Mao (game)

Mao (also sometimes called Chairman, Dictator, Maul or Maui or, in Mongolia, Mangarti) is a card game. It is forbidden to tell a new player Mao's rules; it is sometimes described to new players simply with "The only rule I can tell you is this one." As a result the rules must be discovered only by playing or watching . A player that breaks a rule is penalized by being given an additional card from the deck. The person giving the penalty must say what the culprit did wrongly, but not the verbatim rule itself. As one might suspect, with a game of this nature, there are many variants of Mao in existence. Also, beginners with little patience often complain that the dealer is making up rules.

Related Topics:
Mongolia - Card game

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