mao-rules

A complete documentation of rules for the card game Mao, through resets.

Start date: 9/2/2017

Stock Rules

Dealing - Either the winner from the previous round or a random player is the dealer, and deals 7 cards to each player.
Touching cards - Players may not touch any cards before the game has begun
Excessive talking - Players may not speak excessively during normal gameplay; they may only say words and phrases as required by cards
Starting the game - The Dealer flips over the top card and says “the game of mao has begun”
Game progression -

Players take turns
Players may play any card from their hand that is of the same suit or same value as the previous card on the play pile
Play goes counterclockwise, unless switched
If a player has no playable card, they must draw from the deck, and can play that card immediately if it is valid

Punishment - Players issue penalties to other players if a rule is not followed
Taking too long - Issued if a player takes too long or doesn't recognize their turn
Breaking a rule - When penalized, the player receiving the punishment must say “thank you”
To-it - Players may skip others by playing a card of the same value and suit, but they must say “to-it”
Playing a 2 - Gameplay order is reversed
Playing an Ace - One player is skipped
Playing a 7 -

Player must say “have a nice day”
For each additional 7 played on top of the base 7, the next player must add a “very” before the “nice”
For example, if it is the fourth 7 played, the player who placed that 7 must say “have a very, very, very nice day”

Playing any Face Card - All players must say “all hail”
Playing a Spade - Player must say card value + “ of spades”
Calling “Point of Order” -

All players must drop their cards
Players may speak freely
Players may not touch their cards
May only be ended when the player who called the PoO says “end point of order”

One card left - Player must say ”mao”
Playing last card - Player must say “the game of mao has now ended”

Rules: Games starting 9/2

Card of same value but different suit is played - Player must say “change of suit”
Card with prime value played - Player must say “prime”
Last two cards sum up to prime number - Player must say “prime”
Playing a 6 - Player must say “six”
Suit change to clubs - Player must say “welcome to the clubhouse”
Player draws a card - Player must say “never lucky”
Player points (with a finger or two) - Player must say “yeah boii”
Player is not penalized because next player goes too quickly - Non-penalized player must say “teamwork”
5 cards of same color are played - Player must say “racist”
Playing card of same suit and value of 1 greater than last card - Player must say “pancake”
Playing an Ace, 5, or 10 - Player must say “Rome wasn't built in a day”
Player “to-it”’s with an even value card (excluding face cards) - Player must say “shannic speed”
Playing a Queen - Skips (floor(n/2)-1) players and reverse order
Playing a King after Jack, or Jack after King - Player must say “joker”

Rules: Games starting 9/7

Playing a Jack, Queen, or King - next player must play in 2 seconds or less
Player draws a card and plays that one immediately - player must say "ez game"
Player changes suit -

Player must knock
Number of knocks is determined by how many suit changes in a row there are

Playing a Jack - player must announce a suit and the next person must play that suit
Third card of a new suit played - player must say "three"
Third card of a new suit played - skips 3 players
Player "to-it"'s - player who was supposed to be next must say "rip"
Playing a 2, 3, or 4 of hearts - player must say "angery"
Card played after a 7, excluding another 7 - player must say "lucky"
Player is penalized twice in one turn - player must snap
Player plays a card when another player was about to - player must say "swish"
3 (or more) face cards in a row are played - player must say "sea cucumber"
Playing a 6 - player must roll the dice, and that many people are skipped

Rules: Games starting 9/17

Player says 2 statements after playing a card -

Player must say "black" if they played a red card
Player must say "red" if they played a black card

Red, then black, then red card played - Player must dab and say "Paipo paipo paipo"
Playing a Jack, Queen, or King - Next player must hit the previous card before playing theirs
3 strictly increasing/decreasing cards played (with ace low) -

Player must say "music" with pitch getting higher if increasing
Player must say "music" with pitch getting lower if decreasing

Player switches suit to diamonds - Player must say "oof", next player must say "ouch", and next player must say "owie"
Playing a 6 then 6, 6 then 9, 9 then 6, or 9 then 9 played - Player must say "nice"
Playing an Ace, 4, or 9 - Player must say "circle"
Card with value 1 above previous played (with loops) - Player must say "upvote"
Playing a 3 -

Player must name a card value (defined as calling a "cockblock")
Next player may not play the named card
If they do, they are penalized with the rule call: "cockblocked"

Playing a 10 -

Must be played either to left or right instead of on the pile
If the 10 is red, must be played to player next in opposite of current order. Playing this also reverses the order.
If the 10 is black, must be played to player next in current order.

