
The Ultimate Book of Card Games, by Scott McNeely, is sure to offer fun to all ages, households and people who have a pack of cards and time to kill.

And for the winning kid, the windfall of those, say, 15 pieces of candy will be truly amazing.Ĭard games are timeless fun for the whole family. Your grandchildren will pay some serious attention to this game if everyone has three pieces of candy in front of them, instead of just tokens. Players are eliminated when they lose the third token. The last player with a token remaining is the winner. The cards are then shuffled and dealt, and the process begins again. If a player cannot play a card that keeps the total at or less than 99, that player loses a token and the round ends. This is very easy in the beginning but play becomes more complex as the total climbs. Each player must play a card without sending the total number of points higher than 99. An Ace adds either 1 or 11 points, announced by the player who plays itĪfter each card is played, the player announces the new total to the table and draws a replacement card.


A 10 subtracts 10 points from the total.A 9 is a pass (and does not change the total number of points.A 4 reverses play (and does not change the total number of points).The point total starts at zero and each card adds its face value in points (e.g., a 5 is worth five points, a face card is worth 10 points) except for certain cards that have special values or meanings: As the play goes around the table, each player puts down one card.
