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ALL ABOUT THE MASTER DECK
UNIQUE MIXED MATCH MASTER
CARD DESIGN!
There are 64 cards in a deck of Mixed Match Master (MMM) playing cards. Each card is one of four suits (stars, moons, bricks and peaks), and each suit has 16 cards. The Master deck is Pinochlestyle in that there are two cards of each suit having the same number, letter, word, picture and color on it. The number on each card has a name associated with it (e.g. 15-Ace; 14-King; etc.). In addition to the playing cards, there are five non-playing cards showing each of five options fo naming trump (moons, stars, peaks, bricks, or No Trump). Please see example on the right.
HOW CARDS ARE MATCHED IN MIXED MATCH MASTER GAMES!
Every Mixed Match Master card has six characteristics that are arranged o each card. In the Master deck, each characteristic has eight representations, (such as 8 different colors, 8 different numbers, etc.). The cards can be matched when two cards have at least one characteristic that has the same representation (such as the same color, the same number, etc.). See several types of matches in the diagram below.
PLAYING MIXED MATCH MASTER GAMES
As indicated by their names, the games played with the Mixed Match Master deck of cards have similarities with the games of Rummy, Yahtzee and Pinochle. This will help those who have played these classic games catch on more quickly. However, anybody playing the Mixed Match Master games will recognize that they are incredibly more entertaining than any of the classic games could ever be.
Play Rummy Match-ic, Pinochle Match-ic, Jumble Matchic
and Meld-a-Razzi with the MASTER DECK!
NOVICES AND EXPERIENCED AFFICIONADOS WILL LOVE THESE GAMES PLAYED WITH THE MASTER DECK!
For 2-4 Players!
Rummy Match-ic has some similarities to the traditional games of Pinochle and Rummy. But there are big differences, too. During Rummy-Match-ic, players lay down a large array of meld based on the many ways that cards can be matched using Mixed Match Master playing cards. Players also can cancel out the meld of other players when building a new meld group on top of another. Players use specially designed meld markers to keep track of what meld has been laid down by which player so that it can be scored once somebody goes out.
For 2-4 Players!
Pinochle Match-ic has some similarities with the traditional game of Pinochle, including naming trump, laying down meld, and taking tricks. However, the added features make playing this game a truly unique experience. Specifically, players are given opportunities to improve their hand before melding during the exchange step of the game. Then, they have quadruple the chance for laying down meld in the second step because of the many, additional ways cards can be grouped with Mixed Match Master cards. And finally, during the trick-playing step, they must use novel strategies for taking in as many point cards as possible by playing the highest number card from their hand that matches the leading card of each trick.
For 2-4 Players!
Jumble Match-ic is completely unique and promises to tweak your analytical capacities. Players must build on cards played together in the middle of the table in order to make different groups of meld. They use the meld markers to identify when a player has completed a meld grouping. As more and more cards are played, the possibilities for making meld groupings increases and the jumble on the table can become mind-boggling!
For 1-4 Players!
Meld-a-Razzi has some similarities to the game of Yahtzee, but it also has some delicious differences. First, the game is played with eight cards dealt out to each player during their turn, rather than dice. Second, each player has three tries to complete one or more groupings of cards (i.e. meld) during their turn. There are infintely more possible groupings in Meld-a-Razzi because the cards can be grouped in many more ways with the Mixed Match Master deck than allowed by the five, six-sided dice used in Yahtzee.