Triple triad guide

This is a guide to tripple triad that will help you get the achivments "Collector" and "Cards Club Master". The guide includes a list of all the triple triad card and where to get them,a list of the c.C location and how to unlock the quest, and how to complete the queen of card side quest. the guide includes the basics of how to play and both the basic rule and advance rules. along with what region uses what rules.(which will be very helpfull trust me) i hope this guide will help you out. ^.^

BASIC HOW TO PLAY

Setting Up and How to Play
Triple Triad is played on a three-by-three (3x3) square grid of blank spaces, where cards will be placed as the game progresses. The cards depict various characters, monsters, and bosses from the game. Each card has four numbers (known as Ranks) placed in top left corner; each number corresponds to one of the four sides of the card. These numbers range from one to nine, the letter A representing ten. On the top right of the card there is sometimes an elemental symbol representing the card's element. The elements are Earth, Fire, Water, Poison, Holy, Lightning, Wind, and Ice. There are two card colors, pink (the opponent's cards) and blue (the player's cards).

In a basic game of Triple Triad, each player has five cards. A coin-flip decision is made to decide which of the two players will begin. The player who wins the coin toss may then choose a card to play anywhere on the grid. After the first card is played, the opposing player may then play a card on any unoccupied space on the board. The game continues with players' turns alternating in this


Winning

5 rare cards are in play, including 2 player and 3 GF
To win, a majority of the total ten cards played (including the one card that is not placed on the board) must be of the player's card color. To do this, the player must capture cards. To capture a card, the player must place cards adjacent to an opponent's card, whereupon the 'ranks' of the sides where the two cards touch will be compared. If the rank of the opponent's card is higher than the player's card, the player's card will be captured and turned into the opponent's color. If, however, it is the player's rank that is higher, the opponent's card will be captured and changed into the player's color instead. Capturing can only occur during that player's turn, and no other opponent can capture a card during said turn.

A 'draw' will occur if the player and the opponent possess equal numbers of cards in their color on the board. Depending on alternate card rules, this can be defined by a 'sudden death' scenario where the first person to capture a card in a new game wins, or by playing until a winner is defined. The winner claims a prize of taking one or more of the loser's cards, depending upon the rules in effect.

Basic Game Rules

In every region on the game the people there have their own kind of region twist of the game, they have added a set of extra rules some for the better and some for the worse. The two most common game rules are Elemental and Sudden death.
On some cards like this Shiva card has a small image of some sort of element on its upper right corner, and it defines the cards elemental affinity, this affinity is of course the same as it has as a monster or GF in Final Fantasy 8. But in Triple Triad this has the power to change the game in some sense.

If you see a element on the playing board that means that your card with the corresponding affinity will receive an attack power boost of +1 in all directions.
If they don't have the same affinity as the spot the where placed on they will receive a -1 to attack power in all directions.
If you are wondering what will happen if I place a card with an affinity on a spot without an affinity? The answer is simply nothing neither +1 or -1.

Sudden Death:
This means that if the game ends in a draw a new game will start immediately until someone wins, the player plays with the cards they have won on the previous round.

There are three Trade Rules: All, Diff and Direct.

Trade Rules: All
This trade rule means that the winner takes it all. This means that the opponent wins all your 5 cards that match, but that also means you could win hes/hers 5 cards. So don't play too cocky.

Trade Rules: Diff
This trade rule means that the gets to choose an amount of cards based on the difference between points they won with, so if you won 6-4 the difference is 2 so you get to choose 2 cards, but if the score is 4-6 the opponent take 2 from you.

Trade Rules: Direct
This trade rule means that you get what you take, is you have taken 3 of the opponent's card but he has now taken your 1 best card, you get too keep the 3 from your opponent but he gets to keep your best card, and this sucks.

Advanced Rules

Now what we could call advanced rules are 5 rules that you don't want to spread around the world as they are hard to understand and take advantage of. and these are Random, Same, Plus and Same Wall.

