High Stakes
by Krystman
Las Vegas 2024. Vampires have stolen your blood. Play the card game of your life and win
it all back.
Rules
Every round you will be dealt 9 cards face-down. The goal of the game is to flip as many cards
face-up as possible. There is one Vampire card and 8 value cards ranging from 2 to 9. There is
always only one copy in each card on the board. If you flip the Vampire card you lose the
round.
Complete rows or columns to unlock Hint Tokens.
A [+] hint token can be placed on a face-down card to predict its number. The token
will display a number once placed. The value of the face-down card is that number or higher.
Vampire cards count as 10. So a [8+] token means the card is either a 9, an 8 or a
Vampire
A [<>] token can be placed on a face-up card to predict the numbers of adjacent
face-down cards. The token will show which adjecent cards have a higher or lower value.
Vampire cards count as 10.
A [□] hint token will highlight a 2x2 area. The Vampire card must be in that area.
If you think you know where the Vampire card is you can use the Stake to stab it immediately
for more points.
Flipping a card will raise the stakes. If you flip over all value cards or stab the Vampire
the stakes will be added to your winnings. If you flip the Vampire the stakes will be
substracted from your winnings.
You can use the button in the lower left corner to pass a round. You will keep the stakes but
you need to pay a penalty of the value of two card flips.
Each match lasts 5 rounds.
Use the blood you win to unlock opponents with higher payouts. You win the game if your reach
5000ml. Your progress will be saved between matches. But if you lose all your blood your
savegame will be wiped and you need to start over.
Credits
This game was created as part of the A Game By Its Cover Jam 2020. The goal was to create a
game based on of the cartridge covers from the Famicase Exhibition 2020. The cover to High
Stakes was created by Tyler Q Anderson and Jamie C Lee.
The music was composed by Gruber Music.
The game was written and designed by me ;). Enjoy!
