What is Sabbac like and what real life card game is bassed on it

Eversince I read "The Courtship of Princess Leia." I have been think what card game is like Sabbac. In my opinion I think its is like Blackjack and Poker and War. What is your input?

 

A card game played in most every casino, Sabacc 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).

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, like Lando. 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.

Non-standard sabacc decks have included such face cards as Chance, Hazard, the Satellite, The Wheel, and The Damaged Starship, among others.


There are a number of varients:

Sabacc Solitaire, which is a one-player game of Sabacc.

Random Sabacc, which is a combination of all 5 major forms, with the rules changing at different intervals according to the moderator.

Cloud City Casino Sabacc, in which one card from each hand is selected for a spin-change, and the closest player to +/-23 or 0 wins the hand and gets the difference in points. In this form, all wild cards are forfeit.

Contract Sabacc, which is more of an obscure form of sabacc, played by two teams of players.

Dune Sea Sabacc was developed by the settlers of Tatooine, although the Jawas were the only players who seemed to understand the rules.

Jabba's Palace Sabacc, which was reportedly created by the Hutt himself, and it was used to win the servitude of a great many beings.


I believe it is based upon on a number of card games, mostly Blackjack.


Ken Kenobi- And you have a nice day

 

You forgot Force sabacc, which has two teans of two players each. one is the Light or the Dark side team. the object is to either play cooperativley for the mutual berneift of one's 'side' although a player can make a solo attempt at winning, pun intended.

 

Which is a form of Contract Sabacc.


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Anyone else think it would be possible to make a real game out of Sabbac? Especially a java game, so they could get the randomizer right? I mean the Star Trek geeks get 3D Chess...

 

Actually, Sabacc has been made in various incarntions for a while.

While I haven't tried it yet, I think the version KenKenobi mentioned is here, however there are others. Mostly inaccurate.

 

I've tried playing the game in teh first link ... it's like a dumber version of Solitaire. It actually looks almost exactly the same, layout-wise.

 

Now this is a quality game of Sabacc.


Ken Kenobi- And you have a nice day

 

Wow thanks guys, You have really helped me understand, could you guys possibly get more people on this board, because I would like more people. KenKenobi you always know how to get the information a person needs.