Pot Steal

Eat or be eaten. Steal or be stolen! Pot Steal is a bold, fast-paced, emotionally charged, bluff-heavy card game of strategy, sacrifice, and chaos. The goal? Steal all the chips and be the last player standing. Every round is a head-to-head battle where every card matters. Be part of our community! 👑 How to Play: Each player starts with 7 cards and 14 chips. Cards are your weapons and chips are your life! One player plays a card, the opponent responds after seeing it Stronger card wins: the winner steals one chip and the opponent’s card while keeping the winning card! In a tie, both cards are blocked (discarded) - order remains the same as last round Lose all your cards? Don't worry! you get a fresh hand of 7! The last player standing wins. Player who reaches 0 chips loses. 🎲 Mystery Vault: Discard 2/4 cards of your choice and 2/4 chips to access the Mystery Vault: a pool of 13 powerful cards (from 9 upward, including strong and special cards). Risk your hand to gain strength! You can access the mystery vault once per game. You can choose to get 1 Mystery vault card or 2 Mystery vault cards (depending if you sacrifice 2 cards/2 chips OR 4 cards/4 chips) 🃏 Card Types: Normal Cards (2-10 & Mafioso, Queen, King, Ace) Special cards: Godfather- Wins against anything except Ace and grants Mystery Vault access. Black Joker – Steals 2 cards (in combat only loses to ace and godfather) Joker – Steals 1 card (in combat only loses to ace, king and godfather) Hand Swap – Swap your hand with an opponent (no value in combat) Ricochet – Reflects the effect of a special card (no value in combat) Casino- When used steals 3 chips to you and also triggers the betting mode which will last until the end of the game. The Standoff- Draws with any Normal card, loses against any special card. IMPORTANT: All special cards (and aces) are discarded after use! And even if they lose in combat, special cards ALWAYS resolve their effect. 🎴 DECK: 2- x4 3- x4 4- x4 5- x4 6- x4 7- x4 8- x4 9- x3 10- x3 Mafioso- x3 Queen- x3 King- x3 Ace- x3 Casino- x1 Ricochet- x2 Hand Swap- x2 The Standoff- x1 Joker- x2 Black Joker- x2 Godfather- x1 TOTAL: 56. Mystery Vault Deck: 13 cards 9- x1 10- x1 Mafioso- x1 Queen- x1 King- x1 Ace- x1 Hand Swap- x1 Ricochet- x1 Joker- x1 Black Joker- x1 TOTAL+MYSTERY VAULT: 69 💰 BETTING SYSTEM (Casino Mode) Once Casino 🎰 is played: Both players can bet 1-3 chips before playing cards Winner takes the pot! Betting continues until game ends 💰 CENTRAL POT SYSTEM GROWING THE POT Grows only on Number vs Number battles +1 chip per number battle (max 3 chips in pot) Grows even on draws between number cards! Live tip: Keep pot chips in the center of the table where everyone can see them grow! CLAIMING THE POT Claimed by ANY non‑number card when winning Figures (Mafioso, Queen, King, Ace) can claim Special cards (Joker, Casino, etc.) can claim Winner takes ALL pot chips → pot resets to 0 Pro move: Build the pot safe with numbers, then STRIKE with a strong card to claim it all! 💡 PRO TIPS Save Godfather for free vault access! Use Casino early to activate betting Ricochet is defensive - great against AI's special cards Standoff blocks number cards but loses to specials Watch AI's chip count - play aggressively when they're low! Jokers work even when you lose the battle! 👥 MULTIPLAYER (3+): Game also works with 3/4 players; same logic applied and the flow should be clockwise respecting the rule that the player who won last battle plays first. This is regarding the live, physical game, not the virtual one yet. disclaimer: Generative AI was used to help with the artwork.