Once the Taker has completed the Nancy, the player to the Dealer's right leads the first trick by playing one card face-up on the table, establishing the suit. As the game progresses, all tricks won by the Taker are added to the Nancy as they attempt to complete their set number of Objectives. In the rare case that the Taker can not discard 6 cards without breaking this rule, they may discard any trump between II and XX, provided that they declare that they cannot discard other cards, and shows the discarded Trump. During this discard phase, no Trumps, Kings, or the Outsider may be discarded. The winning bidder becomes the Taker, and immediately picks up the Hound and adds them to their hand they then discards 6 cards, face down, to become the Nancy.

(more information covered in Playing the Outsider) If the stolen card is a Face Card, this Objective is Complete. The Taker then takes a card, at random, from the opponent's Trick Pile. This Objective is completed when a player, other than the Taker, plays the Outsider and the Taker then wins the trick. Chosen by the Outsider - Steal a Face Card from an opponent.

Fat Nancy - The Taker wins all tricks played in the round.

Master of the Arcane - The sum total of all Trumps (I to XXI) in the Nancy equals 22.

Royal Executioner - 8 or more Face Cards (King, Queen, Commoner, or Jack) are in the Nancy.

Empire of Pistols - All 14 cards of the Pistols Suit are in the Nancy.

Empire of Skulls - All 14 cards of the Skulls Suit are in the Nancy.

Empire of Swords - All 14 cards of the Swords Suit are in the Nancy.

Empire of Rats - All 14 cards of the Rats Suit are in the Nancy.

Heir's Bodyguard - Both the Death and Judgement cards (XXI and I) are in the Nancy.Scoring is tallied at the end of each round. Each round, the other players must do their best to prevent the Taker from succeeding. There are 9 Objectives the Taker can try to complete by adding certain card combinations to a special pile, called the Nancy. At the beginning of each round, the Taker is chosen by bidding on how many individual objectives each player thinks they can meet during the round. In each round, The Taker plays against the others, who form a team against them. The cards are dealt singly at any time during the deal, at the choice of the dealer. No card from the Hound may be dealt from among the first 3 or last 3 cards. During the deal, the Dealer deals 6 random individual cards into the center, face-down, to form The Hound. The first 6 cards per player are dealt face-up, the rest face-down. The player opposite the Dealer shuffles, and the player to the left of the Dealer cuts the cards.Įach round, 18 cards are dealt to each player, 3 at a time. The first Dealer is chosen at random, each round the deal passes to the old Dealer's right.

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