This continues until every player has a seat. The player with the next lowest card sits to the left of the Greater Dalmuti and becomes the Lesser Dalmuti. The player with the lowest card becomes the Greater Dalmuti for the first round. Each player draws a random card from the deck. To begin, there is a hierarchy that must be established, and it is represented by the players’ seats at the table. The game’s 80-card deck includes twelve 12s, eleven 11s, ten 10s, nine 9s, eight 8s, seven 7s, six 6s, five 5s, four 4s, three 3s, two 2s, one 1, and two jesters which are usually used as wild cards. It is a simple climbing game with a few interesting twists that, as long as you don’t take it too seriously, can make for an amusing and memorable experience.
The Great Dalmuti is a light-hearted card game that is all about clawing your way to the top of the social ladder (at the expense of everyone else, of course). In real life, working your way up the pyramid is very difficult, but in The Great Dalmuti, it’s as simple as winning a hand. Where the poor have nothing and the rich have everything (and do everything they can to make sure it stays that way).
