My favorite president rule is revolution. If someone plays 4 of a kind, all values become the opposite. 2 is worthless and 3 is the highest. The only way to change it in a round is a counter revolution, ie, another 4 of a kind.
Alternate rules: Joker: The joker acts as anycard, able to participate in runs or pairs of any other card. Only one is used. However, if played as a standalone card (therfore being higher than 2), the 3 of spades counts higher than the standalone joker. Ending with a joker results in being the last aviliable place. Downfall: If the president doesn't come first the next round, they are automatically last. Only recomended for higher skilled players of president, as groups may find the president position too overpowered. The vice president never applies to this rule. Suit restrictions: If a predetermined number of cards are played of the same suit in a row, all following cards must follow suit. Harsher taxation: The president gives two cards of their choice, and the beggar two highest. The vice and rank above beggar are given the same taxation rules as president and beggar without harsher taxation. Revolution: If a four of a kind is played, ranks of the cards are reveresed (2 low, 3 high). Jokers remain the best if in the deck, and the 3 of spades still trumps it. The trick continues after the revolution, with the new rankings of the cards. Another revolution can occour, reseting the cards to their normal rankings. 8 clear: Any play involving an 8 (single, paired, or in a run) clear the trick immediately, play starting from the person who played the 8. Round play: Instead of points being scored, the end roles after a predetermined number of rounds are the final standings. Downfall still applies if agreed apon.
Omg this channel is so helpful i love this, I am so glad that I stumbled across this so that I could play this card game with my friends. I really like the part at 1:26 because the explanation was really clear and I was able to understand the content perfectly.
I also learned this from summer camp, though we had the president, vice president, secretary, vice a-word, and a-word. The president got to boss the a-word and vice a-word around, with the president having veto power, and the a-word getting worse treatment. The fun came when the a-word somehow manages to beat the odds and becomes president. My god, the revenge!
You can play with more than 7 players if you use two decks. Also a fun variant is to have the beggar/scum give the president/king their 2 highest cards (and vice versa). Then the peasant (or whoever is next lowest after beggar) gives their 1 highest card to the vice president/duke and gets 1 in return.
I prefer the Great Dalmuti, which is pretty much the same rules but where 1 is the highest and 12 is the lowest. Its a custom deck in which there are 12 12s, 11 11s, 10 10s, etc. This makes high cards (1, 2s, 3s) very valuable.
In Germany, there is a very similar game called "Der große Dalmuti". There are only a few changes: You play with special cards, labeled 1 to 12. The 1 is the highest card, 12 is the lowest. Also, the card 1 is only once in the deck, the 2 is twice, and so on. Therefore, the 12 is twelve times in the deck. Also, the player who comes first is called "Großer Dalmuti", and trades two cards with the player that came last, called "Großer Diener". Trading rules are the same as in "President". The player who came second is called "Kleiner Dalmuti", and the player who came second to last is the "Kleiner Diener". They only trade one card with each other, with the same rules as in "President". Also, there are two Jokers. You can add a joker to any card or set of cards, and it will match with these cards and extend the set by one card ( Example: 10-10-10-J counts the same as 10-10-10-10). Jokers alone are the worst card in the game, worse than a 12. You don't have to give away Jokers as "Diener", they will never count as your best card. If a player has both jokers, he can choose to announce it publicly, but he don't has to. If any player does this at the beginning of the round, it's a "Aufstand", and no cards are traded in the round. But there's one exception: If the "Großer Diener", the worst player on the table, gets both Jokers, he can also announce w "Revolution". In this case, the trading hierarchy changes, and the "Großer Dalmuti" has to give his best two cards to the "Großer Diener", and receive any two cars back, and the "Kleiner Dalmuti" has to give his best card to the "Kleiner Diener" in return for any card.
