A unique and innovative
card game included as a
sub-game in
Final Fantasy VIII. The player plays the game against the
computer in an attempt to win
cards.
The cards have four numbers in the left
corner, arranged in a
diamond pattern. The numbers correspond to the four edges of the card. In addition to cool
artwork, the card may have an
elemental property assigned to it.
The object of the game is to win cards from your opponent (which is always the computer, and has varying levels of difficulty). Points are scored by flipping your opponent's cards over. Cards are flipped by comparing the numbers that correspond to the edges of cards that are touching when the card is placed on the
game board. The game ends when all of the spaces on the board are filled. The
winner is determined by highest score at the end of the game, else the game ends as a
draw (draws can be avoided if the game is played with the
Sudden Death rule).
In addition to the basic
rules, there are the rules of Same, where if a card placed on the board has numbers that match the numbers of two adjacent cards (one of which must belong to the opponent), the card(s) will be flipped over, and may trigger a
Combo. Under this same category are the rules of Plus and Same Wall. Plus will trigger a Combo if a card placed next to two adjacent cards have numbers that add up to the same value. Same Wall works a lot like same, but any of the perimeter edges of the game board can be used as a card with a value of 10 (represented as 'A' in the game) in performing a Same move.