====== Biscuit ======

Biscuit is a 2-3 player dominoes-like game with some hidden information, played with a multi-suited deck of cards called the Decktet.

  * Learn about [[https://www.decktet.com|the Decktet]] at the official Decktet site
  *  Biscuit rules [[http://wiki.decktet.com/game:biscuit|at the Decktet wiki]]
  *  Biscuit [[https://www.decktet.com/download/decktet-rules.pdf|rules PDF]], including an introduction to the Decktet and rules for four other games, at the official Decktet site
  * Biscuit [[https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/37096/biscuit|at BoardGameGeek]]    
  * More [[:Decktet Games]] at Abstract Play

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====== Biscuit ======

A domino-style Decktet game where you play cards to immediately score points and try to be the first to play all the cards in your hand. A game is played over multiple rounds to a specified target.

Inventor: David L. Van Slyke

===== Rules =====

See [[http://wiki.decktet.com/game:biscuit|Decktet wiki: Biscuit]]. Uses the [[https://www.decktet.com|Decktet]].

==== Goal ====

Play continues round after round until, at the **end of a round**, someone's total is at least the **target** (default **60**). Highest total wins; equal high scores share the win.

Going out (empty hand) also scores leftover cards in other hands as described in the Decktet wiki, including extra points for Pawns/Courts in the matching deck variants.

==== Setup ====

Deal hands from the chosen Decktet mix. The tableau starts with a root card. 2 or 3 players.

==== Gameplay ====

Play a card from your hand **adjacent** to a card that shares a **suit**. Immediate scores include biscuits, hot-cross biscuits, elevensies, and straights as in the published Decktet rules.

A single card is never counted twice for overlapping biscuit patterns. Cross lines score only if they contain at least two cards.

You may pass only if you have no legal play.

==== Variants ====

===== The Excuse =====

The Excuse may sit next to any card but never scores and is not part of straights.

===== Pawns only =====

Pawns count as 1 or 10 for elevensies and sit between 9 and Crown in straights. Pawns in opposing hands are worth 3 to the player who goes out.

===== Pawns and Courts =====

Pawns and Courts elevensie only with each other. Straight order: 9, Pawn, Court, Crown. Both are worth 3 to the player who goes out.

===== Goal score: 40 points =====

===== Goal score: 80 points =====

===== Goal score: 120 points =====

===== Further details =====

==== Version history ====

  * Current engine version: ''20250428'' (2025-04-28). On Abstract Play since 2025-05-20.

==== Abstract Play ====

  * Hands are hidden from opponents and observers.
  * Default target is 60 (basic Decktet, no Excuse unless selected).

==== Links ====

  * [[http://wiki.decktet.com/game:biscuit]]
  * [[https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/37096/biscuit]]