Wow I’ve always wondered what this game is called in English! I love this game and tried to teach my friends, but I didn’t know how it’s called so I (and the other immigrant kids) just called it “Big 2”, the literal translation from its Chinese name 大老二. For us, the rule ends at 2:04. We’d just keep going until someone wins and then we’d do another round; none of this “president, vice president” business. We did have many “house rules” on what kinds of hands are permissible though (3 of a kind, etc). Some rules also make Diamond out-ranking heart which will never stop being weird. Another variation I loved is for 2 or 3 players: we’d deal 3 piles with 1 card left over which we put in the center. Then whoever has the 3 of clubs (lowest possible card), or the lowest card out of the players, take that extra one and begin the turn. For 2 players, the extra pile is a draw deck for every time we had to pass. For 3 players the game continues as usual.
One version I was taught - 3s are the bomb card that clear the floor then starts a new round. 4, 5, 6 cards are wilds. Then 7 is the low card then work the way up to 2 being high card. Then in round two, the winner and the very last person with cards from round 1 will swap cards. Winner gives 2 lowest cards, then loser gives their 2 highest cards. Then the round starts with the loser going first. up til the winner who is going last. When it comes to wilds, you can play them with other cards to make doubles or triples. But if you play it Individually, it just counts as the next higher card.
1:43 Why would play 3 wait to play double aces? If he played it immediately then his opponents wouldn't have had the chance to get rid of some of their cards. Is there some strategy to not playing your high card right away?
One possible scenario is that player 3 is considering the possibilities that there could be a pair of 2s. However, I don't think this is a good idea in general, but maybe they just did that to specify that you are allowed to do that.
Atl Rule: Complete the Set: When a card of any rank or set is played, if you have the cards of the same rank that would complete the set (4 cards of the same rank), you can play that, end the trick, and start the next trick. (e.g. if player to my right plays a 6 of hearts, and I have the other three '6' cards, I can complete the set) I'm used to also playing with the following: Jokers (auto-clear/top rank card) and Harsher Taxation (President swaps for the 2 best cards from the beggar, VP swaps for 1 best card from vice-beggar)
Might be considered a different game, but we always played with “clear cards”. All 2s and only red 8s are clear cards and can reset the pile. Also if a player lays down a card matching the previous play (ie: player 1 lays down a 3, and player 2 follows with another 3) this would skip the next player in rotation. Also the beggar is called something different 🤣
Great video, although to actually learn the rules of president, its best to actually play a game yourself. Me and my comrades have 2 as the lowest and jokers as the highest as an example, but when I played with a different group of people, the rules were the same in the video.
Alternating Version to this game: In Switzerland we call this "arschlöchlä" witch would be translated to a$$holing. The start is the same like shown in this video but at the end the player who is the last to get rid of his cards becomes the a#$hole and has to shuffle the deck and the the dealer. Every other player is not allowed to answer any questions of the @$$hole and are not allowed to call him by his name. If they break this rule the role of the a$$hole gets passed to the rulebreaking player
Some of the rules you explain here is bullshit and unbalanced. When one player passes on a play, the player should not be able to play any more cards until the next round. And the beggar is supposed to start the first round in a new game after the first game, not the president. It's unbalanced for the president to get both the best card of the beggar and to be the first to play cards. With these rules, the decisions and roles have more weight.
this comment is quite old, but still President (or most other variations) is a game about the inequality of the players, thats why the president gets good cards, gets to pick a good seat, plays first etc. and why the beggar has to shuffle, looses a good card, is the last person in the first trick to get a chance to play, etc. The game is supposed to not be balanced and that's what makes it fun in a round with friends and perhaps some alcohol involved
I remember that this game is popular in Japan, its country of origin, and if booze is involved, things go crazy
In Japan, this is called Daifugō (大富豪), or Grand Millionaire.
My favorite president rule is revolution. If someone plays 4 of a kind, all values become the opposite. 2 is worthless and 3 is the highest. The only way to change it in a round is a counter revolution, ie, another 4 of a kind.
If that's the case, let's say I have 4 of a kind in my deck, why don't I just keep them and play normally as to not trigger a revolution?
@@TheLegend-gj6bw sometimes it's better to keep 2 high and 3 low, but sometimes your hand is weak and reversing it to 3 high and 2 low is better
The way we play it, the reversal happens when a Jack is played and ends when the trick is over
Alternate rules:
Joker:
The joker acts as anycard, able to participate in runs or pairs of any other card. Only one is used.
