» Final Fantasy VIII » Triple Triad

Triple Triad is a card game in Final Fantasy VIII. If you want to challenge someone, press the square button. There are 110 different cards. There are enemies, bosses, Guardian Forces and characters cards. You earn cards by winning card battles or/and changing enemies into cards. Here you can find all the cards listed with their stats and the rules of the game.

¤ Cards List

» Monster Cards: Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Level 4 | Level 5
» Boss Cards: Level 6 | Level 7
» GF/Character Cards: Level 8 | Level 9 | Level 10
» Side Quest: CC Group and Card Queen

» Rules

There are many rules in Triple Triad, and how many are used varies from town to town. Rules in a town can also be combined with another town's rules, if a traveler visits who is used to a different style of playing.

:: Basic Rules
Cards are placed on a 3 by 3 grid, and each player takes turns putting a card down. Before the game, each player chooses five cards from their stock to use for the game. The person who goes first is determined randomly, and then the game begins. Players take turns putting their cards down, and the object of the game is to have the majority of the cards be yours when the grid is full. Players can tell which cards are theirs by the color of the cards. The cards are double sided, and each player picks a color. When they win a card, they flip it over so it becomes their color.

:: Same
With the Same rule, if a card is placed down that has the same value as adjacent cards of the opponent, than those cards are flipped over.

:: Plus
Using the Plus rule, if a card is placed down that adds up to the same value on two or more adjacent cards of the opponent, than those cards are flipped over.

:: Combo
With combo, any cards that are turned over using the Same or Plus rule can turn over adjacent cards of the opponent as well. For example, if a card is turned over to a player's side by using the Combo rule, that card can turn over even more of the opponent's cards if it has a greater value.

:: Same Wall
This rule uses the frame of the card grid as 1 of the 4 card's sides when using the Same rule.

:: Elemental
With the Elemental rule, elements randomly appear on the Triple Triad board. These elements are Thunder, Earth, Ice, Wind, Poison, Fire, and Water. There is also a star that sometimes appears. If a card is placed on a rectangle that has an element, its values either increase or decrease by 1. If it is not the same element as the one displayed, its value decreases by one. For example, if an Ifrit card, which if Fire elemental, is placed on an Ice elemental grid, its 9-6-2-8 value is reduced to 8-5-1-7. However, if a card is placed on an element, and the card has that element as well, its values go up by one. If a card is placed on a star, its value is automatically reduced by one.

:: Open
With the Open rule, the opponent can see all of your cards before you place them on the grid, and vice versa. Knowing your players cards can add to the strategy of the game, so this rule is helpful to the experienced card player, but not the beginner.

:: Random
With the random rule, players can not pick their cards before a match, they are randomly picked for them. This can be very frustrating for a player that has good cards, but some bad ones as well.

:: Sudden Death
With this rule, the players continue to play until somebody wins, there cannot be a tie. In the event of a tie, the players take the cards that they had won in the tie and play once again. This will continue on forever until someone wins.

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