Playlifing (Card game)

PlayLifing is a playing card game by me, Julius the Jules, based on life decking in combat-based trading card games. The deck takes all damage, but since this is played with a poker deck, there is a shared Life Deck(in Playlifing, it's called Play Life, or the Life of the Game).

The rules are as follows:

Objective: To be the player who runs the deck(Play Life) out of cards, thus winning the game.

Players: 2

Matches: A match is best 2 out of 3.

Dealing: Deal 4 cards to each players' hands where the player is the only one who can see the cards in their own hand.

Setup for battle: Players choose a card from their own hand, then play's them face down on the table. Both players' cards are flipped face up at the same and do battle as either Attacker or Blocker. Then after each battle, the players switch roles where previous Blocker becomes the Attacker and previous Attacker becomes the Blocker(and so on) until either the Play Life runs out or until all 4 cards have been played from both players' hands. If all 4 cards are played from both players' hands and there are still at least 9 cards left in the Play Life, 4 more cards are dealt to both players hands until one player wins when the Play Life runs out.

Attacking and Blocking: Attacking card is placed vertical(portrait or up and down). Blocking card is placed horizontal(landscape or side to side).

If Attacking card is higher than Blocking card: Deal the difference between the Attack card and the Block card as Damage to the Play Life(mill the top cards from the Play Life equal to the difference between both card's face value).

If Block card is higher than Attack card: Deal full damage equal to the face value of the Block card to the Play Life(mill the top cards from Play Life equal to the face value of the Block card).

Face Values:

A = Damage equals either 1(if 2 is played) or 11(if J-K is played) to Play Life

2-10 = Damage equals face value to Play Life.

J-K = Damage equals 10 to Play Life.

If two J-K's are played against each other: damage equals 1 to Play Life if one face card is lower or one face card is higher than the other.(J is lowest but equal to another J; Q is the middle but equal to another Q; K is highest but equal to another K).

If a J-K is played against a 10 or a 9: Damage equals 1 to Play Life.

If a J-K is played against an 8 or below: Damage is either calculated or dealt in full depending on the face value and/or the circumstances to Play Life.

If both cards are the same face value: No damage is done to the Play Life and roles switch as normal(Attacker and Blocker).

Not enough damage to end the game: If there are less than 9 cards left in the Play Life or not enough to deal another hand without the Play Life running out, the game ends in a draw and there is another round until someone wins best 2 out of 3, ending the match.

I waive all intellectual property rights to this game, PlayLifing, and this manuscript for PlayLifing rules, hereby dedicating it to the public domain under the fullest extent of United States and International law, releasing it under a No Rights Reserved license.