Random
When a game starts with random that means you don't get to select your cards for the game, but rather its randomly picked.
Same
Same means that you can win a card by using the same attack power or higher, and not just higher like before, so A can take A, and 2 can take 2.
Plus
Plus means that if the sum of your attack power + opponent attack power in one direction is the same as your attack power + opponent attack power in another direction, then you will flip both cards to you if you don,t own them from before. Plus adds an extra rule to the game called Combo which can be really annoying. Now after a successful plus the cards you flipped comes in to play and flips all adjacent cards where your plus has a higher number, there only occurs 1 chain of this.
Same Wall
Same Wall acts just like the ordinary rule of Same, but the wall is also in play, now what does that mean? the wall has the power of A so if you match the walls power and an opponent's power the opponent is flipped.

Region Rules

Region----------Rules
Balamb----------Open
Galbadia--------Same
Dollet------------Random, Elemental
FH----------------Elemental, Sudden Death
Trabia-----------Random, Plus
Centra-----------Same, Plus, Random
Esthar-----------Elemental, Same Wall
Lunar------------Same, Plus, Elemental, Same Wall, Random, Sudden Death

Triple Triad Card List Cards Level 1

Card Synthesize Where to get

Geezard Card
5 Screws Use Card ability on Geezard
Win in Card Game





Funguar Card
1 M-Stone Piece Use Card ability on Funguar
Win in Card Game




Bite Bug Card
1 M-Stone Piece Use Card ability on Bite Bug
Win in Card Game





Red Bat Card
1 Vampire fang Use Card ability on Red Bat
Win in Card Game





Blobra Card
4 for 1 Rune Armlet Use Card ability on Blobra
Win in Card Game





Gayla Card
1 Mystery Fluid Use Card ability on Gayla
Win in Card Game





Gesper Card
1 Black Hole Use Card ability on Gesper
Win in Card Game





Fastitocalon-F Card
5 for 1 Water Crystal Use Card ability on Fastitocalon-F
Win in Card Game





Blood Soul Card
1 Zombie Powder Use Card ability on Blood Soul
Win in Card Game





Caterchipillar Card
1 Spider Web Use Card ability on Caterchipillar
Win in Card Game





Cockatrice Card
1 Cockatrice Pinion Use Card ability on Cockatrice
Win in Card Game

Triple Triad Card List Card Level 2

Grat Card
1 Magic Stones Use Card ability on Grat
Win in Card Game





Buel Card
1 Magic Stones Use Card ability onBuel
Win in Card Game Use Card ability on
Win in Card Game





Mesmerize Card
1 Mesmerize Blade Use Card ability on Mesmerize
Win in Card Game





Glacial Eye Card
1 Arctic Wind Use Card ability on Glacial Eye
Win in Card Game





Belhelmel Card
1 Saw Blade Use Card ability on Belhelmel
Win in Card Game





Thrustaevis Card
1 Shear Feather Use Card ability on Thrustaevis
Win in Card Game





Anacondaur Card
1 Venom Fang Use Card ability on Anacondaur
Win in Card Game





Creeps Card
1 Coral fragment Use Card ability on Creeps
Win in Card Game





Grendel Card
1 Dragon Fin Use Card ability on Grendel
Win in Card Game





Jelleye Card
1 Magic Stones Use Card ability on Jelleye
Win in Card Game





Grand Mantis Card
1 Sharp Spike Use Card ability on Grand Mantis
Win in Card Game

Triple Triad Card List Card Level 3

Forbidden Card
1 Betrayal Sword Use Card ability on Forbidden
Win in Card Game





Armadodo Card
1 Dino Bone Use Card ability on Armadodo
Win in Card Game





Tri-Face Card
1 Curse Spike Use Card ability on Tri-Face
Win in Card Game





Fastitocalon Card
1 Water crystal Use Card ability on Fastitocalon
Win in Card Game





