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Sergey Machin is a board game developer from Russia. The first Russian CCG “The War” came out thanks to his efforts in 2002. He developed, designed, drew and tested the game with his colleges.
Risking it all the game was released. Since that time “The War” has seen many sets and expansions, which show different times of the war and their theater. Tournaments are held in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.
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The development and production of this game and others after it through 2002 to 2010 was the company established by Sergey, «Stolitsa Design Group». A separate game for two players was released based on “The War”, “Victory Day”. In 2005 Sergey started developing board games for the whole family. And his first game in this direction was “Potion-making. Practice” (Zelyevarenye) which became a Russian bestseller. In the next years, two expansion sets were released for the game. A gift pack, containing all 3 games was also released.
The game received a few awards from Russian board game portals as “Russian board game of the year”. Many board gamers owe their thanks to this game since it was the one that brought them to the world of hobby games. Sergey released another card game called Commander`s Way (Puth Comandora) in 2006. In 2007 Sergey, with the help of Danila Gorunov developed and released «The Kingdoms of Crusaders» (Ordonans) board game.
The core set was meant for 2 players. An expansion for 4 people was later made. The portal marked the game as “Best Russian game 2007”. «The Enigma of Leonardo» (Zagadka Leonardo) was developed by Sergey later that year. The expansion “Novem” as well as an expert set “The Enigma of Leonardo. Quintis Fontis” were released in 2010, developed with the help of Alexei Pahomov. A joke game called «GreathHoodoo» (Silnoe Koldunstwo) was released in 2009, Sergey got the idea from the classic Russian card game Durak (Stupid).
In 2010 Sergey and his followers established a new company to develop and release board games in Russia - RightGames LLC. Since 2011 all games developed by «Stolitsa Design Group» use the new brand.
A scientifically educational board game called «Evolution. The origin of species» was released in 2010.
Its designer is Dmitry Knorre, a graduate of the biological faculty of Moscow State University. Together with Sergey Machin they polished the game for release. By the end of 2010 the game received 5 awards as “best Russian game of the year”.
Time to fly” an expansion to the original was released in spring 2011. “The Hat” a party-parlor game edited by Sergey, was released near Christmas 2010, one of the cards in game holds his portrait. In 2011 Sergey Machin developed a game for children and parents alike – The Jam. By using the easy rules, even children under the age of 5 can play it. The advanced rules will be interesting even for pro gamers.
Boston Origin Family Players 4 Skills required Strategy Cards 52 Deck French Play Clockwise Playing time 25 min. Random chance Medium Related games Boston is an 18th-century played throughout the Western world apart from Britain, forming an evolutionary link between and. Appropriately named after a key location in the, it was probably devised in in the 1770s, combining the 52-card pack and logical ranking system of partnership with a range of solo and alliance bids borrowed from.
Other lines of descent and hybridization produced the games of Twenty-five, and. Contents. History of the game Two early forms of Boston, Le Whischt Bostonien and Le Mariland, are described in the Almanach des Jeux of 1783. Object The object of the game is: a player pledges himself to perform a certain task, which we shall call an announcement. That player who makes the highest announcement, is entitled, if successful, to the contents of the pool, and a certain number of counters from each of the players. Gameplay The game of Boston, Boston De Fontainebleau or French Boston, whose appearance dates of around 1810, is played by four persons with a pack of 52 cards, which rank as at Whist. There are, moreover, four baskets or trays of different colors, one for each player, containing each five round counters, which represent one hundred each; twenty short counters which represent fifties, and twenty long counters, which represent fives.
The deal is decided by cutting, and the player cutting the lowest card deals. The cards are not shuffled by the dealer, but each player has the privilege of cutting the pack once, the dealer last. The deal is performed by giving each player four cards twice around, and then five, thus giving thirteen cards to each. Each dealer deposits one short counter of fifty in the pool for the privilege of dealing. After the preliminaries of cutting and dealing have been concluded, the proceeds to make his announcement, or pass; the succeeding players have then, each in his turn, the opportunity of over bidding or passing. Thus, if the eldest hand thinks he can get five tricks with Clubs for trump, he announces, 'five in Clubs'. But if the second player undertakes to make five tricks with Diamonds for trump, he supersedes the first, and may in his turn be superseded by the third engaging to get six or seven Levees, or play Little Misere.
The fourth hand, or dealer, may also supersede the third hand by announcing Picolissimo, or eight Levees, or any of the other chances lower down on the table. In short, whoever undertakes to do more than the other players has the preference. When a player has once declined announcing, he cannot afterwards do so in that hand; but if he makes an announcement, and it be exceeded by some other subsequent announcement, he may, in his regular turn, increase his first announcement if he chooses. If all pass without announcing, then the hand must be played, and he who takes the least number of tricks wins the pool. In this hand there is no trump. Any player whose announcement proves to be the highest can, if he pleases, call for a partner. The privilege of calling for a partner extends only to announcements number 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10; the other being bids to play solo.
The eldest hand leads first, and the hand is played and tricks taken in the same manner as at Whist, with the exception that partners play precisely in the order that they sit. Honors in this game count the same as at Whist, but cannot be counted in as tricks bid, thus: if a player bids for eight tricks and only takes seven, he loses, even if he has four honors; but if he succeeds in taking eight tricks, then his four honors added would entitle him the payment of twelve tricks. If the player wins his announcement, he receives everything in the pool, and from each player the amount named in the table of payments, for instance: if he announces five Levees in Hearts, and makes two over, this would make seven, he would then receive thirty from each player; but if he had two by honors, that would make nine, and he would receive forty from each player; but if he had announced seven in Hearts, and made it, and had two by honors, then he would receive seventy from each player.