Rules: Games starting 9/25

Playing an exact copy of the previous card (but not a "to-it") - Player says "me too thanks"
Playing a card with the same value as starting card -

Player must say the card value
On a reshuffle, the card that activates this switches to the card on top after the shuffling

Any player touches the played card stack in the middle - Forces "without any milk" to be said with next card played
Playing any card where past 2 cards add up to 10 - Player must recite any haiku
Playing a 3 - Player must say "green"
Playing a 4 - Player must say "blue"
Playing a card that completes a pattern of value, decreasing value, increasing value - Player must acknowledge Chicago (point to it on board)
Playing any card that sandwiches a Jack with non-Jacks - Player must say "I'm sorry, Jack"
Queen or King -

Player must kneel on the card (bend fingers onto it)
This establishes an "emperor", at which point you cannot play a card of the same value but different suit until a full rotation of players passes.
e.g. A Queen of Spades is played, and the player kneels. The Queen of Clubs, Diamonds, and Hearts cannot be played until a round of plays passes.

Card played perpendicular to previous card - Player must say "jenga"
Playing the a copy of any red card ("to-it" or normal) - Player must "take a selfie" (make a clicking noise)
Playing a 6 or 4 -

Player can play a 4 of any suit on a 6 while saying "going to chicago"
A player cannot play a 4 on a 4 or a 6 on a 6

Playing a card that completes a pattern of 3 strictly increasing cards - Player must declare a step size, and then from then on play steps by this amount from turn to turn, instead of by 1
Playing any card after a 10 - Player must say "{card value * 10} percent chub"
Playing a card with a left hand - Player must say "right hand rule"

Rules: Games starting 10/6

Playing a 7, 9, or 10 - Player must say "nani"
Playing a 6, 8, 9, 10, Q after a 6, 8, 9, 10, or Q - Player must say "oh no"
3 card straight - Player must say "up, up, and away"
Absolute value of difference in card values is >= 8 -

Player must say "going to Malaysia"
In other words, (A or 2 to 10, J, Q, K) or vice versa.

Player completes a blackjack (A and 10, J, Q, K) - Player must say "bluejay"
Drawing after the previous player drew as well - Player must say "same"
Playing a 3 - Player must swap a card from their hand with the top one on the deck
Value of card played matches number of letters in player's name - Player must say "me irl"
Player after someone who said "me irl" also meets the requirements to say "me irl" -

Player should say "2 me irl 4 me irl" instead
If the next person should as well, they should say "2 me irl 4 2 me irl 4 me irl" and so on

Switch to a diamond -

Player says the card value, and next players continue counting down
Switching to a suit other than diamond - player must say "break" and all players stop counting down

A switch of suit that also changes colors - Player must cluck like a chicken
Joker - This can be played anytime, player must laugh when it is played, it skips a number of players corresponding to how many Jokers have been played so far, and a player can play any card after a joker
Odd valued heart - The bottom of the hearts on the card will point to someone, this player must say anything involving "senpai"; if the bottom of the heart points to the player who played the card, they must say anything involving "kouhai"
Playing a 9 after a King - Player must make a dog noise
Spade after at least 2 hearts - Player must say "shot through the heart"
Player completes the pattern A, B, A, C (in terms of card values) - Player must say "boba"
Playing a Queen - Player must say "I'm a believer"
Playing a 4 or 8 of clubs - Player must say "always lucky"

Rules: Games starting 10/15

Playing a 7 -

Player must say "do", and next players continue with "re", "mi", and so on
This chain stops on another 7 or when players reach "do" again

King after Jack, or Jack after King - Player must make a jacking off motion
Starting turn with 2 cards in hand -

Player must present a card and ask for a card matching any specification
Others can present their cards and then a trade occurs.
If no card is presented within 10 seconds, original player must "go fish" from the drawing pile

