Ript Disc Golf Card Game

On Sunday, we played "Ript" on the disc golf course.  It is a card game that you play while playing disc golf.  The game consists of a deck of cards with various actions on them.  At the start of a hole you can use a card on your opponent which will most likely be a disadvantage to him/her.

Danny bought a deck of "Ript" cards the other day, and this was our first chance to play the game.  We play a game of skins, meaning that the winner of each hole gets a point, everyone else gets nothing.

Since Danny is SO much better than I am, we devised our own rules for the game.  For instance, he takes all his throws from the long tee, while I use the short tee.  Most importantly, he plays NO cards on me.  I'm the only one playing cards against him.

I have five cards at the start of each hole and am allowed to play two on him per hole.  Some of the cards are meant to be played before any throws, such as "Choose a disc from your opponents bag for the next drive" or "Your opponent must be silent during the playing of the next hole."

On Sunday, we had to quit half way through the game.  One of my cards was, "Make your opponent throw a Roller off the tee."  Making Danny throw a Roller is no advantage to me as he can throw that shot with as good as, if not better, accuracy than a normal throw.  However, I had the perfect hole in mind for this card -- hole 16 on T-2 which is a long water hole.

Danny has a big arm and can drive from the tee to within a few fee of the basket.  I, on the other hand, throw from the short tee and have a very difficult time making less than four on this hole.  Making him throw a roller, meant he would have to go all the way around the water to where the basket was, and that included going through an area that had a lot of roots in the way for the Roller to get caught on.

Since we had to cut our game short on Sunday, we agreed to resume it one night this week.  Last night was the night.  On Sunday we had been working the rules out so that it would make us be more competitive in the game of skins.  Last night when we resumed the game, we started where we had left off with the following additional provision:

• When I get the card that allows me to pick the disc for him to throw, I can pick something from MY bag, including my mini.

The only way I can get points from in this game is to minimize his drive.  I had a card that said, after everyone drives, replace your lie with the lie of your opponent.  So Danny threw his big drive from the long tee.  I on the other hand, stood on the tee pad and threw backwards, and towards some trees.  That meant Danny was taking his second shot from way back in the midst of trees while I was able to take my second shot from where is first one landed!

His second shot was nearly as good as his first, but it was still in a more difficult position than where is first throw had landed.  I was able to just make it close enough to the basket on my second shot that my third shot was for par which I made.  My skin!

By the time we got to hole 16, I could barely contain myself.  I knew I was going to make him throw that roller.  However, one of the cards I drew prior to his throw was, "You must remain silent until you have completed this hole."  That was the card I gave him first.

Then I said, "Here is your second card."  It was the Roller card!  Oh, if looks could kill!  He had bad card and couldn't even say a curse word!

I laughed with glee.  It was truly a dastardly trick.

Thankfully, Danny is a good sport.  He also is SO much better than I am that anything I can do to deter his success he somehow manages to overcome!