However, if played as a standalone card (therfore being higher than 2), the 3 of spades counts higher than the standalone joker.
Ending with a joker results in being the last aviliable place.
Downfall:
If the president doesn't come first the next round, they are automatically last. Only recomended for higher skilled players of president, as groups may find the president position too overpowered. The vice president never applies to this rule.
Suit restrictions:
If a predetermined number of cards are played of the same suit in a row, all following cards must follow suit.
Harsher taxation:
The president gives two cards of their choice, and the beggar two highest.
The vice and rank above beggar are given the same taxation rules as president and beggar without harsher taxation.
Revolution:
If a four of a kind is played, ranks of the cards are reveresed (2 low, 3 high). Jokers remain the best if in the deck, and the 3 of spades still trumps it.
The trick continues after the revolution, with the new rankings of the cards. Another revolution can occour, reseting the cards to their normal rankings.
8 clear:
Any play involving an 8 (single, paired, or in a run) clear the trick immediately, play starting from the person who played the 8.
Round play:
Instead of points being scored, the end roles after a predetermined number of rounds are the final standings.
Downfall still applies if agreed apon.
THIS IS JUST TYCOON!
@@souldragon9130 Club House Games on Nintendo Switch uses what Zlue described as their version of President.
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Omg this channel is so helpful i love this, I am so glad that I stumbled across this so that I could play this card game with my friends. I really like the part at 1:26 because the explanation was really clear and I was able to understand the content perfectly.
I also learned this from summer camp, though we had the president, vice president, secretary, vice a-word, and a-word. The president got to boss the a-word and vice a-word around, with the president having veto power, and the a-word getting worse treatment. The fun came when the a-word somehow manages to beat the odds and becomes president. My god, the revenge!
You can play with more than 7 players if you use two decks.
Also a fun variant is to have the beggar/scum give the president/king their 2 highest cards (and vice versa). Then the peasant (or whoever is next lowest after beggar) gives their 1 highest card to the vice president/duke and gets 1 in return.
That's the way we play. But you probably need 6 or 7 players for this for sure.
I prefer the Great Dalmuti, which is pretty much the same rules but where 1 is the highest and 12 is the lowest. Its a custom deck in which there are 12 12s, 11 11s, 10 10s, etc. This makes high cards (1, 2s, 3s) very valuable.
In Germany, there is a very similar game called "Der große Dalmuti". There are only a few changes:
You play with special cards, labeled 1 to 12. The 1 is the highest card, 12 is the lowest. Also, the card 1 is only once in the deck, the 2 is twice, and so on. Therefore, the 12 is twelve times in the deck. Also, the player who comes first is called "Großer Dalmuti", and trades two cards with the player that came last, called "Großer Diener". Trading rules are the same as in "President". The player who came second is called "Kleiner Dalmuti", and the player who came second to last is the "Kleiner Diener". They only trade one card with each other, with the same rules as in "President". Also, there are two Jokers. You can add a joker to any card or set of cards, and it will match with these cards and extend the set by one card ( Example: 10-10-10-J counts the same as 10-10-10-10). Jokers alone are the worst card in the game, worse than a 12. You don't have to give away Jokers as "Diener", they will never count as your best card. If a player has both jokers, he can choose to announce it publicly, but he don't has to. If any player does this at the beginning of the round, it's a "Aufstand", and no cards are traded in the round. But there's one exception: If the "Großer Diener", the worst player on the table, gets both Jokers, he can also announce w "Revolution". In this case, the trading hierarchy changes, and the "Großer Dalmuti" has to give his best two cards to the "Großer Diener", and receive any two cars back, and the "Kleiner Dalmuti" has to give his best card to the "Kleiner Diener" in return for any card.
It's actually the commercial version of President, and it does not come from Germany. It's made by the Wizard of the Coast.
@@xwtek3505 You may be right, I don't know. I only know that commercial version and never knew, where it originated from.