Snow Lion Card
1 North Wind Use Card ability on Snow Lion
Win in Card Game





Ochu Card
1 Ochu 10tacle Use Card ability on Ochu
Win in Card Game





SAM08G Card
1 Running Fire Use Card ability on SAM08G
Win in Card Game





Death Claw Card
1 Sharp Spike Use Card ability on Death Claw
Win in Card Game





Cactuar Card
1 Cactus Thorn Use Card ability on Cactuar
Win in Card Game





Tonberry Card
1 Chef's Knife Use Card ability on Tonberry
Win in Card Game





Abyss Worm Card
1 Wind Mill Use Card ability on Abyss Worm
Win in Card Game

Triple Triad Card List Card Level 4

Turtapod Card
5 for 1 Healing mail Use Card ability on Turtapod
Win in Card Game






Vysage Card
1 Wizard Stone Use Card ability on Vysage
Win in Card Game






T-Rexaur Card
2 for 1 Dino Bone Use Card ability on T-Rexaur
Win in Card Game






Bomb Card
1 Bomb Fragment Use Card ability on Bomb
Win in Card Game






Blitz Card
1 Dynamo Stone Use Card ability on Blitz
Win in Card Game






Wendingo Card
1 Steel Orb Use Card ability on Wendingo
Win in Card Game






Torama Card
5 for 1 Life Ring Use Card ability on Torama
Win in Card Game






Imp Card
1 Wizard Stone Use Card ability on Imp
Win in Card Game






Blue Dragon Card
4 for 1 Fury Fragment Use Card ability on Blue Dragon
Win in Card Game






Adamantoise Card
3 for 1 Turtle Shell Use Card ability on Adamantoise
Win in Card Game






Hexadragon Card
1 Sharp Spike Use Card ability on Hexadragon
Win in Card Game

Triple Triad Card List Card Level 5

Iron Giant Card
3 for 1 Star Fragment Use Card ability on Iron Giant
Win in Card Game






Behemoth Card
10 for 1 Barrier Use Card ability on Behemoth
Win in Card Game






Chimera Card
10 for 1 Regen Ring Use Card ability on Chimera
Win in Card Game






Pupu Card
1 Hungry Cookpot Give PuPu 5 elixirs during the PuPu side quest






Elastoid Card
1 Steel Pipe Use Card ability on Elastoid
Win in Card Game






GIM47N Card
10 Fast Ammo Use Card ability on GIM47N
Win in Card Game






Malboro Card
4 for 1 Malboro Tentacle Use Card ability on Malboro
Win in Card Game






Ruby Dragon Card
10 for 1 Inferno Fang Use Card ability on Ruby Dragon
Win in Card Game






Elnoyle Card
10 for 1 Energy Crystal Win in Card Game






Tonberry King Card
1 Chef's Knife Win in Card Game






Biggs, Wedge Card
1 X-Potion Win in Card Game

Triple Triad Card List Card Level 6 Boss

Fujin, Raijin Card
1 X-Potion Win in Card Game






Elvoret Card
10 Death Stones Win in Card Game






X-ATM092 Card
2 for 1 Turtle Shell Win in Card Game






Granaldo Card
1 G-Returner Win in Card Game






Gerogero Card
10 for 1 Circlet Win in Card Game






Iguion Card
1 Cockatrice Pinion Win in Card Game






Abadon Card
30 Dark Ammo Win in Card Game






Trauma Card
30 Demolition Ammo Win in Card Game






Oilboyle Card
30 Fire Ammo Win in Card Game






Shumi Tribe Card
5 for 1 Gambler Spirit Win in Card Game






Krysta Card
10 Holy Stones Win in Card Game

Triple Triad Card List Card Level 7 Boss

Propagator Card
1 G-Mega-Potion Use Card ability on Propagator
Win in Card Duel against multiple Characters.





Jumbo Cactuar Card
1 Cactus Thorn Win in Card Duel against multiple Characters.






Tri-Point Card
40 for 1 Jet Engine Win in Card Duel against multiple Characters.






Gargantua Card
10 for 1 Strength Love Win in Card Duel against multiple Characters.






Mobile Type 8 Card
10 Shell Stones Win in Card Duel against multiple Characters.






Sphinxara Card
1 G-Mega-Potion Win in Card Duel against multiple Characters.






Tiamat Card
10 Flare Stones Win in Card Duel against multiple Characters.






BGH251F2 Card
10 Protect Stones Win in Card Duel against multiple Characters.






Red Giant Card
5 Meteor Stones Win in Card Duel against multiple Characters.






Catoblepas Card
1 Rename Card Win in Card Duel against multiple Characters.






Ultima Weapon Card
1 Ultima Stone Win in Card Duel against multiple Characters.

Triple Triad Card List Card Level 8 GF

Chubby Chocobo Card
100 LuvluvG Win from the Card Queen Side Quest.






