House Climber is an original climbing/shedding game system.
There is a basic game for 3 players that operates as an introductory climbing game that is still satisfying for climbing game veterans.
Following the basic rules are a series of variant ways to play that apply the base game rules to different types of traditional climbing game. There is a bidding game, a partnership game, a social game, and other ways to play. Each game is intuitive and easy to learn once one has learned and mastered the basic game.
The basic gameplay is simple and standard for a climbing game. One player leads with a combination. The other players must follow with a higher version of that same combination, play a bomb (a special combination), or pass.
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