Player plays a card when another player was about to - Player must say "skrt"
Any card > 3 after a 3 - Player must say "hartz"
Player changes suit and needs to say another thing - Player must say "announcement first"
Even-numbered card played onto a different even-numbered card - Player must say "north" if direction is CCW, "south" if direction is CW
Card with value 3 greater than previous card - Player must "hunt" and flip a card from the draw pile onto the play pile
Playing a non-face card after a face card - Player must play next card with both hands
Red, black, red or black, red, black - Player must say "you hate to see that happen"
Finishing the pattern 5, 3, 4, 5, any card - Player must play a 1-stock in smash with another player, loser must draw a card
Playing a Diamond after a Spade -

Player must ask a question
Next player must answer the question with any answer

Players cannot play a card with their elbows on the table - Associated penalty is "lack of chivalry"

Worst of: Game played 10/18

Playing a Queen - Skips (floor(n/2)-1) players and reverse order
Any player touches the played card stack in the middle - Forces "without any milk" to be said with next card played
Player says 2 statements after playing a card -

Player must say "black" if they played a red card
Player must say "red" if they played a black card

Odd valued heart - The bottom of the hearts on the card will point to someone, this player must say anything involving "senpai"; if the bottom of the heart points to the player who played the card, they must say anything involving "kouhai"
3 (or more) face cards in a row are played - Player must say "sea cucumber"
Playing an Ace - Players must vote on a player, highest voted player must then play an Ace or draw a card and say "Tanner confirmed"

Best of: Game played 10/18

Third card of a new suit played - Player must say "three"
Third card of a new suit played - Skips 3 players
Player is not penalized because next player goes too quickly - Player must say “teamwork”
Player points (with a finger or two) - Player must say “yeah boii”
Playing a Jack, Queen, or King - Next player must hit the previous card before playing theirs
Playing a card that completes a pattern of value, decreasing value, increasing value - Player must acknowledge Chicago (point to it on board)
Player draws a card and plays that one immediately - Player must say "ez game"
Red, black, red or black, red, black - Player must say "you hate to see that happen"
Playing any card after a 10 - Player must say "{card value * 10} percent chub"
Playing a 3 -

Player must name a card value (defined as calling a "cockblock")
Next player may not play the named card
If they do, they are penalized with the rule call: "cockblocked"

Player draws a card - Player must say “never lucky”
Value of card played matches number of letters in player's name - Player must say "me irl"
Playing a non-face card after a face card - Player must play next card with both hands

Rules: Games starting 10/31

3 even cards in a row - Player must say "good"
3 odd cards in a row - Player must say "bad"
4 even cards in a row - Player must say "better" (but not say "good")
4 odd cards in a row - Player must say "worse" (but not say "bad")
Playing a 3 - Player must say "sideways river"
Player changes color - Players must say "c____________ parmesan"
Playing a King after Queen or Queen after King - Player must tap next player to play Rock, Paper, Scissors; loser draws a card
Player says a word with a "b" on their turn - Player must say "boolin'"
Player breaks a 3 in a row streak - Player must say "TL;DR"
Playing a 6 - Player must say "he/she dead" and next player must say "I am a male/female" respectively
Playing an 8 - Player must declare "the king is dead" and other players must repeat in a two direction cascade
Player says any phrase that affects game flow containing a word beginning with "e" - Player must say "forward aerial"
Player needs to say a phrase on a spade that is not "x of spades" - Player must say "happyou" before saying phrases
Playing an Ace - Exactly min(num_players, 6) must touch the ace played or everyone is penalized for "failure to play ouija"

Rules: Games starting 11/27

Suit change - Player must say a 4 syllable word/phrase as well as "on a stick"
Card played with value +/- 1 from previous card - Player must place hand down and spin it around
Playing a 6 - Player must say "Matt is dead"; skip 2 players
Change of parity -

Player levels up (tally on paper)
Playing a Jack - Player must challenge next player to a duel, player with lower level loses and draws a card

Playing a King -

Player must challenge next player to "War"
Players show their highest value card, smaller card loses and that player draws a card

Two parity changes in a row (with face cards even, Ace odd) - Player must laugh
Two cards played that skip or redirect player flow - Player must name an animal
The code word is: banana bread
BS implemented, max of one usage per game

Player can play 1-4 cards face down, and must name the value
Other players can call "BS", if player was truthful, the one who called out takes the cards and draws a card, if player was lying, they take the cards back and draw a card

Two 8's in a row - Player must say "lol boobies" or "kek boobies"
Playing an 8 after a 5 - Player must say "I vote Bamo"
Player can call a vote by holding a spin up or spin down hand for 2 seconds -

