Introduction

The place of competition for players in the Crypto Card Game is the cryptocurrency exchange. The players’ task during the game is to buy or sell their assets in the form of virtual coins. Each cryptocurrency or blockchain company whose coins can be traded is represented on the cards by its logo. To start with, each player should recognize and correctly name all symbols in the game. During the game, cryptocurrency symbols can be given the full name or abbreviation, e.g. Bitcoin – BTC, Ethereum – ETH etc.

Game rules

There is really only one simple mechanic in the game, which is to recognize and name the cryptocurrency symbols on the cards. Any two cards from the deck are connected by only one symbol, and the player’s task is to find it as quickly as possible and call it loudly before other players do. Two versions of the game with two variants for each are based on this simple principle.

First version

We are located on a centralized stock exchange where there is currently a bull market. The players’ task is to collect as many cards as possible, which at the end of the game are counted as victory points in the following proportion: one point for one card.

To start the game, we give each player one face-down card and put the pile of not dealt face-up cards in the middle of the table so that everyone can see it well. At the agreed sign, each player turns his card over and looks for a common symbol that links his card with the first open card in the pile. The turn ends when one of the players first notices this common symbol. After it happens, he says aloud the name of the cryptocurrency symbol, which he recognized on both cards, and takes the one from the pile, placing it face down on his hand in the same way. The situation repeats until all cards are collected from the pile of cards in the middle of the table. At the end, all players count the cards in their hand. Of course, the winner is the player with the most cards, i.e. the player who managed to buy the most virtual coins during this session.

In case of a tie, two players with the same number of points draw any of his collected cards at the same time, and such an extra round continues until the first victory of one of the players.

Second version

We are on the decentralized exchange platform and we are currently on a bear market. The players’ task is to get rid of all the cryptocurrency cards they have as quickly as possible.

We start the game by distributing all cards from the deck to each player. Cards must be dealt face down. Depending on the number of players in a given game, it is acceptable that not all the players will have the same number of cards in their hand. After the deal, players draw their hand with a pile of cards face down so that it is visible to all. At the agreed sign, at the same time, players reveal the first card from their pile, face up. The turn ends when one of the players first notices the common symbol on his own card and that of any player in that game.

Similarly to the previous version, after recognizing a given cryptocurrency symbol, the player says its name aloud. However, in this case, instead of collecting the card, the player gives it to the player with the same symbol, hiding the card that he had on top. From that moment on, the player who was given the card starts looking for common symbols among other players by comparing them with his new card. The game ends when one of the players is the first to get rid of all their cards in their hand. Of course, the player who was the first to sell all his cryptocurrencies becomes the winner of the game.

Naturally, in each of the above-mentioned versions, you can play both bullish and bearish tendencies. You only need to establish this at the beginning of each hand.

Dispute settlement.

Sometimes it will happen that two players will recognize and say aloud the name of a symbol at the same time. In this case, the one who first took, placed or discarded a card with a recognized symbol wins.