Deck'n'po

Deck'n'po is a reimagination of the classic game of Jokenpo (Rock-Paper-Scissors) using a deck of cards for quick rounds between two players.

It was made for games that requires an intransitive mechanic but with more degrees of freedom than what the original rock-paper-scissors game could offer. Some of the abstractions this new mechanic allows are: 

• More than 3 elements without needing to name or theme each one—each element is simply represented by a number.
• No need for a matchup table—just follow one consistent set of rules.
• An even numbers of elements are possible while still keeping the game balanced.

And it still maintains some properties of the original game such as:

• The more elements a game has, the less likely it is to tie.
• All elements tend to win 50% of the time and lose 50% of the time
• Luck based

It can still be played with just your fingers, making it great for practicing small additions in a fun way.

Trying to code this game turned out to be a nice coding exercise.

License:

This is an open source project. Feel free to use or modify it as you wish.

Structure

The main file contains 3 pages:

• Page 1: Core Rules
• Page 2: Example of play
• Page 3: Alternative rules

Translations:

- Brazilian portuguese, by Daniel Awada