Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Mickey Rourke and plenty of others
They were all downstairs in the lobby of some type of massive building/skyscraper
I invited them up to the (equally massive) private Penthouse bar
It was a very tall building. The elevator went up ridiculously high
At the top, I was a bit confused finding my way wrong around as if I hadn't really been there before ...
Even though I seem to be the one who controls access, as to who gets up there and who doesn't
Everyone else seems to know more about why we are there and what we are doing, even though it seems I'm hosting it
There is a massive round soft-lined table, like a poker table except big enough to sit 40-50 people around it comfortably
We are playing a hybrid card-trivia game that I think is called "Consensus or Conspiracy"
It's a huge game
9 teams (optional number of teams depending on the number of people playing), with around 3, 4 or 5 players on each team (once again, depends on how many people playing) sitting in groups around the table
You play with one deck of cards for each team, plus 1 extra deck, all shuffled into one massive deal deck
Each team is dealt 9 cards for the 6 card bridge and 3 card hold, plus one extra facing card for each team in the game
You pick your 6 best cards for a bridge of 3 cards, over 3 cards that are visible to all in the game. Then you pick 3 cards to hold that are face down and can't be seen by others in the game
One card is then placed face up in an arc visible to each of the other teams as their option card
The idea of the game is to answer trivia questions to a degree of gold, silver or bronze for correct answers, to move your bridge cards up into their corresponding gold, silver or bronze slots to create your personal bridge
Whilst also creating 3 card bridge connections between other players to "connect you" to each team
The winner is the person who eventually has the most gold bridge cards played, of higher cards, of the same kind, when all teams/players are connected at the end
Connections to other players must be of the same number/type of card, with rank holding no baring. Meaning that 2 or 3, is equal to A or King
Gold, Silver or Bronze answers determine how well you are able to arrange your cards on each turn ...
And gold, silver and bronze is determined by whether or not you can answer your question correctly as the designated person for your group on each turn, within your group, or whether or not you need help from the other people and teams by putting the question to "consensus"
This is where the game gets interesting and can be quite complicated/complex with the use of strategy
If you don't know the answer, other teams/players who think they know can offer to give you the answer
This can be mutually beneficial and give you the chance at a gold answer whilst also allowing them a "option" of your facing card as a bronze answer for them, or the possibility of a silver answer for them, if you reject their offer to work together and they end up getting it right, when you get it wrong
Answers given immediately are spoken and there are second chances for initially incorrect answers, except you lose the chance at a gold answer
The idea is to option yourself in helping others, to help yourself build connections and card trade options to other plays, when it is not your turn
Conspiracy comes in, when you play others players off against each other through trade options, or spread disinformation during consensus so that they get the question wrong
You are allowed to convince the entire playing group of a incorrect answer and then write down the correct answer for yourself if you wish, but you do so at the risk of others no longer trusting you, or allowing your collaborations on answers
You can either work with people to try win, or work against them to win
Consensus or Conspiracy
Or work with just a few teams against others
It's an amazingly clever game
The bridges and connections weave together like a DNA strand, in circular form, or a intricately woven web
There are card options between other teams, so they can swap facing cards, if they get your question right (their off-turn) during consensus ...
You can even plunder another players facing cards without their permission if you win a gold answer first try as the designated rep and you have a full connection link to that team
At the end there is a very detailed tree of hierarchy to determine which team placed where
There where balls that where divided randomly amongst the teams at the start with designated countries on them. This nominated those countries for questions that are issued by the veil Queen (literally a woman in a black veil who asked all the questions) and the deal King (a very tall man who didn't say or do anything, except deal cards)
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