High Dragon

High Dragon was a three-player card game enjoyed in northwest Faerûn, circa the Year of Wild Magic, 1372 DR, and was rapidly gaining in popularity at that time. Gambling on the outcome of individual turns and/or the entire game was common.

Set-Up
High Dragon required a special deck of 60 cards divided into three suits or "courts": Blue Shield, Green Tree, and Silver Sword. The rank of each card in a court was, from lowest to highest: The dealer shuffled all 60 cards and dealt out a Silent Hand of 7 cards face down that were set aside for the remainder of the game. Then a hand of 7 cards were dealt face down to each player. One more card, called the "battle card", was dealt face up for all to see and was only consulted in the event of a tie. The first dealer was chosen from among the players and the next dealer was the winner of the previous "battle". The direction of play (either to the dealer's left or right) was also agreed upon before the first battle.
 * 1) Well
 * 2) Stone
 * 3) Knave
 * 4) Squire
 * 5) Warrior of the 5
 * 6) Warrior of the 6
 * 7) Warrior of the 7
 * 8) Warrior of the 8
 * 9) Warrior of the 9
 * 10) Warrior of the 10
 * 11) Warrior of the 11
 * 12) Wandering Wizard
 * 13) Minstrel
 * 14) Knight
 * 15) Hero
 * 16) Dragonslayer
 * 17) Young Dragon
 * 18) Queen Dragon
 * 19) Death Dragon
 * 20) King Dragon

Rules
A game of High Dragon consisted of a "war" of twelve battles. The winner of the war was the player with the most battle victories.

Battles
Each battle began when the dealer played one card face down from his or her hand, then the second and third players did likewise in turn. The dealer then played a card face up and the second and third players did likewise. After all six cards had been played, the face down cards were revealed and each player calculated the sum of the ordinal rankings