About
Spar is a card game that has been around the western African continent for a while, particularly Ghana. It's a game based on both skill and chance and mostly played for money. It is also played socially where the object is to score points. It's a turn-based game where a player wins a round of play by performing a trick. The winner of the last turn of play gets to win that round and the cycle continues until a target is reached.
Deck Of Cards
The game is played with thirty five cards in the deck. The cards used are the six to Ace of all suits with the exception of the Ace of Spades. These are then ranked from six to Ace of all suits with the Ace being the highest. Except for Spades where the highest-ranking card is the King. Each card is worth a point except for the six and the sevens of all suits that are worth 3 points and 2 points respectively.
Shuffling the Deck
The deck is shuffled after every three games in a two-player game or heads up mode.
Dealing Cards
This is done in a sequence of the one dealing the cards. Lets call this person the dealer. The dealer deals three cards to each player starting from the player to his left (clockwise) and dealing to himself last. The sequence is then followed again this time dealing out two cards to each player and himself last. The player to his left then starts the round of play. The dealer is always the winner of the previous game or if it's the start of the game the winners of a coin toss or the first to arrive.
Game Play
Assuming the dealer is the next person to play, he then starts by playing any card of choice. The rest of the players on the table are then forced to follow suit. In situations where a player has not got the dealers suit, they get to play any card of choice. After everyone has had a turn the highest-ranking card-holder of the dealer's suit becomes the round leader and proceeds to start the next round of play. The process continues, following the round leader until all the cards are played. The winner of the last round of play gets to score points, and gets to win the pot. The process continues until a player runs out of funds or resigns from the game.
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