Angelo Card
100 Elixirs Win from Watts on the Forest Owl's Train Disk 1 or White SeeD Ship Disk 3.






Gilgamesh Card
10 Holy Wars Win from the Card King in the CC Side Quest at Balamb Garden.






Mini Mog Card
100 Pet Houses Win from kid running around the main area in Balamb Garden.






Chicobo Card
100 Gyshal Greens Receive after finishing the Chocobo Sanctuary Side Quest.






Quezacotl Card
100 Dynamo Stones Win from Mayor Dobe at Fisherman's Horizon.






Shiva Card
100 North Winds Receive from Zone after handing him the Girl Next Door Magazine.






Ifrit Card
3 Elem Attacks Defeat Ifrit in fight.
After loosing him to Caraway, you can win him back in F.H. from Martine.






Siren Card
3 Status Attacks Win from the bar owner in the Dollet Pub second floor.






Sacred Card
100 Dino Bones Defeat Brothers (Sacred & Minotaur) in fight.






Minotaur Card
10 Adamantite Defeat Brothers (Sacred & Minotaur) in fight.

Triple Triad Card List Card Level 9 GF

Carbuncle Card
3 Glow Curtains Win from Heart during the CC Group Side Quest.






Diablos Card
100 Black Holes Defeat Diablos in fight.






Leviathan Card
3 Doc's Codes Win from Joker during the CC Group Side Quest






Odin Card
100 Dead Spirits Defeat Odin in fight.






Pandemona Card
100 Windmills Win from the man outside the Balamb Inn during or after the Balamb occupation.






Cerberus Card
100 Lightweights Defeat Cerberus in fight.






Alexander Card
3 Moon Curtains Win from Piet on the Lunar Base






Phoenix Card
3 Phoenix Spirits Win from Card Queen during the Card Queen Side Quest






Bahamut Card
100 Megalixirs Defeat Bahamut in fight.






Doomtrain Card
3 Status Guard Win from Card Queen during the Card Queen Side Quest






Eden Card
3 Monk's Code Defeat Ultima Weapon in fight.

Triple Triad Card List Card Level 10 character

Ward Card
3 Gaea's Rings Win from Dr.Odine in Estahar






Kiros Card
3 Accelerators Win from the man dressed in black, in the Deling City shopping district during the Card Queen Side Quest.






Laguna Card
100 Heroes Win from Ellone at the Lunar Base






Selphie Card
3 Elem Guards Win from Sephie's friend at Trabia Garden, by the fountain.







Quistis Card
3 Samantha Souls Win from any of the Trepes in Balamb Garden.






Irvine Card
3 Rocket Engines Win from the mayor's wife in Fisherman's Horizon during the Card Queen Side Quest.






Zell Card
3 Hyper Wrists Win from Zell's mom in Balamb.






Rinoa Card
3 Magic Armlets Talk to Caraway bout cards at his Mansion in Deling City, Play against him and loose the Ifirit Card then he will start playing the Rinoa card.






Edea Card
3 Royal Crowns Win from Edea at the Orphanage.






Seifer Card
3 Diamond Armor Win from Cid in Balamb Garden or at Edea's Orphanage.






Squall Card
3 Three Stars Win from Laguna in Estahar.

Card Club Side Quest

The CC Quest is be initiated in the main lobby of Balamb Garden, but there is one prerequisite to the Quest, you have to win at

least 15+ games in Balamb garden if any site says anything bout you have to be on a late stage in the game then they have

generally bad information or execute poor testing of their information. But after you get the garden is recommended (Disc 2).

Once this is done you will have a random chance to meet the first of the Card Club Jack. so here is a list of the characters

and location, you might have to leave and enter the locations as some of the characters appear randomly.

#1 Jack: In the main lobby, he is standing on the right side of the directory(big computer in the center of the lobby).
#2 Knight Club: Club is found randomly along the circular path on the first floor, just talk to everyone he will tell you who

he is the fist time and every time after we will say nothing except when you challenge him, then he will say "Draw...".
#3 Princess Diamond(s): This is a pair of girls coming from the Balamb exit in the main lobby, they will walk towards and stop

at the directory.
#4 Prince Spade: Do you remember who gave you your first deck of card's? that guy is Spade, he resides on the same spot and

appears randomly, but be aware he holds several high level cards (boss type, Level 6/7).
#5 Queen Heart: Heart is Xu, she is outside the library entrance(before the garden starts to move), and in the cockpit

afterwards, she holds the Carbuncle card.
#6 Master King: The King is in fact Quistis to challenge her you have to rest in your room and she will appear in your room at

night. After you have beaten her you can challenge her at any time on the Balamb Garden cockpit. She holds the Gilgamesh card

which can be won from her.

