ROUND, COMBINED ADDITTIONS), get the cards. 5) The oppositor player throw one card.   And soon... Good look ...!