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- Go Fish
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- Go Fish
- Old Maid
- Slap Jack
- Matching
How to Play GO FISH
How to Win: Have the most sets of two matching cards at the end of the game.
How to Play: Remove the Old Maid and Slap Jack cards from the deck. Choose a dealer. Shuffle and deal five cards, facedown, to each player. Dealer places the rest of the deck facedown creating a draw pile within easy reach of all players. Players can look at and arrange the cards in their hand but must not show them to others.
Players remove all pairs (two 2s, two 7s, etc.) from their hands and place them facedown in front of them. (If a player has three of a kind, they still only remove a pair.)
The player to the left of the dealer begins the game and asks any other player for a specific card. (Example: "Do you have a nine?" or “Do you have a Chocolate bunny?”). The asking player must be holding at least one of the requested card already. By asking others for specific cards, players collect sets of two identical cards. If the player who was asked does have the requested card, they must give the card to the asking player. The asking player then gets another turn. If the player who was asked does not have the requested card, they say, "Go Fish”. The unsuccessful asking player now draws a single card from the top of the draw pile. If they happen to draw the requested card, they get another turn. If the drawn card is not the requested card, the turn passes to the player on their left.
As soon as a player collects a set of two matching cards, they must place those cards faceup in front of them. If at any point during the game a player is without cards, they must immediately take a single card from the top of the draw pile and, if it is their turn, ask other players for that specific card. If there are no cards left in the draw pile, they can no longer ask other players for cards. The player with the most sets of two matching cards wins.
How to Play: Remove the Old Maid and Slap Jack cards from the deck. Choose a dealer. Shuffle and deal five cards, facedown, to each player. Dealer places the rest of the deck facedown creating a draw pile within easy reach of all players. Players can look at and arrange the cards in their hand but must not show them to others.
Players remove all pairs (two 2s, two 7s, etc.) from their hands and place them facedown in front of them. (If a player has three of a kind, they still only remove a pair.)
The player to the left of the dealer begins the game and asks any other player for a specific card. (Example: "Do you have a nine?" or “Do you have a Chocolate bunny?”). The asking player must be holding at least one of the requested card already. By asking others for specific cards, players collect sets of two identical cards. If the player who was asked does have the requested card, they must give the card to the asking player. The asking player then gets another turn. If the player who was asked does not have the requested card, they say, "Go Fish”. The unsuccessful asking player now draws a single card from the top of the draw pile. If they happen to draw the requested card, they get another turn. If the drawn card is not the requested card, the turn passes to the player on their left.
As soon as a player collects a set of two matching cards, they must place those cards faceup in front of them. If at any point during the game a player is without cards, they must immediately take a single card from the top of the draw pile and, if it is their turn, ask other players for that specific card. If there are no cards left in the draw pile, they can no longer ask other players for cards. The player with the most sets of two matching cards wins.
How to Play Old Maid
How to Win: Do not end up with the Old Maid card at the end of the game.
How to Play: Choose a dealer. The dealer will shuffle the deck thoroughly and deal all cards, facedown, as equally as possible between all players until cards are gone. Players can look at and arrange the cards in their hands, but must not show them to other players.
Players remove all pairs (two Teachers, two Police rabbits, etc.) from their hands and place them on the game table in front of them. Starting with the dealer, and continuing in turn, players offer their cards to the player to the left, being careful not to show their cards. The player being offered cards then draws one card from the offering, and if this card makes a pair for that player, they may place the pair on the table in front of them. (Pairs cannot be taken by other players.) Play then passes to the next player on the left. Play continues until all cards have been paired. By the end of the game, only the Old Maid card will be left, and the player holding this card loses. All other players win.
How to Play: Choose a dealer. The dealer will shuffle the deck thoroughly and deal all cards, facedown, as equally as possible between all players until cards are gone. Players can look at and arrange the cards in their hands, but must not show them to other players.
Players remove all pairs (two Teachers, two Police rabbits, etc.) from their hands and place them on the game table in front of them. Starting with the dealer, and continuing in turn, players offer their cards to the player to the left, being careful not to show their cards. The player being offered cards then draws one card from the offering, and if this card makes a pair for that player, they may place the pair on the table in front of them. (Pairs cannot be taken by other players.) Play then passes to the next player on the left. Play continues until all cards have been paired. By the end of the game, only the Old Maid card will be left, and the player holding this card loses. All other players win.
How to Play Slap Jack
How to Win: The last player with any remaining cards wins.
How to Play: Remove the Old Maid card from the deck. Shuffle and deal all cards facedown and as equally as possible to each player, creating individual piles. Players must NEVER look at their facedown cards.
The player on the dealer’s left starts the game by QUICKLY flipping the top card of their pile AWAY from them to create a central pile of face-up cards within easy reach of all players. Play continues clockwise with each player, in turn, QUICKLY flipping a single top card and placing it on the central pile. When a Slap Jack card is placed on top of the pile, the first player to slap the card wins the pile. (Slapping MUST be done gently to avoid injury.) When a player wins the central pile, those cards are added face down to bottom of their own pile and they restart play. The game continues until only one player has any cards left.
How to Play: Remove the Old Maid card from the deck. Shuffle and deal all cards facedown and as equally as possible to each player, creating individual piles. Players must NEVER look at their facedown cards.
The player on the dealer’s left starts the game by QUICKLY flipping the top card of their pile AWAY from them to create a central pile of face-up cards within easy reach of all players. Play continues clockwise with each player, in turn, QUICKLY flipping a single top card and placing it on the central pile. When a Slap Jack card is placed on top of the pile, the first player to slap the card wins the pile. (Slapping MUST be done gently to avoid injury.) When a player wins the central pile, those cards are added face down to bottom of their own pile and they restart play. The game continues until only one player has any cards left.
How to Play Matching
How to Win: Have the most sets of two matching cards at the end of the game.
How to Play: Remove the Old Maid card from the deck. Shuffle the deck and spread all the cards facedown until they fill the playing area. Make sure that no cards overlap.
The youngest player starts and turns over two cards. If the cards are a matching pair, the player removes them from play and places the cards facedown in a pile in front of them. A player’s turn continues until the two turned-over cards do not match. In this case, the two cards are turned back over, and the turn passes to the next player. The player with the most matching pairs wins.
How to Play: Remove the Old Maid card from the deck. Shuffle the deck and spread all the cards facedown until they fill the playing area. Make sure that no cards overlap.
The youngest player starts and turns over two cards. If the cards are a matching pair, the player removes them from play and places the cards facedown in a pile in front of them. A player’s turn continues until the two turned-over cards do not match. In this case, the two cards are turned back over, and the turn passes to the next player. The player with the most matching pairs wins.