#? Magician Joker: This player can be challenged at any time, and does not have any impact on the Quest, but its recommended to

play against him since he has the Leviathan card and he can update your battle meter to give GF information. He is located in

the Training Ground on the right side (at the entrance take the right door), he stands on the platform on the water, but he

appears randomly/not often.

DISK 4

On Disc 4 the Card Club can be encountered on board the Ragnarok where they hid on board during the Time Compression. Now they

will hold multiple card's but playing on different rule's.

Player -Rule- Card Level- Location
#1 Jack- Balamb- 3,4,6- Lower level of Ragnarok, room up from hangar
#2 Club- Dollet- 3,5,6- Hangar upper level
#3 Diamond- Trabia- 3,4,5,7- Hangar
#4 Spade Esthar- 1,2,3,6,7- Storage room
#5 Heart- Fishermans Horizon- 3,5,6,7- Boarding ramp
#6 King- Lunar- 1,2,3,4,5,6,7- Airlock (Quistis must be in party)
#? Joker- Centra- 1,2,3,6,7- Elevator room

Queen of Cards

This Quest is a tricky one, since you have to loose cards to her, it is recommended that you loose the card while playing with the trading rule one.

Once a rare (level 8+) card is lost to her she will leave for a new location. rare cards can be won back from her with the exception of the are cards she wants, to start the quest you must have her to move to Dollet, but any on of the cards lost to her that she requires before this will be activated once she reaches Dollet.

The Cards she demands can be won back from her son, her son is located in Dollet its the kid that paint a bone on the old artists paintings(find the dog side quest).

Lose= Get= Win From
Mini Mog =Kiros= Held by the man in black clothing in the shopping district at Deling City.
Sacred= Irvine= Flo in Fishermans Horizon, she is the Mayors wife in the center of the solar panels.
Chicobo= Chubby Chocobo= In Balamb Garden outside the library sitting on the bench, he appears randomly
Alexander= Doomtrain= Pub owner in Timber
Doomtrain =Phoenix= President's Aide in Estahar

Since the Queen of Cards move around a list is in order, together with the chance of movement, and remember a level 8+ card make her move.
You get one advantage, talk to her after you have lost the card she will not play you but she will tell you where you can go to play her.

City/Landmark -Location- Will Move to
Balamb Town- Outside train station.- Dollet (37.5% chance), Deling City (62.5%).
Dollet- Dollet Pub-. Balamb (37.5%), Deling City (62.5%).
Galbadia- Deling City Hotel.- Balamb (12.5%), Dollet (12.5%), Winhill (12.5%), FH (62.5%).
Fishermans Horizon- by the Save Point.- Dollet (12.5%), Winhill (25%), Esthar (62.5%).
Trabia- Shumi Village Inn.- Balamb (25%), Dollet (50%), Lunar Gate (25%).
Centra- Winhill Hotel.- Deling City (37.5%), Dollet (37.5%), FH (25%).
Esthar- Esthar Presidential Palace-. Dollet (12.5%), Shumi Village (25%), FH (12.5%),
Lunar Gate (50%).
Far Away- Lunar Gate.- Random area and no hint.



disk 4
The Queen of Cards can be found at the Estaharian continent, outside the southern border of the city barrier, she is a little bit hard to find since you cannot see her, and she is not on the map. but once you find the right place a message will appear, you can now play the Card Queen side Quest against her, she will not move and she will hold all the cards of the quest, meaning the ones you loose and the one you get for loosing the right cards.

[Kirbyroth]

Lil bit missing info for CC King. You need to talk to the Dr in the Infer, with card duel before King will come challenge you.

[Kirbyroth]

Played so much back on th origianal ps1

[Credissimo]

Thanks for the trouble

[Ikitai]

Awesome!