OK, @TheZooLady got a thought stuck in my head, and it led to the following #GameIdea seed based off of #EscoponeEscoba:
SETUP:
1. Remove all face cards from the deck. (This is based on the two app versions of #Scopa that I play which use the cards 1-10. Shuffle the remaining cards.
2. Deal a 5x5 grid of cards onto the table, face-up.
3. Set the remaining cards aside to form the stock.
PLAY:
1. Remove as many cards from the table as possible, going vertically or horizontally, in groups that add up to 15.
2. When all possible combinations of cards have been removed, I see 2 possible approaches to filling the blanks with the stock:
2a. Move all cards remaining in the grid down to the bottoms of their columns, then all the way left. Fill the remaining spaces, working up and right.
2b. Just fill each blank space with a card, then use the movement pattern from 2a to ensure the cards are as consolidated as possible.
3. Regardless how step 2 is achieved, return to step 1.
WINNING CONDITIONS:
If you *really* want to make the game hard, all cards must be removed from the grid. More forgiving ideas are to have no more than 11 cards remaining (a nod to the common score limit of Scopa) or 15 (a nod to the 15 required to remove a set from the board.
Thoughts welcome, but adding a poll as well here to gauge general reaction.
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