Ninety-Nine

Not to be confused with the ice cream, this addition-based card game isn’t for maths flakes

BASICS: 2 or more players; 52-card deck; you’ll need chips or counters. Each player is given three counters and dealt three cards. To play, place one card face up in the centre of the table, calling out the total value of the face-up pile before drawing the top card from the stock. Each card adds its face value in points. Jacks and Queens count as 10. The following cards have additional effects: 3: skips next player 4: no value, reverses play 9: value of 99 10: adds or subtracts ten from the total King: no value Ace: value of one or 11. If the player cannot place a card without taking the value of the pile over 99, the round ends and they lose one counter. The winner is the…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, 1-Aug-2015

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