Players take turns in clockwise order, starting to dealer's left. The undealt cards are stacked face down to form a stock pile from which cards will be drawn during the game. The cards are shuffled, and the dealer deals a hand of 7 cards to each player if there are 2 players, 6 each if there are 3 players, and 5 each if there are 4 or more players. Setup and DealĮach player or team takes the pegs of one color.
Note: if you wish to have 3 teams another pack of colored pegs can be purchased here. (With 2 players each person is their own team, with four players there are two players on each team, etc.) Each team will have their own color of pegs to use as markers. The game is to be played with an even number of players, forming two teams. Two decks of standard poker playing cards including jokers are used - 108 cards in allĢ colors of game pegs (45 of each color are included)
As with any game…House Rules prevail! Equipment The object is to form rows of five pegs on the board, by placing pegs in the board squares that correspond to cards played from your hand. There are many variations of this game, the following are the suggested rules for our version, Jacks Rule.