Do you know where one might find a deck such as this?
@@croutendo2050 It's called "The Great Dalmuti" and you can buy it from game stores (and probably big-box stores as well).
Glad you used "beggar" and not the A word. Much obliged.
family friendly :)
yeah, i will be using Beggar from now on as well, seems more appropriate and more accurate
@@m.o.cfitnessrolemodels3642 lame
I'm probably gonna use Serf for it.
@@TripleSGamesyea
"Im a beggar?!" - Joker
Omg tycoon mentioned
This is objectively the best card game
Wow I’ve always wondered what this game is called in English! I love this game and tried to teach my friends, but I didn’t know how it’s called so I (and the other immigrant kids) just called it “Big 2”, the literal translation from its Chinese name 大老二.
For us, the rule ends at 2:04. We’d just keep going until someone wins and then we’d do another round; none of this “president, vice president” business. We did have many “house rules” on what kinds of hands are permissible though (3 of a kind, etc). Some rules also make Diamond out-ranking heart which will never stop being weird.
Another variation I loved is for 2 or 3 players: we’d deal 3 piles with 1 card left over which we put in the center. Then whoever has the 3 of clubs (lowest possible card), or the lowest card out of the players, take that extra one and begin the turn. For 2 players, the extra pile is a draw deck for every time we had to pass. For 3 players the game continues as usual.
such a good explanation
thank u jim! i needed this!
You're so welcome!
Wow this is giving me major persona vibes
Yea kinda
A popular pastime among Phantom Thieves.
One version I was taught - 3s are the bomb card that clear the floor then starts a new round.
4, 5, 6 cards are wilds. Then 7 is the low card then work the way up to 2 being high card.
Then in round two, the winner and the very last person with cards from round 1 will swap cards. Winner gives 2 lowest cards, then loser gives their 2 highest cards. Then the round starts with the loser going first. up til the winner who is going last. When it comes to wilds, you can play them with other cards to make doubles or triples. But if you play it Individually, it just counts as the next higher card.
I think there is no one way to play President, each group has their own rules and this look to me like your and your friends' rules
Yes there are usually many variations to all card games
1:43 Why would play 3 wait to play double aces? If he played it immediately then his opponents wouldn't have had the chance to get rid of some of their cards. Is there some strategy to not playing your high card right away?
Yeah. You generally want to keep your high cards till the end where people won't be able to play on them
One possible scenario is that player 3 is considering the possibilities that there could be a pair of 2s. However, I don't think this is a good idea in general, but maybe they just did that to specify that you are allowed to do that.
I think it's to emphasise that you can skip a few turns then play in a later turn
This looks a lot like Big Two. Are there differences between this and Big Two?
In this scenario, what if player 3 plays say a pair of 7's, and everyone passes. Does he get stuck with the set of Aces?
What are you talking about? The deck resets and they begin the round.
When you say player 3 takes the "trick" how do we know, when we can take the 'trick" ? Whenever we put on the Ace?
Isnt this like big 2 ?
this feels like the game "Tiến lên" in Vietnam, only runs are not allowed and one may still play a trick after passing it
Atl Rule:
Complete the Set:
When a card of any rank or set is played, if you have the cards of the same rank that would complete the set (4 cards of the same rank), you can play that, end the trick, and start the next trick.
(e.g. if player to my right plays a 6 of hearts, and I have the other three '6' cards, I can complete the set)
I'm used to also playing with the following:
Jokers (auto-clear/top rank card)
and Harsher Taxation (President swaps for the 2 best cards from the beggar, VP swaps for 1 best card from vice-beggar)
The most comfortable seat?
Might be considered a different game, but we always played with “clear cards”.
All 2s and only red 8s are clear cards and can reset the pile.
Also if a player lays down a card matching the previous play (ie: player 1 lays down a 3, and player 2 follows with another 3) this would skip the next player in rotation.
Also the beggar is called something different 🤣
I swear that once you pass, you cannot play until everyone else passes and the cards are thrown away. It makes the game more fun
Oh, this is like tycoon from persona 5 royal haha
That’s exactly what it is
Who came here after Persona 5 Royal XD?
