Sabaac

[jedisaber]

hey im starting a new post on starwars hobbies,
im starting to research how/what sabaac is but is got so many different things that can happen.

[jedisaber]

what i know,
sabaac has four suits- sabres,coins,flasks,and (i keep forgetting the last suit)- and the order from lowest to highest for the rank cards of each suit is-commander,mistress,master,and ace- and the game includes cards titled-balance,moderation,the evil one,the idiot,the queen of air and darkness,and the star.there is an interdiction field that can change the value of a discarded card, and a droid dealer

[jedisaber]

what you want to do is try to get as close to positive or negative 23, which is pure sabaac. you want to stay far away from zero (0) and the cards can be both + or- if negative then the cards are inverted (up-side down) you can get an atoumatic win with an "Idiots Array" which is an idiot, a 2 and a 3 of any suits.

[jedisaber]

hey,
also there is dejarrick, which is the equivalent tto our chess. i only know the names of 2 pieces, which are the kintan strider and the rancor. its a holo based board

[Brian]

Wouldn't it be impossible to play Sabaac, say, at a table like we play poker? It would have to be done in some type of computer game or something. Don't the cards randomly change while playing?

[Rogue_0009]

That last suit is Staves, and in each suit there are also 10 numbered cards. And you could play sabaac but the cards just wouldn't randomize and you'd have to use a Tarot deck.

[jedisaber]

yes
bt they are no cards but instead little screens that are called chips.
but all of the rank cards are balance,moderation, demise,endurance,the star,the evil one, the idiot, and the queen of air and darkness.

[jedisaber]

its a 76 chip carddeck, with randomizer, and interfield

[Brian]

Did you read The Han Solo Trilogy. I think it gave a basic run down of how to play Sabaac (at least the object of the game). I think it was in Rebel Dawn that I read about that. I could have been The Hutt Gambit though.

The more I think about it, a Sabaac video game or mini-game in a Star Wars game would be fun.

[jedisaber]

thats what im studying it for, i thought that if i got a god lok to it and a fun play, maybe sombody from hasbro or something would make it

[Rogue_0009]

You can get the basic rules by reading the old Lando calrissian adventures. And I used to know a website that had a playable download of the game...I'll try and find it.

[jedisaber]

there are all different types of rules, for ex: the Bespin Cloud City Standard, or Random Sabaac (which uses differnet combo of rules)

[jedisaber]

hey yall come on please dont make me have to keep my own thread alive, help mmeeee........

[supreme emperor dictactor teokuk]

I know that ''Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of the Sharu'' has A little info on sabaac,but you would probablyhave to go to a used book store to get it.NO PROMISES.

[FerrisWiel]

Dave Wolverton's The Courtship of Princess Leia, Kevin J. Anderson's Jedi Academy Trilogy, Timothy Zahn's Thrawn Trilogy, Neil Smith's Lando Calrissian Trilogy and Ann C. Crispin's Han Solo trilogy all had portions of the rules in them.

I believe I have the Sabacc game on my PC at home. I can look for it and put it on my website if you like...the version I have shuts down at varying intervals, though. But it is interesting to play.

--Ferris Wiel
"Hey, you lost 'er to me, fair and square."
-Han Solo

[FerrisWiel]

Well, I found it. Here it is in it's full unzippable glory. Exclusively for Windows:

Sabacc for Windows, Version 1.2 (http://www.ferriswiel.com/winsab12.zip)

Ferris Wiel and FerrisWiel.com are not responsible for any damages that may come to your system from use of Sabacc for Windows, Version 1.2. Use at your own risk, this software is well over five years old, if you have any questions please feel free to consult the help files and readme.txt which come with the program.

--Ferris Wiel
"Sir, the odds of surviving in an asteroid field are approximately 3,720 to 1."
-C-3P0

[jedisaber]

well thank you for finding material to clear up our questions of the game, and by the way nice sig pic

[FerrisWiel]

Thank you, it's a flashlight.

--Ferris Wiel

[jedisaber]

hahahahahahahaha, if anybody has the strata for dejarrik comment please

[Brian]

jedisaber, how are you coming with the Sabaac manuel? Have you given up or what? Did you play the computer version of the game Ferris so kindly gave us?

Thank you Ferris! The One Wiel to rule them all!

[jedisaber]

i never got to play that, cause the comp im on doesnt meet specifications...

...i havent given up, but its hard to do by myself, theres sooo much in this game, thats its hard to keep track of.....

[xagete]

I've always wanted to learn sabacc...

[DarthSolo]

dude being able to play sabaac or dejarik would be awesome! although i am afraid for my computer and dont wanna screw with that thing feris posted but any breakthroughs keep this thread alive

[Brian]

The game works fine for me. There were little to no bugs, and the version i downloaded was virus free. style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif

[DarthSolo]

hmmm well maybe ill try it sometime!!

[bluemilk]

I actually know someone that made an interactive sabacc site!! style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif

His handle is Gremlin and he's a member of the Cloud City Cantina chatroom. The site he made is really cool and he knows every detail of Sabacc. You should get a hold of him, because he can get what you want.