The Catholic Card Game
The Catholic Card Game Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Set up
Lay both the Yellow and White cards face down in respective piles.
Each player draws one White card per day Creation (7 cards).
The Play
The person who most recently has gone to Confession begins as The Judge. If no one can remember the last time they confessed, take a moment, and do that immediately.
The Judge draws a Yellow card, reads it aloud, and lays it face-up for all players to see. All other players then answer the prompt by playing a White card from their hand, laying it face down as if it were in true worship of the Yellow card.
The Judge picks up all played White cards, does a quick shuffle, and reads each one aloud. For full effect, The Judge should re-read the Yellow card along with each answer. The Judge then picks the card they find the funniest, most theologically accurate, or based on their feelings as the winning card. Whoever played the winning card takes the Yellow card as their victory point.
For Yellow cards that have 2 blanks, each answering player plays 2 cards, the one they want read first laid face down first with the second one on top.
The round is over. A new player then becomes The Judge and everyone draws back up to 7 cards.
Winning
The winner is whoever has the most Yellow cards at the end of the game. We suggest playing to 7, but you have free will; do whatever you want, lest it cause you to sin.
God's House Rules
The Uncharitable
The game is played as normal, however, if someone forgets to draw back up to 7 White cards at the end of a round, they are only allowed to draw back to the number of cards they now have in their hand for the duration of the game.
Judgement Day
Rather than one person being The Judge, everyone votes for their favorite White card per round. Majority of votes determines the winner.
Not Conforming to Creation
Rather than seven White cards, players play with ten White cards (or however many you so desire.)
The Lost Sheep
In addition to everyone playing a White card, a random card from the top of the White deck is added to the pile, representing the game itself as a player. If the game gets more Yellow cards before a real person, great shame will come upon you.
Condemnation
In addition to the best card being chosen as the winner, the least favorite card is also chosen and that player must skip the next round of play.
Have your own house rule that you play? Share it with us and we may share it with all other players.