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' gourd crab fish tiger '; also Bầu cua tôm cá or Lắc bầu cua) is a Vietnamese gambling game using three dice. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The game is often played at Vietnamese New Year . Instead of showing one to six pips, the sides of the dice have pictures of a fish ; a prawn ; a crab ; a cock ; a calabash ; and a stag (or a tiger ).
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Tam cúc (三菊, "three chrysanthemums") is a multi-trick card game popular in Northern Vietnam. [1] Tam Cúc is not just played for entertainment, but also played in ceremonies and festivals. It is commonly played during New Year celebrations , while waiting for bánh chưng to cook.
The dealer may then say "this game of Mao has officially begun", "the game of Mao begins now", "Mao is a game of rules" or a variant thereof. Play commences with the player to the left of the dealer and proceeds clockwise. [ 8 ]
A triplet of 2s is beaten by 3 consecutive quartets or a double sequence of 7+ pairs; Optionally, the game may be played with trading: after the deal and before the initial lead, any 2 players may exchange any equal number of cards with each other. The specific cards of the trade must be mutually agreed to; if not, there is no trade.
The game ends when all the pieces are captured. If both Mandarin pieces are captured, the remaining citizen pieces belong to the player controlling the side that these pieces are on. There is a Vietnamese saying to express this situation: "hết quan, tàn dân, thu quân, bán ruộng" (literally: "Mandarin is gone, citizen dismisses, take back the army, selling the rice field") or "hết ...
Points are earned by the pitching team if the receiving team fails to catch the ball. The game continues until a certain number of points are earned or a time limit is reached. The game requires skill in throwing the ball and the ability to dodge to stop opponent's tosses, with moves such as the patella wheel or patella flick used to score points.
Xiangqi (/ ˈ ʃ ɑː ŋ tʃ i /; Chinese: 象棋; pinyin: xiàngqí), commonly known as Chinese chess or elephant chess, is a strategy board game for two players. It is the most popular board game in China.