Spite and Malice PC Card Game

Spite and Malice is a two player game that is similar to double solitaire. Each player tries to be the first to get rid of the cards in their Payoff Pile by playing cards to the Center Stacks (which are like Solitaire foundations).
The game uses two decks which are shuffled together and dealt to the players. Kings are wild. Each player gets 20 cards in their Payoff Pile and 5 cards dealt to their Hand. The top card of the Payoff Pile is dealt face up. Whichever player has the higher card will be first to play. The remaining cards are placed in the Stock Pile between the players.

The object of the game is to move the cards from your Payoff Pile to the Center Stacks. In addition, cards can be played from the Hand and from the Side Stacks.

There are four Center Stacks in the center of the table. These stacks are built up from Ace (low) to Queen, regardless of suit. Kings are wild and can be placed on any stack (although they can't be used as an Ace to start a stack). Once a stack is built up to a Queen the stack is reshuffled into the stock at the next break in play.Each player has four Side Stacks where they can place cards for later use. Any card can be played to a Side Stack and any card may be played on top of any card. Cards can be played from the Side Stacks to the Center Stacks, but not from one Side Stack to another. Once you play a card from your Hand to a Side Stack your turn ends.
You can right-click on your Side Stacks to see the cards below the top card.

Cards from your Hand can be played to the Center Stacks or to your Side Stacks. At the beginning of your turn, any cards you have played from your Hand will be replaced from the Stock Pile. If at any point during your turn you use all of the cards from your Hand, you will be dealt five new cards from the Stock Pile.The top card of your Payoff Pile can be played to the Center Stacks only. You cannot move a card from your Payoff Pile to your Side Stacks. Once you play the top card from your Payoff Pile, the next card is revealed. The first player to play all of their cards from their Payoff Pile wins the game.Begin your turn by playing cards from the Payoff Pile, from your Side Stacks, and from your Hand, to the Center Stacks. When you are done making moves, you must play a card from your Hand to a Side Stack. If there are no empty Side Stacks, you must play on top of another card (making the underlying card unavailable).The first player to get rid of all the cards in their Payoff Pile wins the game. This player is rewarded 5 points for winning, plus 1 point for each card left in his opponent's Payoff Pile.
The game also ends if the Stock Pile is depleted. In this case the player with fewer cards in their Payoff Pile wins the game and scores the difference between the two Payoff Piles. If the Payoff Piles are even, the game is declared a draw.

The game can be played with three or four Center Stacks.
The number of cards dealt to each Payoff Pile can range from 20 to 26.

The Kings in the deck can be replaced with Jokers to make the wild cards more obvious.

The game can begin with cards automatically dealt to the Side Stacks (instead of starting with empty Side Stacks).

Normally, a King cannot be used as an Ace to start a Center Stack. However, there is an option to allow this functionality.


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