Aces Up

Firing Squad, Idiot's Delight

For 1 Player - Level: Moderate

Layout: Deal four cards in a row.

Play: If you have two cards of the same suit, discard the one that is lower in rank. Aces are high. For example, here you have:

Discard the 5 of Hearts.

When you've made all the moves you can, fill the empty space in the row with any top card from the layout. In this case, where there is only one layer of cards as yet, fill the space from the cards in your hand. Then deal four more cards, overlapping the ones you've already set up.

Go through the same process of discarding the lower card of the same suit from the new layer of cards.

And so on, until you've gone through the whole pack.

To win the game: Discard all the cards - except the Aces, of course.

From '101 Favourite Card Games for One'.
© 1992 Sheila Anne Barry.