Cards Elemental

How to play

• Solo opponents: Tosser plays randomly; Pro works toward either winning set; Pro2 favours colours only after winning a matching element/colour pair, and blocks imminent wins at any time. Neither strategic bot sees your hidden cards.
• Each player starts with five cards. On your turn, choose one card to play.
• Fire beats ice, ice beats water, and water beats fire. Matching elements compare values; equal values draw.
• The round winner keeps their own card. Draws discard both played cards. Players draw back up while cards are available.
• When the draw pile runs out, discarded cards that nobody won are shuffled back in. Won cards stay out of play.
• Win by collecting all three elements, or three cards with the same colour and element.
• The first player is chosen randomly. The leader plays a hidden card, then the other player chooses a response. The round winner leads next; after a draw, the same player leads again.