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Triple Triad is a card game similar to dominos that lets party members duel non-player characters (NPC's) with the cards they have in their possession. The winner of the game gets to select a card from the playing hand of their opponent.
There are three ways to obtain game cards. Characters can obtain cards by winning a challenge against a NPC, by defeating monsters, or by using the Command during battle.

Basic Rules

The basic rules of the game are simple. The character and the opponent will start with a hand of five cards each. Each card represents a point. The character gains or loses points as they capture or lose cards. After the computer randomly selects who goes first, each player places one card at a time on the 3X3 grid until all nine slots on the grid are filled. The winner of the game is the one who possesses the most points at the end of the game. Keep in mind that as the player progresses through Final Fantasy VIII, "local rules" may appear which change the way the game is played.

Card Values

Each card has four numbers. Each number represents the strength of a side on the card, and can have a value of 1 and 10 (a 10 on a card is denoted as an "A"). If the player places a card on the grid next to a card that has a smaller number on the side adjacent with the player's card, the weaker card will be captures by the player and converted to their color. At the same time, the player gains a point, while the opponent loses a point.

There are four types of cards a player can collect: Monsters, Bosses, GF's, Characters.

The most common cards are monster cards, followed by boss cards, GF cards, and character cards. The more powerful a card is, the harder it is to find. Later on in the game, an ability can be learned by the GF's that lets a player convert cards in his or her possesion into rare items needed for weapon upgrades and magic refinement.

Local Rules

Some examples of the local rules that may be encountered later in the game:

HANDS:

Open: All ten cards will be facing up so the player can see them.

Random: Five cards will be selected automatically from the players collection of cards.

REWARDS:

One: The winner of the game can choose one card from the opponents hand and keep it.

Diff: The winner of the game can choose a number of cards equal to the difference between the winning score and the losing score.

All: The winner of the game keeps all cards used by the opponent.
Direct: Each player gets to keep the cards they captured at the end of the game.

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