1. Controls
1.1. In general
X: select item
Square: cancel/back/no
Circle: confirm/yes
Triangle: no use
Start: call/quit the menu
DPad: move selector
L&R: move selector fast

1.2. In Game:
1.2.1 When it's your turn
X: select/deselect card
X long: select/deselect all cards with same value
Square: deselect all cards
DPad: move cursor on the cards (cycling)
L&R: move cursor on the cards 5 by 5 (non cycling)
Start: bring the main menu
Circle: bring action menu (play selected cards, pass)
Select: snapshot


1.2.2. When others are playing
Start: bring the main menu
Analog Pad: speeds up the game
Select: snapshot

1.3. In menus
X: select menu item and skin items
Square: goes back one menu
Start: close menu completely
Circle: confirm choice (skin items & preferences)
L&R: move selector on items 3 by 3 (non cycling)
DPad: move selector (cycling)

1.4. In text input
up/down: change character
left/right: move in characters
X: duplicate character
square: delete character
O: Accept text
triangle: upper/lowercase

2. Game behaviour:
2.1. Saving:
The state of the game is saved at the end of each game. So that
you can continue playing another time without loosing your reign.
Scores are saved at the end of each game, after you enter your
name.
Be sure that when saving, you don't remove the MS and don't shut
down the PSP.

2.2. Scores:
There are two types of scores: points and reigns.
Reigns refer to the number of successive times you are president.
Your reign is saved once you become something else than president
and were president.
Points are for one game only, at the end the total is calculated
and if you did well you are in the highscores.
They are based on :
- the cards on the table when you win a round
- the cards other still have in hand when you finish
- your ascension in the ranks
- your rank

3. Rules
3.1. Goal
The goal is to get rid of all your cards before anyone else.
The 1st to do it becomes president, the second vice president,
the 3rd vice asshole and the one remaining will be the asshole.


3.2. Course of the play
3.2.1. Order
If there is a president, the first thing to do before starting
the game is exchanging cards. The president has to exchange his
2 worst cards with the asshole, which gives his 2 best cards.
The same goes between the vice president and the vice asshole 
who exchange one card.
Best cards are in this order:
trumps, "2", ace, king, queen, knight, jack, 10, 9, etc..
If there are only neutral players, this doesn't happen.

Players have to play in this order:
President, asshole, vice asshole, vice president. The president
always starts the first round. The other rounds are started by
the one who won the previous one, always following the order
above. For an easier following of the play, you will always be
at the bottom of the screen, and the others will move so that
after you the players will play in this order: left, top, right.
When there are only neutral players, the one to start is chosen
randomly. Good luck :).

3.2.2. playing cards
The first one to play in a round can put any number of cards of
the same power on the table like 333, 8, 66666 etc.
The following players have to play the same number of cards,
always more powerful, cut (see 2.3.3.), or pass. 
If one passes during a round, he  is not allowed to play during 
this round anymore. The round is won by the last player that 
hasn't passed. That player then starts the next round.

3.2.3. status
You can always see the status of the players by looking at the icon
at the top of their avatar. Status are those (icons descriptions
are for the default icons) :
- in game: the player is still trying to win the round. The icon
is a green arrow pointed down.
- leader: this is the same as above, but he is the one that has
played the most powerful set for this round at the moment. The
icon is a white star in a blue square.
- passed: the player passed, an so cannot play anymore during
the current round. The icon is a red cross.
- not in the game: there is either no game running, or that player
has already finished and is waiting for the others. The icon is
3 dots (little squares). Skinning permits using 2 different icons
for those 2 situations.

3.2.4. ranks
President:
He starts playing, and exchanges his 2 worst cards for the 2 best
ones of the asshole.
The vice president: he exchanges his worst card for the best card
of the vice asshole
The vice asshole: he has to give his best card to the vice
president, and receives his worst card
The asshole: the worst place to be.. he gives his 2 best cards to
the president (bye bye trump cards!) and receives his 2 worst.
Only good things for him: he's usually the only one able to put more
than 5 "3" on the table :), and he plays right after the president.
In real life, if you are the asshole it is much worst than in this
game as you have to shuffle (118 cards!), distribute (118 cards!), 
clean, bring the coffee, clean the pizza boxes, well, everything
the others ask :).

3.3. The cards
3.3.1. The deck
It contains 118 cards :
2x52 normal cards (ace to king) of the 4 suits
2x4 knights. these cards are found in tarot decks. They are
more powerful than jacks and less than queens
2x3 trump cards. When playing in real life, usually the 3
special trump cards from tarot are used: 1, 21 and excuse
As there are 4 players in this game, you may end up having
29 or 30 cards. If you have 29 cards, that's one less to get
rid of, and if you have 30, that's more chance for combining
or getting a "2" or a trump.

3.3.2. Normal cards
The following cards have no special power, and are ordered like
this, from the less to the most powerful:
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, jack, knight, queen, king, ace

3.3.3 Special cards
The "2":
He can act as a joker, replacing any normal card. You can then
combine it to play cards you normally could not. For example,
5552 counts as four "5", and KKK22 counts a 5 kings.
When played normally, the 2 is more powerful than any of the
normal cards.
It's a powerful card that:
- brings modularity to your hand allowing you to play when you 
normally couldn't have.
- is useful when played during a round with single cards,
letting the opponents with that simple choice: let you win the
round, or cut by using a precious trump card.

The trump card:
This is the most powerful card of the game. It's used to win
instantly the round, without possibility for any opponent to
play over it. They are played only single even over groups.
So if somebody plays for example 11122, enjoy playing only one
trump card to win the round.
Playing a trump card is called "to cut".
Always remember how many of those have already been played
during the game so that the example above doesn't happen to you.
