In the same way, if he had announced seven in Hearts, and lost it by two tricks, this would be nine, and his two by honors would make it eleven lost, then he would pay into the pool eighty, and the same to each player. The adversaries merely play to make the announcer lose, and therefore cannot, even if successful, win the pool, which stands over to the next hand. The pool can only be taken by a successful announcer; or, in the event of all having passed without announcement, it becomes the prize of the player who takes the least number of tricks. Bidding system. The bids are, and rank as follows, beginning with the least:. Simple Boston - by this the player binds himself, if a certain suit, which he designates, become trumps, to win five tricks; or, if he can find a whister, or partner, to sustain him to win three additional, or in all, eight tricks.
Whenever a player announces a certain number of levees, it must be understood that, should he avail himself of the assistance of a whister, he and the whister must, in order to take the pool, win three tricks more than the levees announced, and in all cases, losses and gains must be equally shared with the whister. Six Levees - to win six tricks, upon the same condition in regard to trumps as above mentioned, i. E., six alone, or solo, or nine—three extra, sustained by a whister or partner. Little Misere - not to win any tricks at all. Before commencing to play this call, each player must discard any one card he: may choose from his hand and play with the remaining twelve only. Seven Levees - to win seven tricks upon the same conditions as Simple Boston. Picolissimo - to discard one card, as in Little Misere, and for the player to win neither more or less than one trick.
Eight Levees - to win eight tricks upon the same conditions as Simple Boston. Grand Misere - without discarding any card, not to win a single trick. Nine Levees - to win nine tricks upon the same conditions as Simple Boston.
Little Misere on the Table - played like Little Misere, only that the player must spread his hand upon the table, exposed to the view of the other three. Ten Levees - to win ten tricks upon the same conditions as Simple Boston. Grand Misere on the Table - played like Grand Misere, only that the player must spread his hand upon the table, as in nr.
Eleven Levees - to name a trump, and win, unassisted, eleven tricks. Twelve Levees - to win twelve tricks.
Chelem, or Grand Boston - an announcement of the whole thirteen tricks. Chelem, or Grand Boston on the Table - same as nr. 14, the player spreading out his cards on the table, as explained in nr. Note: In each of the announcements (excepting of course Nr: 3, 5, 7 9 and 11, in which there is no trump suit), the designated trump suits rank and take precedence as follows: First, Diamonds; next Hearts; then Clubs; and lowest of all, Spades.
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Laws of the game. The deal is decided by cutting, and the player who cuts the lowest card deals. Ace is lowest, and ties cut over. After the first game, the deal passes to each player in succession to the left. The cards are not shuffled, but each player has the privilege of a cut, the dealer last.
Each player who deals must deposit a short check of fifty in the pool for the deal. The cards are dealt four at a time twice round, and then five, which distributes the pack. Should the dealer make a misdeal, he does not forfeit his deal, but must deposit another fifty in the pool as penalty, and deal again, unless either of the other players touch their cards, or the pack be faulty, in which cases he will deal again without penalty. If a player once decline to announce, he cannot afterwards do so in that hand; this does not debar him from assisting as whister if called on. If a player make an announcement which is superseded by another, he can, when his turn comes round again, augment his bid. If all pass, the hand is played without any trump, and the player who takes the least number of tricks wins the pool.
If a player make a revoke, his side forfeits three tricks to the opposing side. A revoke is established according to the rules of Whist. A card led or played out of turn, is treated as an exposed card, and subject to the laws of Whist in a similar case.
Variants Le Whisch Bostonien The last card is turned up for trump and no other suit may be nominated. The lowest bid is a Demande, equivalent to Ask-Leave, to win five tricks solo. To this, any other player may call je soutiens (I support), thereby allying themselves with the bidder in a contract to win at least eight tricks between them. The higher bid of Independence offers to win at least eight tricks playing solo. In either way, there is an extra bonus for winning all thirteen tricks formerly called la vole, but now le chelem, from English 'Slam'. Mariland All bids are solo, the lowest being to take four tricks in any suit.
Each may be over-called by bidding higher number of tricks, or the same number in a better suit. For this purpose a better suit is that of Preference, previously determined by turning the last card of the deal, and best of all is Superpreference, which for the whole session remains the suit turned for Preference upon the first deal. American Boston American Boston is a game for 4 players in two partnerships with 2 packs of 52 cards. The cards are never shuffled; one of the packs is dealt, and the other cut alternately to determine the trump, which governs the game. The dealer deals 5 cards to each player twice, and 3 the last time around. If the first player can make 5 tricks, he says: 'I go Boston' and his competitors may overbid him by saying: 'I go 6, 7, 8, 9,10, 11,12, or 13', as the hand of each may warrant. Should either of them fail to make the number of tricks he bids for, he must pay to each competitor a forfeit regulated by a card of prices, which must he prepared beforehand.
Russian Boston Played as in Boston de Fontainebleau, except that a player who does not hold trump may declare 'chicane' before play, and collect two chips from each of the other players. This variation differs slightly from Boston De Fontainebleau, with Diamonds, not Hearts as the preferred suit. Boston de Nantes An apparent compound of the original Boston and Mariland, which appeared around the turn of the 19th century. With two preferred suits: Belle for permanent and Petite for each deal, it also features the addition of the Jack ♦ known as the 'carte de boston', or simply Boston, as a permanent top trump. It contains the bids of Proposal, which may be accepted by another player, and Solo, for playing alone. Literature. Boston is a favorite pastime of Count Rostov in 's novel.
The Boston Club was named after the card game Boston in 1842. Boston is mentioned by as a pastime that would have been too passionate to indulge in within his breakthrough novel, (1831). Boston is mentioned in the final chapter of his novel. See also.
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