Final Fantasy VIII - Triple Triad Rules
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Changing rules: Every area has its own set of rules. Some of the basics are: Same, Open, Sudden Death, and Elemental.
| Area | Location | First |
| Balamb | Balamb and Balamb Garden | Open |
| Galbadia | Timber, Galbadia Garden, Deling City and D-District Prison | Same |
| Dollet | Dollet | Random and Elemental |
| Trabia | Trabia Garden and Shumi Village | Plus and Random |
| Centra | Winhill, Edea's House and Chocobo Forest | Same, Plus and Random |
| F.H. | F.H. (Fisherman Horizon) | Sudden Death and Elemental |
| Esthar | Esthar | Same Wall and Elemental |
| Space | Lunar Base and Lunar Gate | All |
Now a short description for each rule can go like :
- Open : Open simply means you can see the other player’s cards.
-Random : five cards are randomly chosen from your deck instead of you being able to choose five cards yourself.
-Elemental : means that certain places on the board will give you more points if you place a card of the correct element on it.
| On the up right of each card |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fire | Ice | Thunder | Earth | Water | Wind | Poison | Holy |
-Same : to capture oponents card with equal number , example 4=4 , 1=1
-Sudden Death : If the game ends in a Draw, a sudden death occurs in which a new game is started but the cards are distributed on the side of the color they were on at the end of the game.
- Plus : to capture oponents cards with 2 faces that will give equal plus result, 3+4=7, 5+2=7 .
-Combo: of the cards captured by the Same rule, if they are adjacent to another card whose rank is lower, then it is captured as well.
-Same Wall: Uses battle area wall as 1 of card's 4 sides when using the ((SAME RULE)). Wall is assumed to have "A" Value on all sides.
-Trade Rules : Its a spread rule that decide what does the player win.
| One | winner takes one card. |
| Difference | the winner takes as many cards as there is a difference between pink cards and blue cards. |
| Direct | players take the cards that has his color at the end of the game |
| All | winner takes all. |
The current Trade Rule can be changed by speaking to and challenging the Queen of Cards
