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Golf (Card Game) / Ruleset

Standard 6-Card Golf (9 Holes)

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Rules JSON
Raw ruleset definition currently stored in the database.
{
    "pack": {
        "deck": "standard_52_card_deck",
        "jokers": 0
    },
    "deal": {
        "cards_per_player": 6,
        "layout": {
            "rows": 2,
            "columns": 3
        },
        "face_down_initially": true,
        "initial_face_up_per_player": 2,
        "stock_from_remainder": true,
        "discard_starts_with_top_stock_card": true
    },
    "turn_structure": {
        "first_player": "left_of_dealer",
        "draw_options": [
            "stock_pile",
            "discard_pile"
        ],
        "draw_count": 1,
        "post_draw_options": [
            "swap_with_any_of_own_six_cards",
            "discard_drawn_card"
        ],
        "swap_behavior": {
            "if_swapped_with_facedown_card": "replacement_card_remains_face_up"
        },
        "round_end_condition": "trigger_when_any_player_has_all_6_cards_face_up"
    },
    "game_end": {
        "holes": 9,
        "winner": "lowest_total_score"
    },
    "scoring": {
        "ace": 1,
        "two": -2,
        "three_to_ten": "face_value",
        "jack": 10,
        "queen": 10,
        "king": 0,
        "column_pair_override": {
            "condition": "equal_rank_in_same_column",
            "column_score": 0,
            "applies_to_twos": true
        }
    }
}