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Like Go Fish, but more so.

Players: 6 or 8.
Game by Hervé Marly.

For 6 (3 teams of 2) or 8 (2 teams of 4) players.

Setup

Remove the 8 cards from a 52-card deck.

The deck now consists of eight “half-suits” of six cards each: the High cards (9 10 J Q K A) and Low cards (2 3 4 5 6 7) of each suit.

Deal the entire deck evenly.

Each Turn:

  • On your turn,you may ask an opponent for a specific card, by suit and value.
  • To ask for a card:
    • You must be holding another card from that half-suit
    • You must ask for a card which you are not holding.
    • You have an opponent who still has cards.
  • Before or after asking for a card, you may claim a half-suit
    • You can claim a half-suit if you have all six cards in hand.
    • Or you may claim it if you believe your team collectively has all six cards
      • But if you are wrong about this, the other team gets the half suit

Endgame

  • Once a player has no cards, they are skipped.
  • If the current player runs out of cards because of a claim, they can pass the turn to a teammate.
  • The team with the most half-suits wins.

Game by Hervé Marly