Monkey Tennis deck

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Monkey Tennis
Designer Kevan
Date 11th August 2001
Players 2+
This is a playable deck - it's finished, tested and ready to play.
To play Dvorak: Draw five cards each and leave the rest as a draw pile. On your turn, draw a card from the draw pile and play one Thing and/or one Action. (See the full rules.)
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The BBC aren't prepared to commission it, but we're willing to make the card game. A finite number of monkeys and tennis racquets. One ball. One winner.

Special Rules

Shot Types

There are two types of Actions - Shots (signified with an exclamation mark) and Monkeying (a plus). During his or her turn, a Monkey can play any number of Monkeying Actions, followed by a single Shot Action. The power of the Shot is the total of the numbers on these cards.

Hitting a Shot

If a Shot's power is equal to or greater than that of the previous Shot, the Monkey sends the ball to another Monkey of his choice - it becomes that Monkey's turn.

Missing a Shot

If the Shot's power is less, however, or if no Shot Action was played, the ball has been missed. The Monkey who missed it may discard any number of cards, draw back up to five, then serve a new shot. (If a Monkey misses twice in a row, he or she must reveal their hand to show that they really are out of Shot cards, before they can draw any more.)

Points

Monkeys get a point if they pass a Shot to another Monkey, and that Monkey misses it. First Monkey to five points wins the game. Or something.

Card List

1!
Half Volley
Action
1!
Half Volley
Action
2!
Volley
Action
2!
Volley
Action
2!
Lob
Action
3!
Drop Shot
Action
3!
Smash
Action
3!
Smash
Action
4!
Fast Smash
Action
1!
Slice
Action
2!
Backhand
Action
3!
Backfoot
Action
6!
Banana Shot
Action
+1
Grunt
Action
+1
Grunt
Action
+1
Pant
Action
+2
Hoot
Action
+1
Screech
Action
All opponents must discard a card at random.
+1
Screech
Action
All opponents must discard a card at random.
+2
Scamper
Action
+1
Scrabble
Action
+2
Jump
Action
+1
Hop
Action
+0
Grin
Action
−1
Sniff
Action
Draw a card.
−2
Scratch
Action
Draw two cards.
−3
Groom
Action
Draw three cards.