Lunch Money is a card game that takes place in the setting 
of a public school during luchtime. 
Players take on the role as students participating in a big fight 
somewhere in school. 

EDITORS NOTE:
I would stronly recomend that you print this page 
and carry it with your deck So that there would be no confusion
when playing.

Making a lunch money deck:

The cool thing about Lunch money is that you don't have to buy cards, 
decks or packs like magic, or pokemon. Lunch money can be made right at home.
To make a lunch money deck simply take a few packs of regular playing 
cards which can be purchased real cheap at any store gat some 
protective sleeves available at any store that sells magic, 
or pokemon and a few sheets of unlined printer paper
Now cut up the printer paper into rectangular shapes about the size of
the playing cards and write down the names 
and the types of the cards provided below on the slips of paper.
Then stick them with the playing cards into the card sleeves. 
Thats it!
 

In order to play Lunch money what you need is 
A few friends to play Lumch Money with (duh:) 
You can have as many players as you want.
A few 20 sided dice or something to record life
one lunch money deck--> you only need one deck to play
 

Rules:

Simple stuff: Each player starts off with 20 life,
 order of play goes around in a clockwise maner. 
During the game anyone can attack anyone
 using attacks, weapons, special events or wrestling moves 
and if you lose all your life you lose. 
last player standing Rules the School.

Turns:
At the start of the game you draw 5 cards from the deck 
No specific method of drawing usually first come first serve

During you turn you can do either of the following:

Discard up to five cards from your hand 
play a card ( attack, weapon, event etc)
after this is done draw cards from the deck to keep your hand
at five cards

If it is not your turn you can:
counter an attack using counter cards
use a card if it can be used
after this is done draw cards from the deck to keep your hand
 at five cards

Once you play a card place it into the discard pile. 
If at any time there are no more cards in the deck 
shuffle the discard pile and place it face down.
Then draw cards form the new deck. 
 

Types of cards in Lunch Money

These are the various types of cards in the game.
healing
attack
weapons
counter cards
wrestling moves
special events
humiliation
 
 
 

Attack Cards

Okay this is the stuff you kick some ass with. 
Attacks vary from punches to kicks to some strange and humorous methods
to hurt your opponent. When you play an attack whether it is succesful or not 
the card goes into the discard pile. 
Only one attack card can be played on your turn. 

Weapon cards
Attacks are not the only way to damage your foe. 
In lunch money you can also use various weapons to inflict damage as well. 
Weapons are played exactly like attacks The only difference is if you attack with
a weapon it goes back into your hand and not into the discard pile. 
Only one weapon card can be played on your turn.
You can not use the same weapon card more than once per turn. 

Wrestling moves

Wrestling moves are special attacks that can only be played 
if the HOLD card is succesfully played. To perform a wrestling move
you must first play a HOLD then if your opponent does not counter
the hold you can play a wrestling move. Unlike attacks or weapons, wrestling 
moves can not be countered. To evade a wrestling move you must counter 
the HOLD card as it is being played.
If a  wrestling move has been sucessfully played you can follow it up with 
another wrestling move until you have no more Moves 
(On your turn you can play a HOLD and TWO TO FOUR wrestling moves) 
You can't draw any cards until end of turn.

Healing Cards:

It should come to no surprise at all that these cards
will help you get some life back. 
Healing cards can only be played on your turn, 
and only one healing card can be played.
Heaing cards can not be used to prevent any damage 
that is being inflicted.

Counter Cards:

Counter cards is your defence in Lunch Money.
Counters consists of four types
DODGE
BLOCK
HOLD
DISARM
Counter cards have two values on each card and is read as
DODGE/BLOCK
DODGE/HOLD
DODGE/DISARM
BLOCK/HOLD
BLOCK/DISARM
HOLD/DISARM

DODGE:
Used as a counter to an attack or weapon or HOLD. If an opponent
uses an attack or weapon, you can use a DODGE card and if it is succesful
the attack or HOLD is discarded, the weapon is returned to opponents hand 
and the damage that is inflicted is reduced to 0.

BLOCK:
Used as a counter to an attack or weapon or HOLD. If an opponent
uses an attack or weapon, you can use a BLOCK card and if it is succesful
the attack or HOLD is discarded, the weapon is returned to opponents hand 
and the damage that is inflicted is reduced to 0.

HOLD:

The HOLD card is not used to counter an attack or weapon. 
However, the HOLD card is what you need to play a wrestling move. 
If the HOLD card is succesfully played then you can follow up with one 
or more wrestling moves.
If the HOLD is DODGED or BLOCKED then a wrestling move can NOT be played.

DISARM:
This card is a good defense against weapon cards, and is one
of the ways to get a weapon card out of an opponents hand.  If an opponent
uses a weapon, you can use a DISARM card and if it is succesful
the weapon is discarded and the damage that is inflicted is reduced to 0.

