A game from down under

Hi everybody

I'm writing you from overseas. I've been here since 22 of december and I will stay here till the 16th of january. So I thought you can learn from what I learned in Rosebud in a little house near the coast on NYE. :-)

It's a card game called 13.

You need poker cards (52 without the Jokers) and you play with four people. Everyone gets 13 cards and the one with the lowest card (in this game the spade 3) starts the game. He has to put down his spade 3. Then the next one (you go around clockwise) has to give a higher card. It can be straight a higher number like a 5, a lady or it can be a 3 as well. There it depends on the suit. First is the heart, then diamond, then the club and at last the spade. If you don't want to put a card on the table you can pass. If someone gives the heart 2 it can only be beaten with a chop. That would be three doubles in a row or four of the same card. When now one can beat, this person he has the power. That means he can start the new round. It doesn't has to be a single round. You can also start with doubles, triples or with a row of minimum three cards. The next has to give the same thing just higher. The first who has put down all his cars wins. The last one has to shuffle and deal out the cards for the next game.

If there are more players who want to play this game you can make out, that the last two or just the last one will be replaced by a new player.

I hope you can follow my explanations and have fun with the game! I'm already addicted to it.

See you in a couple of weeks.

Angi