Question about Sabacc cards.....

According to Hero's Trial there are 76 cards in a deck. This is what I have so far.

1-11, Commander, Mistress, Master, and Ace of Staves, Flasks, Sabers, and Coins

That makes 60 plus 8 pairs of face cards. So far I have:

Balance
Endurance
Moderation
Demise
Evil One
Idiot
Queen of Air and Darkness
Star

That means there are 8 more that I need. Anyone know what they are or where I can find more info about them? Also if you know what source the info came from please tell me. Thanks in advance to any one who can help.

 

Maybe this might help:

From the CUSWE:

Sabacc
a card game played in most every casino, it involves a standard deck of four suits (sabres, coins, flasks, and staves), each having 11 regular cards (1-11) and four ranked cards (the Commander, The Mistress, the Master, and the Ace). The ranked cards are valued from 12-15. The standard deck also includes 2 sets of 8 face cards, known as The Idiot (0), the Queen of Air and Darkness (+/-2), Endurance (+/-8), Balance (+/-11), Demise (+/-13), Moderation (+/-13), the Evil One (+/-15), and the Star (+/-17). Note that Galaxy of Fear 4 - The Nightmare Machine claims there are only 72 cards in a sabacc deck. Non-standard sabacc decks have included such face cards as Chance, Hazard, the Satellite, The Wheel, and The Damaged Starship, among others. The object is to come as close to +/-23 as possible. A score of greater than 23, less than -23, or 0 is a "bomb-out." There are multiple rounds played, and wagering occurs in each round. Two pots may be won; one for each hand, and one for the entire match. There are 5 major forms. At one time, Lando Calrissian was able to tell fortunes with a deck of sabacc cards. He used the various cards much like tarot cards, and Lando considered the Commander of Staves to be a representation of himself. The Ryn nomad Droma claimed that the Ryn were the original inventers of the sabacc deck, but they used it as a spiritual training device: in other words, to tell fortunes Each suit represented an aspect of the individual's being - staves represented spiritual enterprise, flasks represented emotional states, saber represented mental pursuits, and coins represented material well-being. The ranked cards indicated individuals of specific inclination, and the face cards represented specific events or actions

 

ONe of the NJO books has a conversation between Han Solo and Dora in it where they talk about the entire deck. I think (My fiancee can't remember which one)

Also you might want to try running an internet search for it, I thought I'd had a place in my favorite that had them, but that site is no longer active.

Hope this helps

 

Sabbac is the SW version of blackjack.


Learn to play that and U can play sabbac.


Also, the sabac cards are computerised. Instead of shuffling the deck, the dealer puts them under a 'randomising' screen that changes the cards.

This has lead to cheating through the use of 'skiffers' cards that the player can change themselvs.

 

LadyPadme: Thank you very much I thought that there were 8 other face cards but there are 2 of each face card one positive and one negative. Your help is very much appreciated.

Seraphena: The book that has it is Agents of Chaos: Hero's Trial. Thats where I got my info from but thank you for helping.

 

Actually, the randomizer isn't just used at the beginning of the round to shuffle. It also changes randomly chosen cards at random intervals during the game.

btw, if anyone's interested, I've come up with a way to (sort of) simulate a game of sabacc with a regular deck of playing cards (jokers included) and a regular six-sided die (or maybe there were two dice, I don't remember off the top of my head; anyhow, the purpose of the dice is to simulate the effects of the randomizer during a round). It's not quite the same as the way they play it in the GFFA, but it definately comes closer than blackjack. If anyone wants a copy of the "rules" (being the ones I came up with for playing cards and dice), PM me and I'll send them to you.