Zheng Fen

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# of Players	2 − 6
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 4 players Recommended with 2, 3, 4 players (1 voter) [poll]
Playing Time	30 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	9 and up
User Suggested Ages	8 (1 voter) [poll]
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Category	Card Game
Mechanic	Hand Management Trick-taking
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Family	Climbing Games Shedding Games Traditional Card Games
Primary Name	Zheng Fen
Alternate Names	Competing for Points 挣分
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Chinese card game combining traditional "climbing/shedding" mechanic of games like Big 2 with point-card scoring of Chinese trick games like Da Bai Fen (Hundred) and Tuo la Ji (Tractor). The popular game Tichu took much of its rules and mechanics from Zheng Fen.

Distinctive features: Deck includes two jokers, which function as wild cards if used in combinations and the highest two cards if used as singles. Players don't score for going out, but rather for collecting 5s, 10s, Ks. Five points for 5s; 10 points for 10s and Ks. Combinations include singles, pairs, trios, quartets, sequences of three or more pairs, trios, quartets; and a "trio plus two" (+ a pair, or any two pt cards, or any two cards in sequence). Sequences don't have to be the same length.

Player going out first gets last player's tricks.

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Zheng Fen

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Size: Square 2-player (e.g. Lost Cities)

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Zheng Fen [DriveThruReview] #33: "Big Killer"

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5	General Can anybody compare this with Haggis or Tichu?	2012-05-07	gmsa84	12
0	Rules Does the player with the 3 of Hearts have to lead with a trick containing the 3 of Hearts?	2011-06-23	eekamouse	1
0	General For three players?	2010-11-20	aaarg_ink	2
5	Variants Zheng Fen+Tichu, a question for Nate Straight and anyone who has tried it.	2010-11-20	aaarg_ink	17
0	Rules "Sequences of two or more pairs"	2010-06-08	NateStraight	8

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Zheng Fen Summary and Player Aid (card sized)

Card sized player aid with break down of trick types and a brief rules summary. (version 2 with fixes)

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2011-06-18

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Rules for Zheng Fen at Pagat

http://www.pagat.com/climbing/zhengfen.html

2010-04-27