The dealer places the rest of the deck face down in the center of the play area. The dealer shuffles the cards and deals 5 to every player to hold as their hands. Deck contains 32 cards with 8 different images. Scores are totaled after each round until someone goes over 50 points, the game ends and the player with the lowest score wins! For example, a 2 card is scored as 2 points. An 8 scores 20 points and all other cards are face value. Player who starts a round always deals the next round.Īt the end of each round, every player totals the points remaining in their hands. Play continues to the left until one player runs out of cards or no one can play another card. If you take the last card and still cannot play, you must pass your turn. If you do not have a card to play, you must draw from the face down deck until you can play a card. The next player must play a card of the suit named or another 8 card. If you play an 8, you may name your choice of suit. All 8’s are wild and may be played at any time. You must play a card from your hand that matches the top card of the face up pile either by rank or by suit.įor example, if the top card is the 3 of spades, then you may play any 3 or any spade. The remainder of the deck is placed face down in the center of the play area.ĭealer turns up the top card of this pile and places it face up next to the deck. The dealer shuffles the cards and deals 5 cards to every player to hold as their hand. At the end of each hand, any cards that players hold are counted as points against them.

To score the fewest points possible by getting rid of your cards.

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