Pazaak, an ancient game dating back to scores of the two players were equal, the round was not counted at all. 3j5r4w
Gameplay
There are three different decks in pazaak: the main (or “table”) deck, composed of cards numbered 1-10 (the total cards in this deck is unbound, though it tended to have four of each number). There was also one side deck for each hand card can be played per turn, and no more cards are ever drawn from the side deck.
When ending his turn, the player had two options:
End Turn: If the player ends their turn, they are bound to draw a new card from the main deck at the start of the next turn. This is repeated until either they stand, go bust, fill the table, or their score is exactly 20.
Stand: If the player stands, they keep their current sum till the end of the causes a player to stand.
Once his turn was over, Play es between the two players until someone wins the set.
The cards
There were two decks used in pazaak:
The Main Deck consisted of four sets of cards numbered 1-10
The Side Deck consisted of ten player to keep in his hand and play at any time he desired.
The side deck also had a variety of cards, and each deck was unique to the player in that he could purchase different types of cards throughout the galaxy and choose whichever ones he preferred to keep in his hand. There were two types of such cards: Plus and Minus cards, which were blue and red, and Advanced cards, which were gold. Main Deck cards were green, or in some older cases gold.
Plus Cards were blue cards that added the written value to a player’s total when played. The value of the cards ranged from 1 to 6 points.
Minus Cards were red cards that were similar to the plus cards, but instead they subtracted their value from the players total. They also ranged from 1 to 6.
Plus or Minus Cards (+/-) were essentially a combination of the two; the player could choose upon play whether he wanted to add the number or subtract it from his hand. These were the most expensive and highly valued cards. They also ranged from 1 to 6.
The +/- 1 or 2 Card was a +/- card whose value could be changed to between 1 and 2.
- Flip Cards were cards were only available as 2&4 and 3&6.
The Tiebreaker Card was an extremely rare card that acted like a +/-1 card, but in the event of a tie, the player who Nar Shaddaa known as the Champ until he gave it to the Exile after losing his position to the Jedi.
The Side Deck was often the key to victory, as without his hand, a player relied solely on luck to win the match. Therefore, a player would have to conserve his cards, as the four side deck cards would have to last him through the entire match.
Winning the game
Areas of play
As a card game, pazaak could be played just about anywhere, but the most popular places to play were on ships during hyperspace transit, at the local cantina, or at special areas designated for play, such as the Pazaak Den in the Nar Shaddaa Refugee Sector.
Alternate rules
When played just to waste only time (and not money), pazaak players used Republic Senate rules, in which nothing was bet and no one came on top. The name was mockingly derived from the way that bureaucrats babbled on while taking no risks and accomplishing nothing. There was also a Nar Shaddaa version, in which the players are removing clothing.
Alternate uses
Like all games, pazaak quickly became a form of gambling, and most Atton Rand often used pazaak to block out anyone who tried to read his thoughts; he would pretend to play the game in his mind, so that if anyone tried to read his thoughts, all they could see would be pazaak.
