The Style of Hermes

User summary ヘルメスの流儀 (Herumesu no ryuugi) The Style of Hermes is a Japanese card game. Gameplay is language free, so whilst the game is published in Japanese, English rules are available online.

In the region where the God Hermes reigns, all fruits produced must be offered to him. Hermes is a god of trade, he determines the true owner of the fruits by trading. The fruits are first offered to Hermes (placed on the table), then auctioned off by the true owner.

Players have their own deck of cards which represent the fruits produced in Hermes's region. Each turn, you may draw a card from your deck and either offer it to Hermes, placing it onto the table, or keep it as your bidding resource. When you feel the time is ripe, you may instead initiate an auction for all fruits on the table.

In the end, the victory goes to the player who has the greatest total value of fruits.

Publisher's summary ヘルメスの神域で採取された産物はヘルメスに捧げなければならない！捧げられたのちならば産物は真の所有者のものになるであろう。捧げられた産物はヘルメスの流儀で所有者が決まる。ヘルメスの流儀とは「商い」である！

プレイヤーはヘルメスの神域で採取された果物を持ちゲームをスタートします。果物はいったんはヘルメスに捧げられますが、捧げられたのちに競りによって真の所有者が決定されます。獲得した所有物の価値がもっとも大きければこのゲームに勝利することができるでしょう。