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[[Fizzbin]] was a card game said to originate from [[Beta Antares IV]]. It was used by Captain Kirk to free himself and his first officer, Spock, from captivity at the hands of a group of Iotians who had mimicked early 20th century Earth-style gangsters.

While Kirk was explaining the extremely convoluted rules of the game to his captors, he used a supposedly very rare hand of fizzbin, the "kronk", as a distraction to knock the captors unconscious. McCoy and Spock then escaped back to the USS Enterprise. (TOS: "A Piece of the Action")

In 2373, Quark offered to teach the game to Odo. (DS9: "The Ascent")

==Approximate rules==

The rules for fizzbin were intended to be complex, so that Kirk could lull his audience into lowering their defenses long enough to be overwhelmed.

*The game can be played with a standard Earth deck of cards, despite the slightly differing deck on [[Beta Antares IV]].
*Each player gets six cards, except for the player on the dealer's right, who gets seven.
*The second card is turned up, except on Tuesdays.
*Two jacks are a "half-fizzbin".
*If you have a half-fizzbin:
:a third jack is a "shralk" and results in disqualification;
:one wants a king and a deuce, except at night, when one wants a queen and a four;
:if a king had been dealt, the player would get another card, except when it is dark, in which case he'd have to give it back.
*The top hand is a "royal fizzbin", but the odds of getting one are said to be "astronomical".

[[Category: Games and Recreation]]

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Nicesociety at 22:43, 3 March 2009