Overview

• 2-4 players
• Standard deck of 52 cards.
• Objective: get rid of all your cards.
• The last player becomes the loser, everyone else wins!
• Very quick, fun game with elements of luck and skill.
• World-wide there are many variants, this game on BGA is just one of those.

Setup

Standard

• Each player is dealt cards face-down in front of them according to the number of players.
• Face-down cards are secret from all players.
• Face-up cards are placed on top of each of the face-down cards.
• Each player is also dealt the same number of cards for their playing hand.
• The remaining cards make the draw deck.

Exchange of cards

• Players may exchange cards from their hand with the face-up cards in front of them on the table as they see fit.
• When everyone is finished play proceeds.

Variant

• There is also a 'short game' option with:
  • Fixed 3-cards per player.
  • Random 16 card deck
    • Leftover cards are unused.

Game play

Playing cards

• BGA randomly picks a player with the lowest card in their hand and must start with that card.
  • 3 and above, not a 2.
• Cards are played into a stack.
• The next player must play a card at-least as high as the last card played.
• While there are cards in the draw deck, players refill their hand.
  • Up to 3 cards in a 4 player game, see table above.

Playing multiple cards

• A single play is not limited to just a single card.
• If a player has multiple exact rank value cards they may play any or all of those cards.
• This can be done from your hand or the face-up table cards, but not both at the same time.
  • For example J♣J♥ , or K♣K♥K♠K♦ .

Empty hands

• When there are no more cards in the draw deck, a player's hand can become empty.
• At this point the player moves onto playing face-up cards from the table.
• Once the face-up cards have all been played, a player must play a single face-down card.
  • Only at the point of playing a face-down card will you know if it is a legal play or not.
  • If it is an illegal play the player takes back this card and picks up the stack into their hand.

Picking up the stack

• If a player cannot (or does not want to) play a card, they must pick up the whole stack of played cards!
• Play resumes with the next player.
• If at any point a player has to pick up cards, they forfeit playing any cards for their turn.
• In future turns the player must play all these cards in their hand before playing any table cards.

Winning

• A player wins the round when they have played:
  • all the cards in their hand and
  • all their table cards.
• Play continues with the remaining players.
• The last player remaining loses!

Special action cards and plays

Example