Other players must vote (hold spin up or down) within 2 seconds, or are penalized

Rules: Games starting 12/8

Playing immediately after a "to-it" - Player must say "drift"
Player who plays a card that a player "to-it"'s onto -

Player becomes a "lead"
Next time it is that player's turn, they must say "lead"

3 suit changes in a row - Player must say "supersonic"
Past 2 cards add to 4 - Player must say "that's numberwang"
Changing suit with a 4 - Player must say "let's rotate the board"
Playing a different card on 2 of the same card - Player must say "not drift"
Playing a 6 or a 7 -

And then playing a card with a greater value - Player must say "unlimited power"
And then playing a card with a lower value - Player must say "limited power"

Playing a 3, 4, or 5 - Player must pay 1 peso (card from different deck treated as currency)
Playing a J, Q, or K - Player must take 1 peso
Playing a 10 -

Player is added to a persistent game list
Any future 10 - That player must say "one of us"

Playing after a 9 then J or J then 9 - Player must not say anything on card play
Queen of Hearts after a {King of Hearts, Jack of Hearts, Queen of Clubs, Queen of Spades, or Queen of Diamonds} - Player must say "card deleted" and place a card from hand back into the deck.
2 of the same face card -

Player must name a suit and declare "a ward has been set"
For one iteration of players, no one can play that suit
If a ward is declared, you can place you card face down to "hide" from the ward
The player who called the ward can "detect" the card by turning the card face up.

Rules: Games starting 12/16

Playing an Ace - Players are stunned, and cannot two-it or change suit with the Ace
Playing a 2 - Player must say "ult", cannot be punished through next play
Playing a 3 - Player is "silenced" and cannot say anything, unless they played the 3 on a 3
Playing a 4 - Player must play card quickly and say "flash"
Playing a 6 - Next player is "charmed" and must align card with previous one
Playing a red 8 - Player is "airborne" and must play the 8 with body parts off table
Playing a black 8 - Player is "grounded" and must play the 8 with a body part on the table
Playing 3 cards of the same number in a row - Player must place card down and compress card pile multiple times
Playing a 5 - Player must flick card and have it rotate and land on pile
Completion of consecutive cycle (i.e. play goes around the whole table with no skips or direction changes) -

Player who started the cycle must say "aw geez"
Next player must say "aw man", unless the next play isn't standard order

Playing a red 6, 8, or 9 after a red 6, 8, or 9 - Player must say "communist propaganda"
Players must play aligned on top of a heart - Or else "heart break" is called
Player is penalized - Next player must say "assertion", assertively
Player draws a card - Player must bring card to hand level before playing the card - or else "failure to load in" is called

Rules: Games starting 3/6

Flag card played -

If next card is greater - Player must say "made friends"
If next card is lesser - Player must say "bamboozled"
This card becomes the new flag card.
First flag card is 7.

Playing any card after a 7 - Player must say "wrecked"
Double Time -

Activated by 2 of the same red card - n = (2, 4, 6, 8)
DT is active for the next n/2 turns
On every turn during DT - Add one to the existing number of skips (i.e. 0 if non-Ace, 1 if Ace)
If DT is activated on DT, the old DT is overriden.

2 parity switches - Player must straighten the pile (doing "laundry")
Player penalized by a non-stock rule - Player must add "pendejo" after "thanks"/"thank you"
Player is skipped (by non-to-it) - Player must say "no mames"

Rules: Games starting 4/28

Playing greater value face card on a face card - Player must drop card to play it
Playing a 2 - Player must say how many red back cards they have + " cans"
Player switches to black suit after 3 red cards - Player must tell a story with the number of words equal to the value of the card played
Playing a Jack -

If the card has an orange back - Player must say "I have orange juice"
If the card has a blue back - Player must say "I do not have orange juice"

Playing a blue back card after an "orange juice" call - Player must apologize for their disgusting combo
Playing an 8 - Player must deliver an insult with "Jessica" in it
2 red 6's in a row - Player must put the bottom card of the play pile on top
Playing a 5 - Player must shake someone's hand (with the exception of the player right before them) and it becomes that player's turn
Playing a card whose value equals the number of cards in hand - Player must say the card value
Playing a Jack or a King - Player must say "bois located at " + some clock direction or "everywhere"