Pairs
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Pairs is the name of the game and pairs of cards are what players want to avoid.The game uses a 55-card deck that contains one 1 two 2s three 3s and so on up to ten 10s. At the start of the game shuffle the deck then remove five cards from play unseen. Deal one card face-up to each player.Whoever has the lowest card is the first active player. She decides whether to "hit" that is be dealt another card or forfeit the round. If she hits and is dealt a card that doesn't match a card she already has in front of her then the next player clockwise becomes the active player; if the card does match then the round ends she keeps one of these matching cards as penalty points then everyone else discards their cards and a new round begins with each player being dealt a card.If the active player forfeits the round ends and she takes the lowest-valued card visible on the table as penalty points then a new round begins. Penalty cards remain set aside even if the deck is shuffled to continue play. If a player acquires more penalty points than the predetermined threshold then the game ends and this player loses. (Alternatively players can use coins to track scores between games with the loser paying everyone one coin paying her score in coins to the player with the lowest score etc.)
Extra Info
- BGID: 152237
- Category: Card Game;
- Time: 30 minutes
- Designer: James Ernest ; Paul Peterson;
- Players: 2 ? 8
- Year: 2013
- Artist: Brett Bean ; Echo Chernik ; James Ernest ; Phil Foglio;
- Mechanics: Press Your Luck;
- Publisher: Cheapass Games ; DriveThruCards;