Oh absolutely
Yessir 🤣🤣
the algorithm got me ☠️
Is this card game in P5R, or is the algorithm screwing us over?
@@caolanochearnaigh9804 yes
How many decks do you use for 5 persons?
We always used 4 or 1 less than the number of players. Is that right?
I wish he would have explained things like certain card actions (4 of the same number clears the stack, or #2 clears the stack)
#2 doesn't clear the stack, and 4 of the same number reverses the value of the cards.
Darn, judging by the title I thought it's gonna be about the game that Monica Levinsky played!
If you have only one card left in your hands can the adversary give you doubles, triples ... cards?
Yes
Thank you for using the term beggar and not the profanity usually used that begins with the letter A.
Sensitive af
@@Spherehead123 Uh, sorry?
What's the 'A' word?
@julesmcgarry819 It starts with A and ends with the word "HOLE." I think you can figure it out now. I am not saying it.
@LeotheTiger1234 what's so bad about that word?
Great video, although to actually learn the rules of president, its best to actually play a game yourself. Me and my comrades have 2 as the lowest and jokers as the highest as an example, but when I played with a different group of people, the rules were the same in the video.
So you're wrong then.
@@julesmcgarry819 more like i play a variation sometimes.
Is the Joker card used in President?
Yes, beats everything except for 3 of spades
my favorite card game
You could hold those cards so the Ace of Spades is completely visible.
2:57 How do you know the Beggar gave their HIGHEST card?? I mean, they could keep it
yah true but that's cheating, you never actually have to do anything honestly in a game if you want to cheat
They would get caught because other players know he can’t have the highest card( ie joker or 2)
If they ever play a card higher than what they gave you, then you know they're cheating.
Really similar to "thirteen" or vietnamese poker
Once u pass ur out in new zealand 🇳🇿
Woah its like pusoy dos.
Alternating Version to this game: In Switzerland we call this "arschlöchlä" witch would be translated to a$$holing. The start is the same like shown in this video but at the end the player who is the last to get rid of his cards becomes the a#$hole and has to shuffle the deck and the the dealer. Every other player is not allowed to answer any questions of the @$$hole and are not allowed to call him by his name. If they break this rule the role of the a$$hole gets passed to the rulebreaking player
which* ... not witch, m@oron
@@julesmcgarry819 Thanks for the correction but keep in mind that english is not my native language.
You people are too nice. Where I come from, we call it "scum"
in australia we call this game chazzwazzers
why is 2 hightest? I've never heard of such a thing before
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Why comment then?
@@CaptainFritz28 why not
@@honeyjuice219 Ah! Try to gaslight me, will you?
I see you changed your mind over the last three years...
@@CaptainFritz28 yeah, I changed 3 years ago because I misspelled triple
@honeyjuice219 Mhm... definitely didn't change "no" to "yes." :)
It's Look Like Tiến Lên
why is 2 the highest?? is this new? i haven't played this in 3 years..
This is kind of like bluff
Another game to be played after pandemic is over...
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Here because of Classroom of the Elite LN lololol
Some of the rules you explain here is bullshit and unbalanced. When one player passes on a play, the player should not be able to play any more cards until the next round. And the beggar is supposed to start the first round in a new game after the first game, not the president. It's unbalanced for the president to get both the best card of the beggar and to be the first to play cards.
With these rules, the decisions and roles have more weight.
this comment is quite old, but still
President (or most other variations) is a game about the inequality of the players, thats why the president gets good cards, gets to pick a good seat, plays first etc. and why the beggar has to shuffle, looses a good card, is the last person in the first trick to get a chance to play, etc. The game is supposed to not be balanced and that's what makes it fun in a round with friends and perhaps some alcohol involved
we play a similar game in asia, but we call it slaves
I'm here because of persona 5 royal 🤣
Whaaa
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This is kind of like 13 but not really
I am second person to view this
@@KRATOStheGodkiller-pv8sy nope
Your video is wrong sry but you are teaching poker president:(
This game sucks