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The cards are divided into twelve different pairs of animals  <br>
The cards are divided into twelve different pairs of animals  <br>
for the Chinese astrological sequence. These are valued from  <br>
for the Chinese astrological sequence. These are valued from  <br>
1 to 12.
1 to 12. (that is there are 2 no. 1's, 2 no. 25's, etc.). The 25th  <br>
card is the "panda" which has no value on it. Instead it is  <br>
valued the total of the four chips played on it.  <br>
The players in turn place one of their chips in a spot. He  <br>
can place any value of any chip and in any position, except that  <br>
a player cannot play on the same animal (even if the other  <br>
of a pair) two turns in a row. A chip placed on one of the  <br>
outside spots (A) is worth one point more than its regular value.  <br>
When all the spots around a card are filled the player with  <br>
the higher value of chips wins the card and places a marker on  <br>
it. In case of a tie a neutral marker is placed. After all cards  <br>
are surrounded, each player scores the point value for each card  <br>
captured. Also a 5 point bonus for capturing the two cards of any pair.  <br>
The game played quite well, except that it was quite difficult  <br>
to see. I made the following suggestions : - Play  <br>
with 16 cards in a 4 x 4 arrangement - each player having 20  <br>
chips, 5 each of 4 values. There are 8 pairs and no  <br>
panda. (Later thought of having 7 pairs and 2 pandas, 1  <br>
"good" and 1 "bad" which scores the same way, but against  <br>
(cont. 3/27)