Life isn't fair... and neither is The Great Dalmuti! One turn you can be king, the next you're a servant. Fight for the highest social class and crown yourself The Great Dalmuti!!!

Eighty playing cards must be played as quickly as possible. If you manage to be the first to get rid of your cards, you'll be The Great Dalmuti in the next round. If you end up last, however, you'll be the Great Peon of The Great Dalmuti in the next round and will always have to collect, shuffle, and deal all the cards... As Great Dalmuti, beware of the Jester's Revolt and the cunning of your subjects: you can be dethroned in an instant! The deck of cards is shuffled and divided among the players.

In each round, The Great Dalmuti starts with the first trick. He plays a single card or multiple cards of the same rank. Clockwise, players must now play a higher card or a higher set of cards (with the same number of cards) or pass. A set consists of 2 or more cards of the same rank. During a trick, a player can play cards or pass multiple times. The trick ends when all players have passed. The player who played the highest card or highest set starts the next trick. As soon as a player plays their last card, they win the round. They are The Great Dalmuti in the next round. The player who plays their cards second becomes the Lesser Dalmuti, and so on.

After each round, The Great Dalmuti receives one point for each of his subjects. In a 5-player game, he gets 4 points. The new Lesser Dalmuti then gets 3 points for his subjects, and so on. Only the Great Peon always gets 0 points. The player with the most points at the end of the game is the winner!

Contents: 80 playing cards and game rules.