Example:
Let's say you have a BLOCK/HOLD card and a DDT in your hand.
you can use the BLOCK/HOLD to either
use the HOLD to play the DDT on your turn or
use the BLOCK to prevent an attack directed on you on opponents turn.

IMPORTANT MESSAGE HERE:
Counter Cards only work for you and you alone. 
Counter cards can not be used to save a friend from damage 
in a multiplayer game.
 
 
 

Humiliation

This is by far the best card in the game. The humiliation card can 
cancel out ANY card in the game. With humiliation you can stop attacks, 
disarm weapons, stop wrestling moves as they are being played, 
deny a BLOCK, DODGE, DISARM, and even special events. 
BUT WAIT! THERES MORE!! 
when you play a humiliation on a player that player becomes temporarily 
stunned for the rest of the turn and you are permitted to follow up with an attack, 
weapon or wrestling move. 

Example:

A plays a Kick on B
B humiliates the Kick

What happens?

A's kick is cancelled, A is stunned for the rest of the turn and 
B can attack A without resistance.

Beware though as you can humiliate a humiliation card as well, 
and other players can humiliate a humiliation played by you.

The order of humiliations can be  very complex and confusing,
 so here's what happens in some situations.

Players ABC 

A plays a Kick on B
B humiliates the Kick
C humiliates B's humiliation

What happens?

Only the last player humiliated can recieve the effects of humiliation 
and the last player who used the humiliation can follow up with a counterattack.

So:
Since C humiliates B's humiliation, 
B is stunned for the rest of the turn and C can attack B without resistance. 
Furthermore since B's humiliation has been cancelled by C's Humiliation 
A's Kick goes thru and B is dealt the damage by the Kick. 
Now that's adding injury to insult.

You can play as many humiliations in your hand whenever you like.
 

Special Events

These are the cards that add that special spot of entertainment in Lunch Money.
 Whatever the card says goes, even if the card condradicts the rules. 
Only one special event card can be played during your turn, however 
certain special event cards can be played at any time, and some cards can only be played
when certain conditions are met. 
 

Conditions

In addition to dealing damage, healing, or performing a special event 
certain cards in Lunch Money can perform certain tricks guarenteed
to add insult to injury.

Stun

when a player is stunned he/she loses his turn and is unable to
play ANY card until he/she is unstunned. Cards that stun have a number
followed by a T that symbolizes that the player is stunned for a 
certain amount 
of turns.

Example: lets say that we have 5 players: ABCDE. You are A. Your 
turn is next 
and E hits you with a card that stunns you for 3T (3 turns) Since 
you are stunned on your turn you lose your turn by default 
B takes his turn - you are STILL stunned. 
C takes his turn - Still stunned. 
On D's turn the 3 turns are up are you are unstunned
Got it? Good. Um can you explain it back to me?

Be careful when you play cards that stun.
If the card reads 
STUNS 2T it means the target is stunned for 2 turns.
if the card reads 
STUNNED 2T it means YOU are stunned for 2 turns.
 

Travels

Travelling only appears on attacks and weapons...for now. 
When you play a card 
that travels that means that if you attack and your 
target DODGES or BLOCKS then the player to the left of 
him/her will take the hit unless HE/SHE DODGES or BLOCKS 
then the player to the left of him/her will take the hit.

ERRATA: If you play a travelling attack you can NOT take travel
damage. Any player at "the end of the line" so to speak will 
take the travel damage whether or not he/she DODGES or BLOCKS.

EXAMPLE: 
Lets bring back ABCDE again and you are A. You play an attack
that deals 4 damage and travels. Your target is C. C blocks, he
takes no damage. D is faced with the attack he can't defend himself
he takes the 4 damage.

Now lets pretend that D Played a DODGE to counter the attack. 
E is now faced with the attack. 
E is at the end of the line because the next person 
liable to wind up losing 4 life is you. Since you can't inflict 
travel 
damage on yourself, E will take 4 damage automatically.
 

'+'

Attacks or weapons with '+' in them mean that more than one strike is 
being launched If you are faced with a '+' attack that means that you
have to DODGE/BLOCK
TWICE in order to get away scott free. 
(Thrice if there are two '+' on the card.)

Example # 1
you're hit with an attack that deals 4 + 3 damage.
You have 1 DODGE in your hand 
you DODGE:
you prevent the 4 damage but not the 3.
Result --> you take 3 damage.

Example # 2
you're hit with a card that deals 4 + 3 damage.
You have 2 DODGEs in your hand 
you DODGE twice:
you prevent the 4 damage and the 3 damage.
Result --> you're off the hook.

Example # 1
you're hit with a weapon that deals 4 + 3 damage.
You have 1 DODGE/DISARM in your hand 
you DODGE:
you prevent the 4 damage but not the 3.
Result --> you take 3 damage.
you DISARM:
weapon discarded all damage prevented
Result --> SCOTT FREE.
 

THE CARDS:

And now ladies and gentlemen what we've all been waiting for:
the cards for Lunch Money

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