CrowsNest Card Game vs Yatzy Player

CrowsNest is the app developer's favorite version of Rook®, and is the default upon installation. It is identical to Tournament Rook, with two strategic exceptions: (1) the Crow card is the lowest trump; (2) when declarer's team achieves the bid they receive the bid amount, not total points captured.  Other classic Rook® versions available for play are: (1) Tournament Rook (a.k.a. Kentucky Discard); (2) Partnership Rook; (3) 1-High Partnership; (4) The Red 1; (5) Buckeye; (6) Dixie Rook. CrowsNest is a partnership card game for 4 players, "We" team vs. "They" team. You and your AI partner (top of screen) are the We team. AI Opponent Left and Opponent Right form the They team. All 3 AI players have identical "skill". The winning difference is up to you! The CrowsNest card deck consists of 4 suits identified by color, plus a "Crow" card which is always the lowest "Trump" card. Each suit contains cards numbered 5 thru 14. The 5's (5 points), 10's (10 points), and 14's (10 points) are "Counters", creating 25 points per suit. Additionally the Crow card is worth 20 points, making a total of 120 points in the deck. (The Crow card can optionally be removed from the deck, in which case there are 100 points.) 1. Play begins by sequentially dealing the cards, 9 to each player and 5 to the "Nest" (4 if the Crow card is not used). Player to the left of the "Dealer" begins the "Bid" process by committing to a total his/her team will capture of the 120/100 points available. Minimum opening Bid is 70 and subsequent Bids must be in multiples of 5, up to 120/100. Players may "Pass" at any time, but then cannot re-enter bidding. Bidding continues until all but one player has passed. If all players pass on the opening round the cards are re-dealt by the same Dealer. 2. Player with the highest Bid (the "Declarer") temporarily adds the Nest to his/her hand, and then discards back into it any 5/4 cards from the combined hand. Counters discarded into the Nest are added to the score of the team that captures the last "Trick" of the hand. Finally, Declarer chooses the "Trump" suit for the hand now to be played. If in use, the Crow card becomes the lowest Trump card. 3. Player to the left of the Dealer leads a card to begin the first Trick. Play continues clockwise around the table to the remaining 3 players. Players must play a card of the lead suit when they have one, except the Crow card may be played at any time. Players out of the lead suit are free to play any card. Highest card in the lead suit wins the Trick, unless card(s) of the Trump suit have been played. In that case the highest Trump card wins the Trick. Player winning the Trick captures the value of any Counters for his/her team, and leads a card to begin a new Trick. 4. After all cards have been played the hand ends. Counters in the Nest are added to the team winning the last trick, and Trick points won by each team are tallied. Team that opposed the Declarer receives the total of their points. If Declarer's team achieved or exceeded the Bid they receive the amount of their Bid. However if Declarer's team total falls below the Bid, they receive no credit for points won and the Bid amount is deducted from their score. 5. The deal now passes to the next player on the left, and a new hand is played by repeating steps 1-4. First team reaching 300 points wins the game. If both teams have 300 or more points, the team with the most points wins the game. If teams have identical scores in excess of 300, a sudden-death hand is played to determine the winner.

The BEST Yatzy Player...Period. Finally, a visually clean and easy-to-use app for this popular dice game. No silly graphics, no annoying ads, and no requests for costly added features. We do not collect any personal data. It's just one low price for this "Smart Scoresheet" that anyone can play. Our game does not have complicated eye-straining graphics. A simple to use "smart sheet" allows you to focus on your strategy and play. "Play. Socialize. Repeat" is our motto. 1) Rules: This Yatzy game follows the official Yahtzee game rules that you play today. This includes the Joker Rule where players can obtain certain points for additional Yatzys. 2) Joker Rule: This rule applies to all Yatzys after a Yatzy score has already been used (50 or 0 points). If the corresponding Upper Section score has not been used, it must be used. If the corresponding Upper Section score has been used, the Yatzy acts like a "Joker" and any Lower Section score can be used. 3) How To Play: Each player should use their own device. Select the DICE icon to roll the dice up to 3 times per turn. After each roll, select any dice to save (dice will turn black). The green scores can be selected to choose a desired score for that round. 4) How to Start a New Game: Select the green trash icon to erase the game and to begin a new game. 5) Game Automation: This game's "Smart Scoresheet" will present and track all scoring options and add all the points. All you have to do is roll, repeat, and win! Look for more games from MKE Things in the Apple App Store: Bunco Player, Sevens Dice, Ship Cap Crew, Shut Box Pro, Give Get Grab, Bingo Manager 75, Bingo Manager 90. Enjoy! Margaret from MKE Things, LLC