Mina or Die - the Card Game

[Fanasty 240]

MINA OR DIE

THE INTERACTIVE CARD GAME

 

A handbook made by Lady Charlotte Rosamund Helmvets
6th of Snow’s Maiden 1794

A new Kaedreni pastime came to be within the walls of Owynsburg. Invented by Leufroy d’Amaury, in 1793, a young adolescent with a taste for gambling, it was quickly popularized within the Rhoswenii echelon and Imperial citizens in Kaedrin. Due to popular demand, I write this handbook for the newer players: a compact guide to the rules of this nerve-racking game! 

 

I). PLAYERS
Mina or Die can be played by two players or more. It is primarily played in taverns, but the maker of Mina or Die also suggests that you play with larger crowds: such as during festivals, dinner events, or family gatherings. 

II). TIME
Depending on the number of players, a game of Mina or Die could take upwards to one Saint Minute, but lasts approximately Five Saint Minutes.

 

III). CARDS
The game features 20 cards that display notable figures from the Holy Orenian Empire. However, one of these cards is called the Reiver Card, and displays a Reiver wearing a blue bandana, wielding a sword: if you pull this card, you lose.

 

The variation in the other cards are for primarily aesthetic purposes.

The twenty cards in the game are:

 

ROYALTY

HIM Empress Anne

HIM Emperor-consort Joseph

HIH John Charles 

HIH Wilhelmina Beatrix Helvets

 

GOVERNMENT

HE Jonah Stahl-Elendil

HE Franz Nikolai de Sarkozy

HE Alren DeNurem

HE Dimitri Orlov

HE Arnaud de Ruyter

HE Basil Baelius

HE Alexander d'Arkent

HE Victor Halcourt

HE Ledicort d'Azor

 

RETIRED

HE Simon Basrid 

HE Joachim Haas

HE  Frederick Armas 

HE Richard Helvets

HE Richard de Reden

HE Laurence Pruvia-Albarosa

 

REIVER CARD

The Blue Bandana wearing Bandito (losing card).

 

IV). THE GAME

-I). The first player is whoever is the eldest among the players. 

 

-II). He pulls a card from a shuffled deck of Mina or Die cards.

 

-II.I.). Does the first player pull the Reiver card immediately?
He loses and must pay his payout to everyone. 

-II.II.). Does the first player pull any other card? 
The person to his right may pull a card. 

-II.III). Does another player pull the Reiver Card?
The round is over, that person loses, and he must pay his payout to everyone.

 

-III). If everyone pulled a card, but nobody pulled the Reiver, then the round ends, and the stakes get doubled. This process repeats every round where the Reiver is not drawn, until the card is drawn. 

 

-IV). The original payout for the starting round is 25 Mina, but can be different depending on the thrill and stakes the participant seeks. 

 

IV). MINA SYSTEM 
Every participant must pay their stake, which traditionally is 25 Mina. If that participant loses, he must split his stake between the participants. If nobody loses within the round, and the stake gets doubled to 50 Mina, he must split 50 Mina amongst the other participants. 

 

Have fun playing Mina or Die,
Charlotte Rosamund Helvets

OOC MECHANICS:
 

The first player rolls 100. 

If the first player gets 95/100, the second player does /roll 95. 

The second player gets 45, the third player does /roll 45.

Third player gets 6, fourth player does /roll 6. 

When a player rolls 1, he drew the Reiver card, and thus loses. 

 

If there are four players playing the game, and none of the four pulled the Reiver card.

All stakes double. 

 

Repeat.

[Draeris 3124]

Adrian Helvets would stand behind Charlotte with a smirk, as she proudly held up the first copy of her manual to reporters of the Rhoswen Haaretz. He was proud of her diligence. 

[Axelu 4333]

"I might as well," harrumphed Viscountess Margaret, keen on sitting in her quarters to achieve tactical mastery of the game.

[shortchangehero 4217]

 

Leufroy sighed as he tossed aside his last finished cigarette, "lost all my mina gambling, and I'm out of cigarettes. F*ck," he'd mumble glancing over his shoulder rapidly not soon after. Leufroy let out another sigh, this time of relief. "I need to watch my mouth, my cheek is starting to hurt."

[ncarr 2806]

Vespira takes out a deck of cards, shuffling it lightly and passing them out to her brothers. She spent all last night studying the game and is prepared to crush her siblings in a healthy game of Mina or Die. She chuckles as she makes the first move in a game she is sure to win.

[argonian 14254]

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[TheNunnery 1853]

“Oh my what a fun game! Oh if only my friends from Aeldin was here!” Leana Cordelia smiled while drinking a small amount of red wine. The woman staring into the city with a Cersei grin from her balcony.

[marilka 552]

Wilhelmina Beatrix looked over missive with a keen eye and brilliant grin. Waving a palm, she called for a circle to be drawn.

"May the gambling begin."

[kuerbis 3802]

Lâurenne awoke to the rays of sunlight tickling her nose. She groaned briefly and rolled out of her bed before beginning to do her usual morning routine. Within her mailbox she found the said handbook. Her eyebrows knit together briefly as she scanned over it, her mouth opening and closing a few times. An uneasy, frustrated and angry feeling built within her stomache as she scanned the paper which had no mention of her own name in it.
She, who made and explained such a game to her younger brother, her betrothed and a stranger. Furiously, she balled the missive together before throwing it into her fireplace. The Lady shook her head, quickly getting dressed thereafter. With fast-paced steps, she made her way into the city to yell at some people.
 

[LithiumSedai 5750]

Percival Lucien held out a single card in his quivering hand, showing it to his brother Victor. "L-Look! I-It's you!" @Lyonharted™

 

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Corwin von Alstreim painted for his special deck a card of Ser Martinus Horen, granting four rounds of immunity to drawing the Reiver card.

 

[Inkthorn 1433]

On 11/12/2020 at 8:37 AM, LithiumSedai said:

Percival Lucien held out a single card in his quivering hand, showing it to his brother Victor. "L-Look! I-It's you!" @Lyonharted™

 

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Corwin von Alstreim painted for his special deck a card of Ser Martinus Horen, granting four rounds of immunity to drawing the Reiver card.

 

"Neat. One day, we'll have your name on cards too, dear brother, " Victor would comment, his eyes dropping back to the newspaper in hand.

[Thornz 549]

neato

[jdesarno 381]

Bjorn's dwarven urges are rising at the sight of this 'children's card game' 

 

He smells Minae over the horizon

[Pancakehz 2279]

Vydrek Volaren blushes