Cambio · the clay card table

Keep your total low. Trust your memory.

Joker

0

Red king

−2

Ace

1

2–10

Face value

J, Q, black K

10

1. Memorize your bottom two cards before the round.
2. Draw from stock or take the discard. Replace a hand card, or discard a stock draw.
3. Discard a stock draw directly to use its power: 7–8 peek at yours; 9–10 peek at theirs; J blind swap; Q look at one of yours and one of theirs, then choose whether to swap. Kings have no power.
4. Match the discard’s rank with a face-down card—even out of turn. Matching yours removes it; matching theirs requires you to give them one of yours, so you must still have a card to give. A wrong match adds a card.
5. Call Cambio before drawing when you think you’re lowest. With no cards left, Cambio is called automatically at the start of your next turn. Your cards freeze; everyone else has a final turn and a last chance to match. A tied caller loses the tie, including when the stock runs out.

A guided practice hand, with real cards and real rules.

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One lucky shortbread. No points, no powers. Just a table superstition.