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Lucky Paw Game Help

Rules can be found here.

Starting Layout

A - Series Scoreboard: Player names and scores are shown here. If playing teams, then team information will be shown.

B - Open Play Stacks: These are the stacks that player cards are played on. Only the top card of the stack is shown.

C - Game Information: Shows which round is being played, which player's turn it is, and general message. If it is not your turn, then you will see a message saying that the active player needs to "Play a card or PASS". If you are the active player, then you will see additional messages here telling you either what to do next or telling you that you have made an error.

D - Player Stacks: Each players cards are shown here. Your cards will always be shown as the top middle (for 3 and 6 player games), or the top right (for 2 and 4 player games). Arrows will show the direction of play between players. If all players are able to play all the cards in their stack, then additional cards are dealt. If there are no additional cards to be dealt, then the Round ends and players will see the scoring page.

E - PASS Button: If you are the active player, then a PASS button will be visible here. If you are not the active player, then you won't see the PASS button.

If you haven't made a play in the last 10 minutes then the game will automatically log you off. You can log back in and you will see the current game status.

F - Rules and Round Information:

Draw pile shows how many cards still need to be dealt out for the current round. These are dealt 3 to each player as needed (except the final deal may be less then 3 cards).
Number of Passes in a row tells how many players have already passed. The number is set to zero whenever a card is played on one of the Open Play Stacks. If a player passes (instead of playing a card) then the number is increased by one. Once the number of successive passes equals the number of players, then additional cards are dealt. If there are no additional cards to be dealt, then the Round ends and players will see the scoring page.
Nbr Jokers in deck shows if there are 0, 1, or 2 jokers in the deck. The number is determined by the Host. Any jokers added to the deck will replace an equal number of random cards, thus insuring that each deck is exactly 52 cards.
Must play if can will show a "Yes" or a "No" depending on what option the Host selected.

G - Misc Buttons: Help button, Game Credits button, and Quit/Log out button.

Step by step instructions

It's Sheila's turn. (Arrows for Sheila will be red).

She taps the PASS button. Because the "Must Play" option is set to "Yes" and because she has a playable card, she sees an error message telling her "You can't PASS, you have a playable card".

Sheila taps the Jack of Hearts.

That stack has a red border placed around it to show that it has been selected.

A message appears telling her to pick a stack to play it on.

If she taps the Jack of Hearts again, then the red border will disappear and the card will be unselected. She would see a message telling her to pick a card or to pass.

We will leave the Jack of Hearts selected and continue.

Sheila now taps the Jack of Clubs in the Open Play Stack at top of page.

It is highlighted with a red border to show that it is selected.

The Jack of Hearts remains highlighted since it too is selected.

An error message appears telling Sheila that the "JH can not be played on JC".

Sheila now taps the 10 of Spades in the Open Play Stack at top of page.

This automatically unselects the Jack of Clubs and selects the 10 of Spades.

Because this is a playable move, Sheila's Jack of Hearts will be moved to the Open Play Stack at top of the page.

Sheila's cards will now show an open space where the Jack of Hearts used to be, and it will now become Bill's turn to play.

Now seeing from Bill's point of view. Notice that top middle is now Bill.

Bill will play the Ace of Spades on the 2 of Diamonds. (Arrows for Bill be be green).

Patty will then play 5 of Spades on 6 of Spades. (Arrows for Patty's moves will be blue.)

Sheila's turn. She can't play any of her cards, and so will have to tap the PASS button.

Bill's turn.

Notice that because Sheila passed, the PASS count is now 1.

Bill will play the 2 of Hearts on the Ace of Spades.

Patty's turn.

Notice that because Bill played, the PASS count has been reset to 0.

Patty will play the 3 of Clubs on the 2 of Hearts.

Sheila will pass.

Bill will play 6 of Clubs on 5 of Spades.

Patty will pass.

Sheila will play 7 of Diamonds on the 6 of Clubs.

Bill will be passed automatically (he doesn't have any cards), and Patty will become next player.

Patty will pass because there is no place to play her card.

NOTE: Why is Bill automatically passed, but Patty has to tap the PASS BUTTON? If a player has no cards, then they will automatically be bypassed as it is obvious that they can't make any play. If a player has one or more cards, then even if there is no place to play any of their cards they will still need to tap the PASS BUTTON, as this gives them (and all other players) a chance to see that they can't play.

Notice that the Pass count is now 2.

Sheila's turn. She will have to pass.

When Sheila passes, the count will then be 3 (same as the number of players), and so another set of cards will be dealt.

New cards have been dealt, and it is now Bill's turn. New cards go on top of any unplayed cards.

Image shown is from Sheila's point of view.

Game will continue until all cards have been dealt and all playable cards have been played. That will then complete the round and players will see a scoring page.

After all players have seen the scoring page, the cards will be reshuffled and a new round started.

If you haven't made a play in the last 10 minutes then the game will automatically log you off. You can log back in and you will see the current game status.

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