Bading is a trick-taking game and played by three active players plus one passive player with 60 money-suited cards, thus twice of the following cards:
9~1 Cash, White Flower, Red Flower,
1~9 Strings,
1~9 Myriads, Old Thousand.

The passive player plays no role in the game. Each active player is dealt 20 cards in a game. Whoever earns 8 tricks first wins the game, which is called 头赢(Tou Ying, First Winner). The First Winner could request an end of the game. If another one
insists on going on and earns another 8 tricks, he also wins, which is called 二赢(Er Ying, Second Winner), and the game is over. If the first winner earns another 5 tricks, the game is also over.

The 1st player of each round can lead with one of the following melds:

1/ Single Card. A single card can only be beaten by a high-ranked card from the same suit. The order of the Cash suit is reversed. Red Flower, 9 String, and Old Thousand are the three top cards in the three suits.

2/ Sequence of 3~9 cards. A sequence can be beaten by a high-ranked sequence from the same suit, or a sequence from a high-ranked suit, or a bonus set, with the same number of cards. The order of the suits in ascending is Cash, Strings, and Myriads. The
White Flower, Red Flower and Old Thousand cannot be used in sequeces.

3/ Leopard [horizontal set with 3 cards of the same number from 3 suits] of 3~6 cards. A Leopard can be beaten by a high-ranked Leopard, or a bonus set, with the same number of cards. The White Flower, Red Flower and Old Thousand can be used as aces in
Leopard. Any number of 1 Cash, 1 String, 1 Myriad, White Flower, Red Flower and Old Thousand can be played together.

4/ Bonus sets of 3~9 cards. The six bonus sets are in the ascending order of:
9 Cash, 1 Strings, 1 Myriads,
8 Cash, 2 Strings, 2 Myriads,
7 Cash, 3 Strings, 3 Myriads,
White Flower, 8 Strings, 9 Myriads,
Red Flower, 9 Strings, Old Thousand,
1 Cash, 2 Cash, 3 Cash.
The last two sets are in the same rank and cannot beat each other. The horizontal sets can be up to 6 cards and the 123 Cash sequence can be up to 9 cards.

The settlement is some complicated. If it is interested, I would append it later.

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On Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 7:24:56 AM UTC-10, ithinc wrote:

Bading is a trick-taking game and played by three active players plus one passive player with 60 money-suited cards, thus twice of the following cards:
9~1 Cash, White Flower, Red Flower,
1~9 Strings,
1~9 Myriads, Old Thousand.

The passive player plays no role in the game. Each active player is dealt 20 cards in a game. Whoever earns 8 tricks first wins the game, which is called 头赢(Tou Ying, First Winner). The First Winner could request an end of the game. If another one

insists on going on and earns another 8 tricks, he also wins, which is called 二赢(Er Ying, Second Winner), and the game is over. If the first winner earns another 5 tricks, the game is also over.

The 1st player of each round can lead with one of the following melds:

1/ Single Card. A single card can only be beaten by a high-ranked card from the same suit. The order of the Cash suit is reversed. Red Flower, 9 String, and Old Thousand are the three top cards in the three suits.

2/ Sequence of 3~9 cards. A sequence can be beaten by a high-ranked sequence from the same suit, or a sequence from a high-ranked suit, or a bonus set, with the same number of cards. The order of the suits in ascending is Cash, Strings, and Myriads.

The White Flower, Red Flower and Old Thousand cannot be used in sequeces.

3/ Leopard [horizontal set with 3 cards of the same number from 3 suits] of 3~6 cards. A Leopard can be beaten by a high-ranked Leopard, or a bonus set, with the same number of cards. The White Flower, Red Flower and Old Thousand can be used as aces in

Leopard. Any number of 1 Cash, 1 String, 1 Myriad, White Flower, Red Flower and Old Thousand can be played together.

4/ Bonus sets of 3~9 cards. The six bonus sets are in the ascending order of: 9 Cash, 1 Strings, 1 Myriads,
8 Cash, 2 Strings, 2 Myriads,
7 Cash, 3 Strings, 3 Myriads,
White Flower, 8 Strings, 9 Myriads,
Red Flower, 9 Strings, Old Thousand,
1 Cash, 2 Cash, 3 Cash.
The last two sets are in the same rank and cannot beat each other. The horizontal sets can be up to 6 cards and the 123 Cash sequence can be up to 9 cards.

The settlement is some complicated. If it is interested, I would append it later.

Please explain the settlement. This game is similar to the Ming version of Khanhoo.

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