Oicho-Kabu
Sign in to saveis a traditional Japanese card game that is similar to baccarat. It is typically played with special kabufuda cards. A hanafuda deck can also be used, if the last two months are discarded, and Western playing cards can be used if the face cards are removed from the deck and aces are counted as one. "Oicho-Kabu" derived from Portuguese "Oito-Cabo" which in English means "Eight-End". As in baccarat, this game also has a dealer, whom the players try to beat.
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Encyclopedic overview
27 sectionsContents
- Gameplay
- ''Yaku''
- ''Kuppin'' (クッピン)
- ''Shippin'' (シッピン)
- ''Arashi'' (アラシ)
- Local ''yaku''
- ''Niichi'' (ニイチ)
- ''Shidō'' (シドウ)
- ''Shiro'' (シロ)
- ''Zoro'' (揃 or ゾロ)
- ''Zoro tsubushi'' (ゾロつぶし, "''zoro'' crush")
- Wake-satsu (分け札)
- ''Toichi'' (トイチ) or ''toppin'' (トッピン)
- ''Nobori''/''kudari'' (ノボリ・クダリ)
- ''[[Fūjin]]''
- ''[[Raijin]]''
- ''Ichi-ni-san'' (一二三)
- ''Shichi-go-san'' (七五三)
- ''San-hachi hikari'' (38光, "Three-Eight Light")
- ''Doshippin'' (ドシッピン)
- ''Pin-basami'' (ピンばさみ, "Pin scissors")
- Osaka (Kansai) local rules
- Major changes
- Minor changes
- Proverbs and mnemonics
- See also
- References
is a traditional Japanese card game that is similar to baccarat. It is typically played with special kabufuda cards. A hanafuda deck can also be used, if the last two months are discarded, and Western playing cards can be used if the face cards are removed from the deck and aces are counted as one. "Oicho-Kabu" derived from Portuguese "Oito-Cabo" which in English means "Eight-End". As in baccarat, this game also has a dealer, whom the players try to beat.
The goal of the game is to reach 9. As in baccarat, the last digit of any total over 10 is the hand's score: a 15 counts as 5, a 12 as 2, and a 20 as 0.
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